National Carry AcademyDoes the Concealed Carry Gun Bill do More Harm than Laissez Faire?
February 4, 2019
The recently passed Concealed Carry bill aims at a huge re-examination and change to the USA gun laws. The spirit of this law is to let the populace travel anywhere in America by any mode of transportation and freely carry concealed weapons.
Those for the Concealed Carry bill argue the necessity of the law citing people like Shaneen Allen. She was detained in New Jersey. Her crime? She innocently broke New Jersey’s concealed carry laws. However, Shaneen had a Pennsylvania concealed carry permit.
What Ms. Allen didn’t know was that it is illegal to carry weapons across state boundaries. In some states, there would be no problem. In others Carrying guns across state lines is a crime. No wonder gun owners are confused.
The situation is only going to get worse. Increasing numbers of weapon owners are carrying concealed guns. More of them are traveling from state to state with those firearms.
There must be a clear and simple solution to these inconsistencies.
One obvious way to solve the problem is to make Concealed Carry laws uniform throughout the states. However, forcing states to change their concealed carry laws is probably unconstitutional.
Here’s a better solution. The Concealed Carry Act requires each state to agree that concealed carry permits of the other states are upheld. After all, such documents as health cards and drivers’ licenses are legally accepted all over the USA.
The numbers of people with concealed carry permits vary from state to state. There is little correlation between population and number of those licensed for concealed carry.
Likewise, what is allowed from state to state now varies markedly. States like Hawaii, New York, California, and Maryland have strict restrictions on concealed carry while other states like Texas and Wyoming have much looser restrictions.
Counties like Los Angeles award very few concealed carry permits. They based acceptance on the need of the petitioner to have a concealed weapon.
There is a logical argument that restricting who can carry a concealed weapon is unconstitutional. This issue has yet to be dealt with by the Supreme Court.
Here is another glitch. According to the letter of The Concealed Carry law, if I am in California and have a concealed carry permit issued in North Carolina, California must recognize my permit. But, in order to get a concealed carry permit in North Carolina, I do not need to reside there. I can apply online for the permit. I don’t even need to visit North Carolina!
Residents of cities they deem relatively safe when it comes to concealed carry weapons fear that numbers of people visiting or living in their neighborhoods and carrying guns are going to mushroom.
Experts project that concealed weapons carried legally could go from a few hundred to hundreds of thousands with the enactment of this concealed carry bill.
Other unsettling changes could also occur. People now banned from owning concealed carry guns—like those convicted of domestic abuse—will now be free to apply for a concealed carry permit in a state where he/she was not convicted. He/she may then legally carry that concealed weapon in the state where the conviction occurred.
The Concealed Carry Act states that no state may stop anyone who possesses a concealed carry permit from carrying a weapon.
Does the Concealed Carry Gun Bill do More Harm than Laissez Faire?
February 4, 2019
The recently passed Concealed Carry bill aims at a huge re-examination and change to the USA gun laws. The spirit of this law is to let the populace travel anywhere in America by any mode of transportation and freely carry concealed weapons.
Those for the Concealed Carry bill argue the necessity of the law citing people like Shaneen Allen. She was detained in New Jersey. Her crime? She innocently broke New Jersey’s concealed carry laws. However, Shaneen had a Pennsylvania concealed carry permit.
What Ms. Allen didn’t know was that it is illegal to carry weapons across state boundaries. In some states, there would be no problem. In others Carrying guns across state lines is a crime. No wonder gun owners are confused.
The situation is only going to get worse. Increasing numbers of weapon owners are carrying concealed guns. More of them are traveling from state to state with those firearms.
There must be a clear and simple solution to these inconsistencies.
One obvious way to solve the problem is to make Concealed Carry laws uniform throughout the states. However, forcing states to change their concealed carry laws is probably unconstitutional.
Here’s a better solution. The Concealed Carry Act requires each state to agree that concealed carry permits of the other states are upheld. After all, such documents as health cards and drivers’ licenses are legally accepted all over the USA.
The numbers of people with concealed carry permits vary from state to state. There is little correlation between population and number of those licensed for concealed carry.
Likewise, what is allowed from state to state now varies markedly. States like Hawaii, New York, California, and Maryland have strict restrictions on concealed carry while other states like Texas and Wyoming have much looser restrictions.
Counties like Los Angeles award very few concealed carry permits. They based acceptance on the need of the petitioner to have a concealed weapon.
There is a logical argument that restricting who can carry a concealed weapon is unconstitutional. This issue has yet to be dealt with by the Supreme Court.
Here is another glitch. According to the letter of The Concealed Carry law, if I am in California and have a concealed carry permit issued in North Carolina, California must recognize my permit. But, in order to get a concealed carry permit in North Carolina, I do not need to reside there. I can apply online for the permit. I don’t even need to visit North Carolina!
Residents of cities they deem relatively safe when it comes to concealed carry weapons fear that numbers of people visiting or living in their neighborhoods and carrying guns are going to mushroom.
Experts project that concealed weapons carried legally could go from a few hundred to hundreds of thousands with the enactment of this concealed carry bill.
Other unsettling changes could also occur. People now banned from owning concealed carry guns—like those convicted of domestic abuse—will now be free to apply for a concealed carry permit in a state where he/she was not convicted. He/she may then legally carry that concealed weapon in the state where the conviction occurred.
The Concealed Carry Act states that no state may stop anyone who possesses a concealed carry permit from carrying a weapon.