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NRA calls for universal conceal carry gun law for crossing state lines
AP via Washington Times ^ | April 24, 2014 | Charles D. Wilson

Posted on 04/25/2014 9:16:33 PM PDT by neverdem

INDIANAPOLIS — With concealed weapons now legal in all 50 states, the National Rifle Association’s focus at this week’s annual meeting is less about enacting additional state protections than on making sure the permits already issued still apply when the gun owners travel across the country.

The nation’s largest gun-rights group, which officially opens its meeting of about 70,000 people Friday in Indianapolis, wants Congress to require that concealed weapons permits issued in one state be recognized everywhere, even when the local requirements differ. Advocates say the effort would eliminate a patchwork of state-specific regulations that lead to carriers unwittingly violating the law when traveling.

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“Right now it takes some legal research to find out where you are or are not legal depending on where you are,” said Guy Relford, an attorney who has sued communities for violating an Indiana law that bars local gun regulation. “I don’t think that’s right.”

Opponents fear the measure would allow more lenient gun regulations to trump stricter ones when permit holders travel across state lines...

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


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To: ThunderSleeps
LOLOL!!!! worth a shot...
21 posted on 04/26/2014 7:55:44 AM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: neverdem

Wouldn’t the same arguments for marriage apply to concealed carry ? To not do so would violate equal protection and whatever else ?

Once one state makes something legal doesn’t it now mean all states must agree ?


22 posted on 04/26/2014 9:36:08 AM PDT by wonkowasright (Wonko from outside the asylum)
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