Doc Mustang
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On this issue, Federal Legislation forcing the states to recognize each other's permits is not a good idea. This explicitly defines that concealed carry may be regulated by the Federal government. Once this admission is in place other regulation is sure to follow.
It would also be a significant violation of the tenth amendment to the constitution as it would be a significant centralization of power to the federal government, the very thing we should be trying to prevent.
Rather it should be argued that States which forbid all public carrying of arms, either by statute or through "may issue" permitting systems which are in fact "non-issue" is a violation of the now incorporated, second amendment.
The next step should be to get rid of the permitting process entirely. This should be done using the courts and not legislation. Again anything that can be given through legislation can be taken away. Court decisions tend to be more binding and restrict governmental power. (An aspect of Judicial Review which has been largely absent in the last 100 years).
We need to be progressing toward the concept that laws forbiding the carrying of arms by a free people, in public are UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
It would also be a significant violation of the tenth amendment to the constitution as it would be a significant centralization of power to the federal government, the very thing we should be trying to prevent.
Rather it should be argued that States which forbid all public carrying of arms, either by statute or through "may issue" permitting systems which are in fact "non-issue" is a violation of the now incorporated, second amendment.
The next step should be to get rid of the permitting process entirely. This should be done using the courts and not legislation. Again anything that can be given through legislation can be taken away. Court decisions tend to be more binding and restrict governmental power. (An aspect of Judicial Review which has been largely absent in the last 100 years).
We need to be progressing toward the concept that laws forbiding the carrying of arms by a free people, in public are UNCONSTITUTIONAL.