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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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FWIW, here in WA we don't have restrictive CCW laws. Getting a CCW is quite easy, and we even have legal OC. WA just doesn't have reciprocity with many other states, and all sales require a BGC. That is the extent of our restrictive gun laws (so far
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If the new law just says that you have to observe the laws of the state you're carrying in, then that wouldn't be a problem for out-of-state CCW holders - unless the states start passing laws that put more restrictions on out of state carriers - which would seem to be totally in conflict with this new national reciprocity law.