House to consider national concealed carry gun bill Tuesday

The House of Representatives will consider a bill on Tuesday allowing concealed carry permit holders to carry handguns across state lines.

A floor vote is expected on the National Right to Carry Reciprocity Act, a bill introduced by Florida Republican Cliff Stearns and North Carolina Democrat Heath Shuler.

The legislation would allow those with permits to carry a concealed handgun in any state where concealed carry is not restricted. Forty nine states currently allow some form of concealed carry, but the training and requirements for obtaining a permit vary.

http://dailycaller.com/2011/11/14/house ... l-tuesday/

Its about time, been waiting for this for many years!

An armed society is a polite society

Wouldn't this be a case where the federal government is taking away the state's rights to determine who is allowed to conceal carry in their state?

archer wrote: Wouldn't this be a case where the federal government is taking away the state's rights to determine who is allowed to conceal carry in their state?

Not any more than a state's right to determine receives a driver's license.

`(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to preempt any provision of State law with respect to the issuance of licenses or permits to carry concealed firearms.'.


The Bill

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c ... 112Ucx8VS: :

Personally, I'm glad Congress is working on stuff like this instead of unimportant things like fixing the economy and jobs.

Me too, there is NO fixing the economy. But at least gun sales will go up.

Does the federal govt require that all states must honor another states drivers license, or is that an agreement among the states.

The other question I have is if the feds can mandate this...why not healthcare? Or do you think some states will take the feds to court too over this?

If what Martin posted is part of the bill, then what does the bill change?

Conservation Voice wrote: Personally, I'm glad Congress is working on stuff like this instead of unimportant things like fixing the economy and jobs.

Pelosi, Reid, and Obama spent 2 years and trillions of dollars trying to fix the economy and unemployment is still at 9%. And guess where the new jobs are coming from? The private sector old energy concerns and not the goverment.

Sorry, goverment has shot their wad, they don't know how to create sustained new jobs.

I am fearful of this new bill. I don't want California to be dictating how I carry in Colorado.