http://thehill.com/regulation/legislation/232633-senate-republican-unveils-gun-rights-bill
I'm much happier with the Interstate Compact regarding drivers licenses than I would be with a federal law regulating drivers licenses. The same with firearm carry recognition. (If Congress gets the concealed carry nose under the tent flap maybe we can get open carry added later - the mating cry of the incrementalists.)
But much more importantly, with an interstate compact individual states could withdraw without effecting the operation of the compact in the remaining signatory states. With a federal law Congress can take it away - just as easily as they gave it - and it will effect all of the states.
I'm not sure why the NRA is supporting the bill but I'll bet it has something to do with incrementalism without considering the most probable unintended consequences.
stay safe.
Gun owners would be allowed to carry concealed weapons around the country under new legislation introduced in the Senate.
The Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act would allow gun owners who have a concealed carry permit in their home state to bring their firearms in any other state with concealed-carry laws.
"This operates more or less like a driver’s license,” Sen. John Cornyn (Texas), the second-ranking Republican in the upper chamber, told The Hill. "So, for example, if you have a driver’s license in Texas, you can drive in New York, in Utah and other places, subject to the laws of those states."
Cornyn, a Texas Republican, said this would “eliminate some of the ‘gotcha moments,’ where people inadvertently cross state lines” with guns they are legally allowed to carry in their home state.
I'm much happier with the Interstate Compact regarding drivers licenses than I would be with a federal law regulating drivers licenses. The same with firearm carry recognition. (If Congress gets the concealed carry nose under the tent flap maybe we can get open carry added later - the mating cry of the incrementalists.)
But much more importantly, with an interstate compact individual states could withdraw without effecting the operation of the compact in the remaining signatory states. With a federal law Congress can take it away - just as easily as they gave it - and it will effect all of the states.
I'm not sure why the NRA is supporting the bill but I'll bet it has something to do with incrementalism without considering the most probable unintended consequences.
stay safe.