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rotor wrote:I can see the issue being one of constitutional carry. Let some NRA types go to the Supreme Court and have them restore constitutional carry rights among all states. I like that better than having the feds pass a law that says there has to be reciprocity.

Soccerdad1995 wrote:By it's very nature, government (at all levels) will infringe on the rights of the governed. So I don't know that I would say the feds are "supposed to be protecting our rights" as mush as I would say that the constitution guarantees our rights and it is up to us to protect them from this natural tendency of the government.

Soccerdad1995 wrote:I can see a couple potential issues with national reciprocity.

First, we would presumably still allow states to set laws on where and even how you can carry. For example, in Texas, certain signs have the force of law to prevent carry. I can't see the feds requiring us to lessen this requirement for someone with an LTC issued from a state where signs do not carry force of law. So where do we draw the line? What if NY or CA says fine, you can carry, but only if a private property owner first obtains a sign explicitly allowing carry (kind of a reverse 30.06), and then the gun has to be state compliant, of course, and must not have a round in the chamber. Hollow points are banned, etc, etc. Maybe I am skeptical given the obstructionism we are seeing over the "fines for signs" law here.

Second, I am not sure I want the feds to have any control over where I can carry if it means that a future administration could go the other way and say that they can restrict my carry even if the state allows it. For this reason, I would much prefer that this happen as a result of a SCOTUS case than by executive order.

rotor wrote:I am not arguing the constitutional right for abortion although the supreme court has interpreted this. And I really would like to be able to carry in my birth state, NY. I see the difficulty with Trump trying to argue that the feds should control the states over gun rights and the states should control abortion rights and the feds should be out. The supreme court has upheld abortion as a constitutional right, at least for now. I doubt that it will be taken away.

parabelum wrote:Lets see what he actually does after inauguration.

If he doesn't deliver and forgets what got him elected, then We the people will throw him out.

But in the meantime, again, let's wait-and-see. For now let's just enjoy watching the Libs cry.

rotor wrote:Do you really want national reciprocity? You can't argue that each state should control abortions but the feds should control gun carry reciprocity. Some things better left to the states. You don't like Commiefornia, move.