Some folks seem to have a rather extreme view about the issue and see it as a threat to states rights, or see it as a move towards a "federal" permit.

It's neither.

In essence what the concealed carry bill currently in the House would do is allow each and every state to:

1) decide if it wants concealed carry;
2) decide what requirements must be met for concealed carry;
3) decide what other limits may apply, such as 10 round magazines, no hollow points, etc; and
4) apply all theses things to all of it's residents.

You know, just like states can do now.

What this bill would do is to allow a *resident* concealed carry permit holder in one state (who meets all of that state's permit requirements and firearm/bullet type restrictions) to conceal carry his or her handgun in any other state that allows concealed carry for it's own residents.

It effectively does two things:

1) It eliminates the arbitrary application of reciprocity between states; and

2) Allows a concealed carry holder to carry a handgun that is legal to carry in his or her state in any state that allows concealed carry (by defining "handgun" of the purpose of this law as including any magazine size and any bullet type).

I'm not seeing a down side here...