SAFE Act- now this is a good law

[psyopspec]

Am I reading it right?

Yes, with the exception of one clause -

may carry in any State a concealed firearm in accordance with the terms of the license or with the laws of the State of the person's residence, subject to the laws of the State in which the firearm is carried concerning specific types of locations in which firearms may not be carried.'

Prohibited locations stay prohibited according the laws of the given state. I say it's an interesting experiment - while I'd like to see the power of the states come through on reciprocity, I wouldn't do much complaining if this was passed as written.

 

[The-Fly]

AFS: that was brought up in the "gay marriage" thread: a bill that would, if nothing else, be an absolute RIOT to watch the progress of...

Write a bill, based on the full faith and credit clause, allowing both gay marriage and national CCW reciprocity. The left would be screaming about the CCW part, the right would scream about the gay marriage part, and neither side could REALLY vote against it because it has something that both sides want to get.

Personally, I think that one would make a spectator sport...

lol thats classic. And the twisted thing is, i'd vote for it in a heart beat. Civil rights for everyone, gays and gun owners. No wonder the fascists and the socialists (AKA the republican and democratic parties) would never vote for it.

 

[beerslurpy]

So someone from TX could get a FL CCW and conealed carry knives, knuckles and machine guns isntead of just pistols

 

[Strings]

The really beautiful thing about a Federal CCW reciprocity law? Those states that don't currently have some form of CCW (like WI or IL) would suddenly have to allow it, yet gain no revenue FROM it. I would LOVE to walk into the office of one of our lovely anti legiscritters and point that out after passage...

 

[Graystar]

Are not the drivers licenses of one state honored in every other state of the country?

Only because every state has laws that say so.

I think this would BAR me from carrying in my home state, EVEN if I had a non-resident permit in another state.

That would be correct. Your ability to carry is based on your state of residence...not the state that issues the license.

Just make it so you do NOT need a permit to carry like Vermont, then it would be GOOD. While I do say this one is a good start...

For people from Vermont, it already does.

I'm not sure why we even need this law.
The "good faith: clause of the Constitution should cover this .
It's why your drivers license is good in all 50 states.

"Good Faith" doesn't do that. As I said above, your drivers license is good across all fifty states because there are fifty laws that say so.

Forcing one state to uphold the laws of another state violates state sovereignty.

 

[DRZinn]

Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State.

I don't know what the precedents are, but that has potential.

 

[KnightHawk67]

As far as I care, State sovereignty can take a "dinger" if it means we can carry in different states without worrying one of those states has some weird law that will get us tossed into jail for merely being in that state. The states have given up so much power to the bad side of things, one loss to our benefit might not be so terrible. I might be wrong in that opinion, but I have been wrong at least once before

 

[LAR-15]

Have you urged your reps to cosponsor this bill?

 

[Graystar]

The states have given up so much power to the bad side of things, one loss to our benefit might not be so terrible.

There's a big difference between giving up a power to the Federal government and being forced to uphold the laws of another state. The first is a delegation of power to a greater authority. The second is a lateral expansion of the powers of one state into another state. That's a big difference.

 

[Chrontius]

AFS: that was brought up in the "gay marriage" thread: a bill that would, if nothing else, be an absolute RIOT to watch the progress of...

Write a bill, based on the full faith and credit clause, allowing both gay marriage and national CCW reciprocity. The left would be screaming about the CCW part, the right would scream about the gay marriage part, and neither side could REALLY vote against it because it has something that both sides want to get.

Personally, I think that one would make a spectator sport...

Dude, that one made me laugh out loud. In a public computer lab. Let's call our congrescritters and get them to do it.