Posted March 17, 2017 8:23 am by Comments

By Christen Smith

Gays Against Guns, an LGTB gun violence prevention group, launched its first ad campaign Thursday against the concealed carry reciprocity proposals pending in Congress.
The latest demonstration from the group, founded in the wake of the Orlando nightclub shooting last year, features 20 advertisements shot in cities across the country depicting a protester holding a sign that reads “Not in my city” or “Not in my office,” among other randomly chosen locations. A second protester stands in the background, covered in a white veil, representing a victim of gun violence, the group says.
H.R. 38 and S. 446 would bring uniformity to the country’s patchwork of reciprocity agreements by allowing concealed handgun permit holders to carry across state lines — though gun control groups view it as “a dream for the gun lobby.”
HR 38 prime sponsor Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, calls the bill, formally named the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017, “a common sense solution to a problem too many Americans face.”
“Our Second Amendment right doesn’t disappear when we cross state lines, and this legislation guarantees that,” he said in a Jan. 4 statement. “This will provide law-abiding citizens the right to conceal carry and travel freely between states without

Source: Guns.com

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