The House already approved such a measure, but Democrats in the Senate have blocked it and Trump seemed versed in that political reality.
"I think that maybe that bill will someday pass but it should pass as a separate” bill, Trump replied to Scalise.
"If you're going to put concealed carry between states into this bill, we're talking about a whole new ballgame. And you know I’m with you but let it be a separate bill,” he continued.
“You'll never get this passed if you add concealed carry to this, you’ll never get it passed.”
—Trump: Background checks will 'never' pass if concealed carry is attached
It seems to me that some patriots got “car sick” when Pres. Trump was at the wheel, dangling the DACA carrot in front of Democrats.
I suspect that we’re seeing Trump maneuvering here.
Although the Democrats may win a little in this deal, Trump may win even more for citizens.
Patriots have to support Trump by electing a Congress that will support Trump.
And politics is the art of the possible, too. CCW reciprocity is possibly to Trump, a bargaining chip, yet another, to hammer California in particular with. Getting HR38 as written would be the best possible ‘F.U.’’ to the reigning mandarins in Sacramento. Especially if interpreted properly by the SCOTUS to mean that I, trapped behind lines in CA can get my CCW from Virginia or Utah and it would be valid per the Constitution.