Of course, some might argue that sooner than that the whole area might be a smoking crater, but that's a topic for another thread...
Posted on 06/10/2012 4:16:15 AM PDT by marktwain
Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Va., is a busy man.
The freshman Republican is introducing a critical new bill for gun owners, battling Medicare fraud and trying to roll back what he sees as environmental regulations that will cripple the economy in his district.
First, Griffith is sponsoring a new bill designed to end lots of headaches for law-abiding gun owners. The resolution would allow transportation of a firearm from one state where a gun is legally possessed to another where it is also legal. That means states traveled through between the two states would not be able to charge the gun owner with a crime.
“Some cities and a couple of states have not been paying attention to what we believe the federal law is pretty clear on,” Griffith told WND. “If you’re traveling from one state to another and each of the states on either end allow you to have a gun, that you can transport that gun through the other territory.”
Griffith says a number of responsible gun owners have been hassled for no good reason and at great legal expense. In addition to protecting the transportation rights of gun owners, any jurisdiction that improperly files charges will be responsible for the legal fees of the citizen involved.
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
Sounds like an AWESOME Representative. Here in Texas, our Republicans (albeit at the state level) are too busy coddling to the governor to even bother learning what conservatism is.
McClure-Volkmer Act
National Concealed Carry Reciprocity is a better idea.
How do you “prove” what state you are traveling to?
What if you have a breakdown in a hostile state and are forced to stay the night?
Can I drive from Pennsylvania through New York on my way to North Carolina?
For that matter, universal reciprocity should be easy to pass as well, with 49 states having some form of CCW license/permit. The fact that it has not passed shows how committed to the agenda of citizen disarmament the “progressives” are.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearm_Owners_Protection_Act#.22Safe_Passage.22_provision
in part
One of the law’s provisions was that persons traveling from one place to another cannot be incarcerated for a firearms offense in a state that has strict gun control laws if the traveler is just passing through (short stops for food and gas) and the firearms and ammunition are not immediately accessible, unloaded and, in the case of a vehicle without a compartment separate from the driver’s compartment, in a locked container.[7]
An example of this would be that someone driving from Virginia to a competition in Vermont with a locked hard case containing an unloaded handgun and a box of ammunition in the trunk could not be prosecuted in New Jersey or New York City for illegal possession of a handgun provided that they did not stop in New Jersey or New York for an extended period of time.
However Washington D.C., New York, New Jersey, and several other states routinely ignore this provision; arresting, prosecuting, and imprisoning travelers who are complying with this federal law
AMEN!
This headline reminds me of a song called "Don't Forget the Guns" that was meant to be a parody on the second Amendment. As it turned out a lot of gun owners loved it.
The lyrics are a hoot.
The lyrics are a hoot.
Yes they are. The left is so far out of reality, that a song they consider a parody is considered a celebration of freedom by most Americans. If they did not have the MSM, they would be a sad side show.
ping
Route through W. Va, Va. Avoid NY, Maryland, NJ.
I too would like to see the NCCR pass. BUT, this is a concept that has some risky ramifications IMO. It comes down to states rights, doesn’t it. If the USG can tell states to recip CCW laws, what else can it force state governments to do? Equalize state income tax? Provide the same min wage? Health care? Talk among yourselves...
Great idea!
“It comes down to states rights, doesn’t it.”
US Constitution, 2nd Amendment. Federal authority.
The trouble with national CCW is that Barbara Boxer will write the conditions for the permit.
Of course, some might argue that sooner than that the whole area might be a smoking crater, but that's a topic for another thread...
I know that feeling. I was born in Maryland.
Why do we need another law to reinforce a law signed in 1986?
Perhaps we should be looking into where and when this inalienable Constitutional right was lost (if it ever really was...ignorance is bliss) instead of passing a law to reestablish it.
As the old saw goes...if government gives the right government can take it away.
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