CCW National Reciprocity

[LAK]

And countering; I would encourage you all to lobby your Representatives to kill this Trojan horse before the idea catches on. There is no connection whatsoever between "license" and "rights". If it were a rights issue, we would not be talking about something in the context of permits and permission only.

If this insanity catches on; before long the only way to exercize all your rights will be with permission, fees and hoops.

If you want to excercize your rights codified in your State, tell your State legislature. Work on your local elected officials. Educate people you know and meet.

If your State does not recognize the one you want - move and become the citizen of one that does. There are some that do not make you ask, pay or anything else to do so. That is the liberty to exercize a right.

 

[tyme]

The 14th "Amendment" was not ratified according to the amendment process. It failed every step of the amendment process. It failed the House. It failed the Senate. It failed the States. And it was forced upon us at gunpoint and it means whatever they want it to mean.

None of the early post-BoR amendments were ratified under ideal conditions, and the 13th and 14th amendments are worse than most in terms of procedural legitimacy.

What's the problem with requiring states to respect the rights specifically enumerated in the Bill of Rights? If you worry about everything that might happen... the sky might fall, the federal legislature might decide to regulate carry rather than merely forcing interstate recognition... you'll worry yourself to death.

Those things might happen regardless of what happens with this bill. Why do you think federal regulation of concealed carry is any less likely now than it would be after passage of this legislation? The slipperly slope argument works if the first step is down-slope, but interstate ccw permit recognition seems to me like it's a step up.

With the interstate commerce and general welfare clauses, Congress doesn't think there's any area beyond its authority. I don't understand how this legislation is a step down the slope of giving Congress full authority over everything related to firearms. We're already at the bottom of that slope.

As bad as the 14th amendment might be, it's here to stay. Chances of it being successfully challenged on the basis of improper ratification are about as good as a similar challenge to the 16th (income tax) amendment, ratification of which had plenty of procedural errors.