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I support this bill. Thinking this will open a federal can of worms is a moot point when you consider the unlikelihood of full national reciprocity happening on it's own. You may as well ask a corporation to run without a head office. You worry about your gun rights being stepped on? IT'S ALREADY HAPPENING. Do you have any idea the research that has to be done before a road trip or military transfer as it is just so I don't get turned into a criminal the second I cross a state line? This is just enforcement of the "faith and credit" we should have had all along. Here's what I sent to my senators. Use it as a frame work for your own letters if you like. I AM NOT LOOKING FOR NOTES!!!! If you want to change something, do it, copy, paste, and send it off to your senator. If you don't like it at all, well, I don't really care.
Sir,
I’m far from being a legislative expert, so I hope you’ll excuse any incorrect terminology on my part. I am writing to request your support for the Thune-Vitter amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (S. 1390) establishing interstate reciprocity of permits to carry concealed handguns.
I am in the process of establishing my residence near Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, having just transferred here on orders with the United States Air Force. I have been on active duty for over six years and have relocated several times pursuant to my duties. That experience grants me unique perspective regarding the benefits of national concealed-carry reciprocity.
During this particular transfer, I was interested in obtaining my Nebraska permit to carry as soon as possible, as my South Dakota permit is not honored here. In recent years, I was responsible for producing documentation and evidence that resulted in the court-marshal, confinement, and discharge of a former co-worker. He has since relocated to Omaha (his hometown) and has been made aware of my moving here as well. I have concerns he may hold me responsible for his discharge from the Air Force and means to do me harm. A lack of concrete evidence to that effect, however, leaves me with little recourse in the way of a protection order.
Ordinarily, the obvious solution would be to lawfully carry a firearm for self-defense pending the manifestation of sufficient evidence to file for said protection order, but Nebraska state law requires 180 days of residency to qualify for a permit to carry. Additionally, there is the matter of the required training course (ranging upwards of $200 in cost) and the permit application fee ($100 [easily arguable as excessive]).
To quantify the burden the current state of affairs places on citizens in my position, please consider the following:
1.) I must make considerable effort in guarding my contact information and residence. I must vary my route to and from work. I have purchased a shredder for personal documents and will be ensuring my telephone number remains unlisted. I am forced to refrain from establishing a routine, such as going to the Laundromat or grocery store on certain days of the week. I must do these things in excess of 180 days. For 180 days, I must remain in a fearful and overtly vigilant state. ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS of being defenseless.
2.) Including training and application costs, as well as fuel used to attend such appointments, I will have expended more then $300 acquiring a Nebraska state permit. Sir, I am sure you know that the military lifestyle carries enough burdens as it is. This needless expenditure to exercise a constitutional right from duty station to duty station is senseless and persecutory. THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS, just to continue exercising a constitutional right after having already picked up and relocated my entire life pursuant to my duty to my country.
It is simply unfair to ask me to do these things when I could just as easily go lawfully armed, if it weren’t for the draconian refusal to honor ALL states’ firearms permits. The constitution does not once mention automobile operator permits but, somehow, my operator permit is honored in EVERY state. Surely, there can be no good reason why the same due faith and credit cannot extend to lawfully bearing arms (a right that is mentioned quite prominently in the bill of rights).
I am enthusiastic to be establishing residence in your beautiful state. I have been warmly received and am settling in comfortably. I know you are concerned for the welfare of our military and will be eager to alleviate the difficulty of changing duty stations at any given opportunity. I salute and appreciate your support and am sure my comrades echo the sentiment. Thank you very much for your time and consideration. And thank you in advance for your support of the Thune-Vitter amendment.
I support this bill. Thinking this will open a federal can of worms is a moot point when you consider the unlikelihood of full national reciprocity happening on it's own. You may as well ask a corporation to run without a head office. You worry about your gun rights being stepped on? IT'S ALREADY HAPPENING. Do you have any idea the research that has to be done before a road trip or military transfer as it is just so I don't get turned into a criminal the second I cross a state line? This is just enforcement of the "faith and credit" we should have had all along. Here's what I sent to my senators. Use it as a frame work for your own letters if you like. I AM NOT LOOKING FOR NOTES!!!! If you want to change something, do it, copy, paste, and send it off to your senator. If you don't like it at all, well, I don't really care.
Sir,
I’m far from being a legislative expert, so I hope you’ll excuse any incorrect terminology on my part. I am writing to request your support for the Thune-Vitter amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (S. 1390) establishing interstate reciprocity of permits to carry concealed handguns.
I am in the process of establishing my residence near Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, having just transferred here on orders with the United States Air Force. I have been on active duty for over six years and have relocated several times pursuant to my duties. That experience grants me unique perspective regarding the benefits of national concealed-carry reciprocity.
During this particular transfer, I was interested in obtaining my Nebraska permit to carry as soon as possible, as my South Dakota permit is not honored here. In recent years, I was responsible for producing documentation and evidence that resulted in the court-marshal, confinement, and discharge of a former co-worker. He has since relocated to Omaha (his hometown) and has been made aware of my moving here as well. I have concerns he may hold me responsible for his discharge from the Air Force and means to do me harm. A lack of concrete evidence to that effect, however, leaves me with little recourse in the way of a protection order.
Ordinarily, the obvious solution would be to lawfully carry a firearm for self-defense pending the manifestation of sufficient evidence to file for said protection order, but Nebraska state law requires 180 days of residency to qualify for a permit to carry. Additionally, there is the matter of the required training course (ranging upwards of $200 in cost) and the permit application fee ($100 [easily arguable as excessive]).
To quantify the burden the current state of affairs places on citizens in my position, please consider the following:
1.) I must make considerable effort in guarding my contact information and residence. I must vary my route to and from work. I have purchased a shredder for personal documents and will be ensuring my telephone number remains unlisted. I am forced to refrain from establishing a routine, such as going to the Laundromat or grocery store on certain days of the week. I must do these things in excess of 180 days. For 180 days, I must remain in a fearful and overtly vigilant state. ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS of being defenseless.
2.) Including training and application costs, as well as fuel used to attend such appointments, I will have expended more then $300 acquiring a Nebraska state permit. Sir, I am sure you know that the military lifestyle carries enough burdens as it is. This needless expenditure to exercise a constitutional right from duty station to duty station is senseless and persecutory. THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS, just to continue exercising a constitutional right after having already picked up and relocated my entire life pursuant to my duty to my country.
It is simply unfair to ask me to do these things when I could just as easily go lawfully armed, if it weren’t for the draconian refusal to honor ALL states’ firearms permits. The constitution does not once mention automobile operator permits but, somehow, my operator permit is honored in EVERY state. Surely, there can be no good reason why the same due faith and credit cannot extend to lawfully bearing arms (a right that is mentioned quite prominently in the bill of rights).
I am enthusiastic to be establishing residence in your beautiful state. I have been warmly received and am settling in comfortably. I know you are concerned for the welfare of our military and will be eager to alleviate the difficulty of changing duty stations at any given opportunity. I salute and appreciate your support and am sure my comrades echo the sentiment. Thank you very much for your time and consideration. And thank you in advance for your support of the Thune-Vitter amendment.