Anti-gun Congress Critter, "In 2015 you asked for Constitutional Carry and you got Constitutional Carry. Now you want to argue that we should allow you to carry a gun in a Post Office. Why? You say that you have Constitutional Carry so why are you now wanting something beyond the Constitution?"
Average American voter, "Geez, they already got Constitutional Carry....why should I vote for another 'right' when they said back in 2015 that they got 'Constitutional Carry'. Why isn't the Constitution enough? Why do they want more?"
How do you argue against that? After all it is you that will jump up and down and exclaim, "Yay! We got Constitutional Carry finally!", right?
How do I argue against that?
1-I probably won't have to since I don't recall Alaska, Arizona, nor any other recent State to go Constitutional Carry having to do so. Or has all progress on RKBA stopped in those States?
2-If necessary, I might ask associates in those States what worked for them.
3-The Average American voter has trouble remembering what happened before the last commercial break, much less last year or the year before in the legislature. I don't deal with "average American voters." I work with elected legislators.
4-I might just say, "No bill is ever perfect. But since you now agree that Constitutional Carry is a good thing, let's actually repeal the remaining unconstitutional infringements."
Respectfully, is this issue of calling it "constitutional carry" a
real problem you've experienced or seen? Or is it more like the "problem" of OCers having a drink in public when doing so is perfectly legal? I trust you and I both have fine answers should someone be overly worried about an OCer having a drink, despite the long standing mantra of "guns and booze don't mix".
What makes "constitutional carry" any more difficult to deal with after it passes than "guns and booze don't mix"?
Permit free carry is a big deal. It can be a big hurdle to get over. If an alliterative, positive name like "Constitutional Carry" can help with that hurdle, so be it.
Of course, this is still a Texas thread, so maybe "Texan Carry; Not that weeny pinko commie Kalifornication carry" is a better name to rouse support.
Charles