Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act – The NRA Has Given It The Stamp Of Approval But Will It Make It Through Congress?

By James England

It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for — a comprehensive way to address legally carrying a concealed handgun across all fifty states. For decades, there has been no single piece of federal legislation that has stopped places like New Jersey and California from ignoring the rights of otherwise law-abiding citizens.

Otherwise law-abiding concealed carriers have gone to jail and faced exorbitant legal fees for simply crossing a state line. We covered one harrowing account here.

Now, there may be a solution to this problem.

Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC) proposed the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017 to the U.S. House of Representatives for the upcoming legislative session. At its core, Hudson has this to say about the need for national concealed carry reciprocity:

“Our Second Amendment right doesn’t disappear when we cross state lines, and this legislation guarantees that. The Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017 is a common sense solution to a problem too many Americans face. It will provide law-abiding citizens the right to conceal carry and travel freely between states without worrying about conflicting state codes or onerous civil suits,” Hudson released in a statement. “As a member of President-elect Trump’s Second Amendment Coalition, I look forward to working …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation