Dave Kopel: National Reciprocity Is As Constitutional as the Gun Control Act of 1968
Dave Kopel makes the case for the 14th Amendment's support of a national concealed carry reciprocity law . . . Congress should use constitutional power to force states to honor gun rights
A few weeks ago,...
News Flash: The Constitution Applies to All 50 States
Here's a novel concept: enumerated civil rights apply equally in every state in the union. Can speech be more stringently regulated in Maryland than it can in Montana? Do police have broader search and...
The Truth About H.R.38 – The Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017
Alan Korwin writes : On Dec. 7 2017 the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R.38 - Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017. The Senate's carry-bill -- S.446 - Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017...
Inconvenient Truth: National Reciprocity is Constitutional
Yeah, well that's not exactly new. Noah Feldman makes the inconvenient point that no matter what you think about federal preemption and states' rights, nothing about national reciprocity would be unconstitutional . . . Muddy...
New Yorkers’ Fever Dreams of Concealed Carry Reciprocity: IMI Systems Quote of the Day
“I suppose NYPD would try to require an out-of-state concealed carrier to sign in register with the NYPD so we would have a record of who is legally carrying. That would entail a...
National Concealed Carry Reciprocity is Unconstitutional! Or Not . . .
"The NRA proposal, which will now go before the Senate, would allow people to carry hidden guns in every state with no permit, no training, and no background checks whatsoever," Everytown for Gun Safety...
I Carry a Firearm Because My Daughter Can’t Run and Hide [Video]
Reader Steve S. writes:
When the national concealed carry talk heated up and all of the rhetoric got hotter I felt there's a group of people who are being woefully ignored: the disabled. As the...
National Reciprocity Puts New Yorkers at Risk: Quote of the Day
"The appalling House vote for concealed carry reciprocity puts all New Yorkers at risk. This legislation would let individuals from out-of-state convicted of certain crimes carry hidden, loaded weapons in New York, in violation...
Why Second Amendment Supporters Should Oppose A National Reciprocity Law
Reader Justin Russell writes:
Let me start by stating that I am a Second Amendment absolutist. I don't believe that the right to keep and bear arms should be infringed for any reason. In fact, unlike...
Nancy Pelosi Claims National Reciprocity will Allow “Violent Criminals” to Carry Concealed Guns
This past week the House of Representatives passed HR 38, the National Reciprocity Act. A piece of legislation that gun owners have been demanding for decades. To no one's surprise, gun control activists have...
National Carry Reciprocity: A Blessing for Republicans
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed H.R. 38, recently amended to be the “Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017.“ Voting for and passing the bill in the House, and then in the Senate,...
Bloomberg Fears Of Guns in Times Square Closer to Reality: Quote of the Day
"Imagine walking through Times Square -- or Las Vegas -- and wondering if the stranger next to you, perhaps acting oddly, might be carrying a gun. There are reasons why New York, Nevada, and...