How do we get a National Right to Carry Law enacted?

[oneounceload]

^^^ Someone gets it............

 

[Jeff H]

5 states have permitless concealed carry. They have totally done away with a requirement for anyone (even travelers) to have a permit to carry concealed. There is also no federal code that requires a person to have a permit to carry a concealed weapon. So 5 states and the federal gov't see no need to have a permit to CC. By promoting a NRCL you have acquiesced to the idea that one should have a permit to carry a concealed weapon. You have now become an advocate for a permit to carry even though you want all states to recognize a permit from any state.

I guess at some point I would be asking myself why a NRCL is necessary if the fed and 5 states don't require a permit. In essence you are asking congress to pass legislation to deal with permits when they don't require one to begin with. With regards to everything they do require through federal law such as highway standards they take an active interest to coerce states to follow their standards. In this case they have none and no federal money is being doled out to help states maintain any standards. It is my understanding that in order for the fed to have any interest in a NRCL they would first have to have a standard by which the states should comply. Someone somewhere is going to get the idea that if people start pushing for NRCL that maybe there should be federal law that regulates concealed carry. All of the states would have to comply and you can say goodbye to permitless carry because it would be against federal law. That's how you get states to universally accept all permits.

This is not a good idea based on that one thing alone. This train is on the wrong track and heading in the wrong direction.

From my standpoint, I feel the 10th amendment reserves a permitting process or lack thereof to be a states rights issue and the feds shouldn't get involved (or shouldn't have the authority to get involved), but I think you bring up a great point. Not only would we be giving up permit-less carry but we would also raise the bar for all permit holders to gain compliance of the west and east coast voters. (I think it is reasonable to assume that there will be back office negations to appease NY, NJ, CA, etc. which could have an impact on my Ohio permit if it were to become a national permit. )

 

[oneounceload]

One of the biggest lies ever told was "Hi, I'm from the Federal Governent, and I'm here to help"..................

 

[hatt]

One of the biggest lies ever told was "Hi, I'm from the Federal Governent, and I'm here to help"..................

But, tell a lie enough and people will believe it.

 

[BSA1]

In addition to the Pittman-Robertson Law don't overlook the Federal Government to use the Interstate Commerce Act to regulate conceal carry across State lines. They did it with gun free school zones.

http://range.nra.org/pittman-robertson-funds.aspx




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