Jan 17
The Trump Effect is alive and well, Trump and like-minded Replublicans are pushing for concealed carry reciprocity, i.e. a federal law that will force states to recognize concealed carry licenses from other states.
Now imagine for a minute that you live in California, and you have a California driver’s license, but you’re driving to Vegas (you know, to burn some of that extra stash you made last year) but you reach the California and Neveda border where a Nevada State Trooper is asking for your Nevada driver’s license. You show them you California license, but the Trooper says, “we don’t give a shit about your commie license, get a Nevada license or else you can’t drive here.”
Now that doesn’t happen in reality. Why? Because of the idea of reciprocity, where one state ‘recognizes’ another state’s laws and considers them ‘valid’ in their state. Imagine as a U.S. citizen, our Constitutional right of free passage and travel could be hampered by individual state’s whims. So, a federal concealed carry reciprocity law is in line with current reciprocity practices amongst the states, and the U.S. Constitution’s right of self-defense, and to bear arms.
According to multiple sources, The Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, introduced on Tuesday is already backed by 120 Republicans. Trump is expected to sign the bill if it reaches his desk.
House GOP mounts Trump-backed push to expand concealed carry permits for millions of Americans
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