Your first amendment rights do not end at state lines.
Your first amendment rights do not cost hundreds of dollars or take years to obtain.
Your second amendment rights should be no different.
Millions of Americans live on or near state lines and their constitutional right to defend themselves is currently being infringed.
No other constitutional right ends at state lines.
Currently, it is nearly impossible to obtain a license to legally carry in all 50 states. Most do not honor out of state licenses, and some like WV, SC, KS, CO are completely or nearly impossible for many non residents.
While the courts have already ruled states must follow “shall issue” rules, there should be some federal guideline or standard set that states must honor. If a state wishes to have a licensing application process for residents it should be in line with a federal standard that allows for reciprocity.
Colorado does not issue non-resident concealed carry permits, with the exception of military members and their families who are permanently stationed in the state. Colorado only honors concealed carry licenses from states with which it has a reciprocity agreement.
Colorado does not accept a Massachusetts LTC, despite their extensive application process. Therefore it is nearly impossible for a Massachusetts resident to get a non citizen license unless they own property or a business in Colorado.
If you look at the states that CO doesn’t accept from, they are all much stricter states that don’t accept ours. But back to the main topic, it could get dicey doing it nationally (although I fully support that) due to some states and cities banning certain types of weapons that are legal elsewhere.
This is indeed a larger issue, but there should be a federal standard that states must meet that allows for reciprocity.
LTC primarily applies to hand guns and I would argue if legal in the home state it should be honored as a non resident. If a state still wishes to ban sale and possession for residents it’s a separate issue to this, although one needing to be looked at.
Even in incredibly restrictive states like Massachusetts, most handguns that are not on an approved roster list are no more dangerous than approved handguns. Massachusetts charges $50k to review and approve all handguns and any variant, including an identical handgun in a different color. As such, many handguns are “not approved” simply because the manufacturer chose not to spend hundreds of thousands on every minuscule variant.
Rifles are certainly more complicated. Handguns are primarily revolver or striker fire semi automatic these days, with capacity significantly reduced vs rifles anyway
I would argue this doesn’t go far enough. My support is behind the national constitutional carry proposal. You shouldn’t need a license for a right already guaranteed by the constitution that has been repeated violated.
I agree with you, but also recognize it’s never going to happen. At least no time soon.
Requiring states to recognize out of state licenses is at least a step in the right direction and less difficult to pass initially
WV has NO Gun Laws, I live here, and can Open Carry and Concealed Carry without Government Permission…
And there lays the Crux of the problem, You People keep ASKING for Permission to DO what comes Naturally, and that’s why they think it’s OK to Tax you at every turn and make you dance for their PERMISSION to protect yourself in an Effective way…
The 2nd Amendment doesn’t have a ““BUT”” in it, and States aren’t allowed to add in any arbitrary ““Laws, Regulations, Policies, or other silliness””, to the Bill of Rights, aka the First Ten Amendments…
STOP ASKING FOR PERMISSION to exercise your God Given Rights, it’s almost Blasphemy…
Any US Amendment, should be governed solely by the federal government. End of story.
Any law passed by any state that affects the US constitution, should be null and void. This includes any 2A weapon bans, any 1A restrictions (especially when it comes to memes)
I agree wholeheartedly. The second amendment seems to be the only one which states have been empowered to do what they want.
I don’t need a license to free speech
I get what you’re saying, but it’s a terrible and unrealistic take. I could do what you say and just decide I’ll do what I want with my “god given right”. And all will be good until I’m arrested and put in prison while my family starves
Surround yourself with Like Minded people, many of us are willingly or not, going in the direction of having to study Law because we want to take ALL the states to SCOTUS, and then beat them over the head with their own Stupidity…
And don’t sweat the little things, just do as the Tyrant want, for now, and on the backside, get Like minded friends, and Learn Law, and do the research…
If you want to make things really simple, just pass a law reaffirming what’s already in the Constitution by outright banning all individual state gun laws.
Or if that becomes too tricky to pull off, make the law “Any state with any laws restricting gun ownership get $0 from the federal government”.
Agreed in principle. Bottom line; we already have reciprocity; its the 2A… we don’t need duplicative laws when we already have a right that covers it. What is really needed is for: 1. The people to understand we have a right the gov cannot infringe upon; 2. the people to say “no” when they do try to infringe, and; 3. a system of representative government that serves the people… not the system, (contingent upon “free and fair elections”… which is a post ALLLLL on its own). That said, having the government issue reciprocity laws only reinforces the idea that what the government grants… it can take away. Laws can be repealed; rights cannot. We’ve already been granted the right to bear arms. What needs to happen is that all laws (Fed, State and Local) need to be reviewed simultaneously and struck down simultaneously … not one at a time, but as a whole body of laws. The primacy of the 2A needs to be recognized and upheld at the federal level and case rulings such as Heller v DC, McDonald v Chicago and NYSR&PS v Bruen need to be FORCEFULLY applied to EVERY existing gun law/ rule en-mass. Not in “one-sies and two-sies” but in one fell swoop (saves us from having to spend billions on court cases… most of which is OUR money… be it in taxes or out of pocket; see my post on politicians who pass laws suppressing rights need to pay out of personal pocket). And again we need to have a population educated in civics that understands true rights, and that inalienable rights (rights granted by Natures God) are not privileges that can be taken or are subject to regulation.
Read the 2A again; in plain English it says “Shall not be infringed” with a period at the end. There is NO caveat that follows such as an “if” or a “unless otherwise directed”
Taxes and regulation = infringement
Laws that ban, restrict or confine = infringement
-Andrew Calverase
There needs to be a federal License with a comprehensive background check that any legal gun owner can apply for and be able to carry anywhere anytime in the United States period.
I live in Connecticut and I work in New York. I border New York. I can not protect myself or carry my weapon ever because of laws infringing my rights to personal protection. No state has the right to determine when my rights are applicable.
In addition states unconstitutional gun rosters need to end, the definition of assult rifle needs to be changed or thrown out.
some features on rifles like a pistol grip do not magically make the gun more dangerous, however they would allow the average person and someone with dissabilities to handle the gun properly and reach the safety (like on an AR style rifle). I would argue If anything not having a proper grip makes it more dangerous…
A license to exercise a right is no right at all!!! It is asking the government for permission and then paying money to have that privilege. A privilege can be taken away, expire or denied completely. THE 2nd IS NOT A PRIVILEGE!
It must be and only be a 50 State Constitutional Carry confirmation of the meaning of the second amendment. You should be able to open carry or conceal carry anytime you want just like the constitution says. “Shall not be infringed“
There must be NO wiggle room for any form of government to infringe on our rights!
I personally believe that we do not need the government’s (state or federal) permission to carry,A National Reciprocity law would be a good place to start. I’m just glad I’m not in one of those anti 2A states.