Can Trump Make National Reciprocity For Concealed Carry A Reality?

By James England

Trump was elected under some rather strong premises. One of them was to uphold and strengthen the Second Amendment. With a Republican majority in the House and Senate, as well as the Executive Branch, we are curious to see how this plays out.

Believe it or not, it seems Republican legislative members have already fired up bills that would potentially open up concealed carry reciprocity across the nation.

Concealed carry reciprocity — the acknowledgement between two states of each’s valid right to issue concealed carry permits and licenses — has been the subject of a lot of contention.

In Virginia, we saw the Attorney General immediately revoke reciprocity with dozens of other states overnight in a political gesture to coerce lawmakers into going along with Governor McAuliff’s whims.

Because states set their level of reciprocity with other states, we end up with law-abiding citizens unwittingly becoming criminals by inadvertently crossing state lines.

President-elect Donald J. Trump does not have the authority to unilaterally decide long term policy for the United States. He governs it. It’s the job of the legislative branch to propose acts and measures which help concealed carriers.

So what is active at the federal legislative level that could help fix this?

Here’s the first …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation