Posted on 06/23/2022 9:30:25 AM PDT by Stanwood_Dave
First Happy Birthday (if I'm not mistaken) USSC Assoc. Justice Clarence Thomas.
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has weighted in on (6-3 Decision) the 2nd & 14th Amendment, it's time for National Reciprocity.
Ask your representative's local & national about National Reciprocity.
I agree with you absolutely. Since it IS part opf the Constitution, the states are and should be limited.
No doubt our trustworthy representatives will get right on that. Just as soon as the get done infringing on our 2nd amendment rights some more. 😵💫🤬
Yes,if I’m fit to drive in all 50 states (and DC...and Puerto Rico...) then I’m fit to posses a firearm in all 50 states. After all,Ted Kennedy’s Oldsmobile killed more people than my gun.
I’m hoping this makes Colorado’s removal of preemption last year null and void.
With a Democratic Congress and Biden, it would never pass.
The 2nd Amendment also means that citizens have the ability to protect themselves from tyranny. That was one of the original gun uses of our founders.
The only people that should not be allowed to purchase and use weapons are those rightly denied their rights through due process because they broke the law - they should be rotting in prison. Otherwise, everyone should have full rights to function in society.
Well, the court has ruled that the 14th and 2nd amendment allow the right to bear arms. Guess we need them to further state that this are citizen rights not bound or restricted by state, county, or city borders.
Yes, Cornyn has trotted out reciprocity legislation several times (to solicit campaign donations, not to support the 2nd amendment).
Guess they didn’t get branDUHn’s memo declaring those pesky “suggestions” in the BOR aren’t absolute.
Still a state matter. This doesn't change it.
Reciprocity may not be a good idea. FedGuv takes over even a little bit, then the monster bides its time, taking incremental steps to further stick its nose in, and, when the framework of “feds know best” is baked in, they pounce and say they are revoking everything that has to do with the 2nd Amendment because of some “crisis” and the fact that they are in control of the levers of federal power at that time. Instead, return the 2nd Amendment to a first-class right that no state can infringe upon in every manner possible. Then, reciprocity will take care of itself among the several States. The problem is that there is currently too much leeway among the States to regulate. When in the future there is basically no light between the states, then reciprocity will be de facto.
It is long overdue. If I’m legal to protect my own life and the lives of others in my home state. Why should I have to become a defenseless victim when I travel ?
Bingo. You can't be for state's rights and demand National Reciprocity at the same time.
that should have been something we got in exchange for the things the gang of 10 agreed to. Interestingly it appears law-abiding citizen did all the giving up and got nothing in that unconstitutional bill.
Since they’re determined to let criminals out of jail and take away law enforcement...Hell yeh. Probably needs to be mandatory.
>> Still a state matter. This doesn’t change it.
How can you possibly speak to “National Reciprocity” and claim it’s a states’ matter?
Because it is?
What about the federal gun transportation law? Is that a state matter too?
The feds are already active in the subject. At what point does federal dictat infringe on state power in an unconstitutional way? Where is that line, roughly?
Is a federal assault weapons ban constitutional? The feds have upheld ban of certain semiautomatic rifles in the 7th circuit (granted, this is a state law).
Federal prohibition on post 1968 automatic weapons stands unmolested.
SCOTUS just ruled that no government body may pass a law prohibiting bearing of arms; at the same time SCOTUS did not set a limit the amount of regulation.
My general point is that there is all sort of line-drawing here, and nobody knows what a court will decide. The law is whimsy.
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