Christie Pardons Point Out Need for Reciprocity

By Patrick Richardson

I live in Kansas, where no permit is required to carry a concealed handgun and, with local exceptions, open carry was always legal.

I live right on the borders of Oklahoma and Missouri, and have to travel to both states routinely, so fortunately for me, Oklahoma recognizes all Constitutional carry states, and Missouri last year passed Constitutional carry as well.

But were I to travel to say — New Jersey — I could end up a felon for doing something completely legal in my home state.

Now I don’t live on the East Coast, so the odds of me ending up like Donna Marie Gracey, 59, of Seminole, Florida, late last year, who got pulled over for — no joke — having tinted windows, Nj.com said.

While she was searching for her license, officers spotted a concealed weapons permit, according to a press release.

An investigation revealed Gracey had the handgun in her purse, authorities said.

Though Gracey had a permit to carry the gun in her home state, New Jersey’s strict gun laws require weapons to be stored unloaded and locked in the trunk.

Gracey is far from the only person caught this way in Jersey, as outgoing Gov. Chris Christie has …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms