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Originally Posted by richardw
Last week I read that there were 200 co-sponsors of the House bill and some co-sponsors in the Senate (no number stated). The bills have been referred to committees in both houses. Whether there will be hearings or just a mark up of the bills to get them to a vote is not clear. The exec is highly likely to sign them upon passage.
However, the legislation is not a panacea. Within the bills is language that requires the permit holder to abide by the laws of states not just his or her state when carrying in any state. So, in the anti 2A states they can pass laws in response to the reciprocity legislation that make CC practically impossible.
I imagine that NY, NJ, MA, CT, WA, CA, OR, MD would enact laws that set requirements that none of us will be able to meet. Unless the national act deals with that I see it as a political move not a practical move.
I have both PA and AZ licenses. Between the two I can pretty much visit any state except for the ones mentioned above in the bowl of alphabet soup.
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I hear you on that one. But here's something to consider as well. Whatever carry restrictions that NY, NJ, CA pass so as to muck up National Carry folks, those restrictions will apply to the people in those anti-states *with* active permits. Those people tend to be the most powerful and connected folks, and they will not stand for their own permits to be made null and void in their own state.
What I see happening is this: *If* a version of National Carry passes both House and Senate (this is a big 'If', because I've read that we don't quite have enough Dems in the Senate to get it passed), the president will sign it into law. The very next day, NY and NJ and CA will all file lawsuits, and defy the law. They will announce that anyone caught carrying a gun from out of state will be arrested at gunpoint by police, and taken to jail.
The local circuits will most likely uphold the lawsuits, and it will eventually go to SCOTUS. By that time, we *might* have a 6-3 Conservative majority, and the law will be upheld.