Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) has introduced legislation that would require all states to recognize every other states concealed carry permits, the same as every state recognizes your drivers license.
Understandably this has gotten the more restrictive states in a bit of an uproar. I mean what if someone with a state-issued permit from Vermont* were to visit a more restrictive place like Chicago? Violence might result!
My big worry is that the bill might establish minimum requirements for a CCW permit if it is to be universally recognized and those would be the most restrictive requirements in force. Thus if your Shall Issue permit from anywhere is to be recognized in D.C. you would need to have completed 2 weeks of training or whatever D.C. demands. To be recognized in Cali, you'd have to be a major donor to the campaign of at least one Sheriff.
The bill is a good idea. Write your congress animal and encourage him or her to support this. Just gotta watch the details.
*Yes, Vermont is a constitutional carry state. They also issue paper permits in case you plan on traveling.
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I don't believe Vermont has any sort of permit system, not even an optional one for traveling denizens.
My big worry is that with such a bill folks will become content with the privilege of carrying, instead of demanding that their Right to be carry respected. Plus this may be some vehicle which a Federal UBC gets attached. I don't trust the GoP not to do something that stupid.
The proposal certainly represents both opportunity and danger in generous measure. Expecting the Congress to get it right is expecting a lot but occasionally it happens. By itself, the president wouldn't sign it, but attached to something else, say funding the DHS, it might happen.
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