Ain’t it sweet. Must taste like chicken!! :-0
There is a relatively easy way to achieve nationwide concealed carry. The case of South Dakota v. Dole was the case that essentially established the nationwide drinking age of 21. In Dole, the SCOTUS held that it was constitutional for the Feds to withhold a percentage of federal highway funds to any state which did not set its drinking age at 21.
Dole’s holding has since been applied also to the national .08 blood alcohol level for a DWI. States have to set the maximum BAC at no more than .08 or forfeit a percentage of highway funds.
On that note, Congress could simply establish that all states must issue CCW permits to any adult without a criminal record or a mental health illness history. Any states that want to continue their own arbitrary “may issue” policy (such as my toilet state of NJ) will forfeit a percentage of federal law enforcement grants/funding (which help pay for equipment etc for local police departments). No state would cling to their idiotic “may issue” law if it meant forfeiting that Federal money, just as no state has an 18 drinking age and no state has a BAC level over .08. The state gov’t piggies may squeal but no way would they ever risk losing the federal pork.
The libs would go utterly berserk, but this approach is 100% assured to pass Constitutional muster, and could be implemented very quickly given our House and Senate control. As a side note, I strongly disagree with the reasoning and holding of Dole, but as the libs love to say it is “settled law.” So if they want to overturn Dole we’ll again have states with 18 year olds drinking and .15 for a max BAC etc.