Cross your fingers, here its comes. The battle for national CCW reciprocity begins tomorrow 9/13/11. What do you think?
A. Long hard battle for no good outcome!
B. We have a chance!
C. Better luck next year!
Humor me here for a minute let's say it passes. What does that mean for me I live in New Jersey but, have a Florida CCW will that allow me to carry in New Jersey?
Humor me here for a minute let's say it passes. What does that mean for me I live in New Jersey but, have a Florida CCW will that allow me to carry in New Jersey?
Unfortunately, it is now a battle between 2A and 10A. Which one will win out? The bigger issue is that the framers of our Constitution designed them so that they never would be in conflict. The states have taken it upon themselves to go above the 2A, and place state-specific limitations upon gun ownership. And even within states, carry rights vary wildly from county to county. In Cal-LEFT-fornia, moving from one county to another is like changing nationality!
Now, I am a staunch supporter of both the 2A and the 10A, but in this case I believe the states need to be corrected. Bring it back ok line with the constitution across the board. Is it a pipe dream? Maybe. But HR 218 did go through, granting peace officers reciprocity in all 50 states. Why shouldn't properly permitted civilians be extended the same courtesy?
So maybe there is hope, but I guard my hope well out of fear that this may be a staging ground for more oppressive blanket legislation from the federal level. Go ahead, call me a conspiracy theorist. You won't be the first, or the last.
No, it would do away with the need for nonresident permits to exist. If you have a permit for your home state, it would be good in ANY state that has a concealed carry permit law as long as you are following the law of the state you are in. If I went to NJ with my AL permit, under this law I would be legally able to carry as long as I follow the NJ laws.
jg1967:229245 said:What's the skinny on HR218? I have not really heard much about that?
I guess thats bad news for me because I would rely on a non resident permit. I am in the process of getting a Florida non res. because I cannot get a CCW in NJ its impossible here so, I rely on non res permits to carry in other states like PA for instance.
You could still use a FL permit to carry in PA...just not in NJ.
It's possible that a result of this is that states AZ, FL, UT, etc might decide they no longer have to issue to non-residents...but I doubt they would want to give up that revenue source.
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