Does anyone actually read through a thread anymore? I noted in post #10 that those with concealed handgun licenses (licenses, not permits, to be accurate) average about .5% - 2% of an average state's populace. 5% would be an extreme exaggeration for even the most pro-gun states.
Reality is, even most gun-owners don't both to obtain concealed weapons licenses. "Huge groundswell?" I think not.
One of my fellow Evergreen-staters asks,
"My State does not require classes and a firing test. Would I be able to carry in a State that does require them??"
This is exactly why most states don't recognize Washington CPLs -- because we have no requirements other than paying the license fee and passing a background check. Have you guys been paying attention to the state ID requirements for using state driver's licenses as one's sole form of ID to board commercial aircraft or enter military bases? The states without the "enhanced" standards have been left out effective January 30th of this year. And this is a result of federal intervention. Why some of you have confidence that we'll ever work out 50-state (and presumably, territorial) reciprocity, with or without federal intervention, I'm starting to wonder ...