I come down on the side of state's rights. I also reject the idea that state's rights was decided 152 years ago. That's absurd. The limits and scope of state's rights is being tested right now in another arena. Marijuana legalization. The federal government is letting the states pretty much have their way on that, in spite of the fact that pot is still a class 1 narcotic at the federal level.

I, for one, would rather forget about being able to carry in California than have to live with some reciprocity compromise that inhibits my rights to carry in my home state of Arizona. When it came down to negotiating, I think California would have their way. Fear has been expressed in other threads that we would wind up having to live with the most restrictive carry laws in order to placate all states. On top of that, I only see the federal government making a bigger mess of things if they decide to come up with uniform reciprocity. I'd prefer them to just stay out of it.