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If the feds can force one state to accept another state's CHL, then they have both the authority and a reason to force all states to accept "national standards" on who can have a CHL. If they force "shall issue" that would be very good, but, if they require "may issue with good cause" then it could wipe out 25 years of nationwide progress on CHL in a stroke. My opinion is that is exactly what the anti-gun crowd would try to do, and it would be more difficult to combat if we had nationwide reciprocity by federal law. Think this through and keep in mind that the anti's have already introduce such a nationwide "may issue with good cause" bill in congress.

It seems to me that, if this bill become law, then NYC will have to recognize a Texas CHL as valid. I can predict what will happen. Congress critters from NY, NJ, California, Illinois, and several other states with either no CHL or highly restrictive, "may issue" licensure will argue that this law makes it necessary to establish "national standards" for issuance of CHL's. Now, just what standards do you think that the likes of Pelosi, Boxer, Feinstein, Schumer, et. al. would want promulgated? Elimination of "shall issue" would be first on the list, and all of the work of the last 25 years, getting "shall issue" in many states, would go down the drain. If a state didn't go along with the standards, they might lose federal "aid", i.e. money, for law enforcement, and their licenses would be void outside their state borders. How long would any state hold out?

We don't need to give the feds any more excuses to get involved in this area. My humble opinion.