Trump Said He’d Sign A Concealed Carry Reciprocity Bill if it Reaches His Desk
The thought of a national concealed carry reciprocity bill is something that warms me up on a cool, autumn day. As someone who used to live on the New Jersey border just inside Pennsylvania, just one wrong turn could have made me a felon if I ever accidentally ended up in that state and was caught with my gun.
Now that I live in North Carolina I'm not as concerned because the states I live around all honor my NC permit. However, I still have family in an anti-gun state and would like to go visit them again one day after this pandemic mess is over.
It is a dream for many of us to be able to carry a gun across state lines without fear of prosecution from anti-gun law makers, and honestly, something a majority of us thought we were going to get at some point during the last few years.
That, along with several other pro-gun measures that I won't get into right now, have gone to the margins as he has been forced to confront personal attacks from every angle.
President Donald Trump recently voiced his support for a national concealed carry reciprocity bill for the second time.
Here is a portion of a recent interview when asked this very question, by an interviewer from the NRA:
Mr. President, each state’s driver’s license is honored across this great nation, yet a permit to carry a concealed gun — which, in contrast, is a right specifically protected in the U.S. Bill of Rights — is often not respected by other states. Will you support a national reciprocity act so that law-abiding gun owners can more easily travel with their freedom?
Trump of course responded that if it did come across his desk that he would sign it, and that really is the key because senate republicans don't seem to have any intention to get it to his desk (because if that was their intention they would have done it when they held both the house and the senate).
Nobody seems to be asking the right questions it seems. Instead of asking if he will sign it, someone needs to ask him why isn't he pushing for it. Or, ask the senators why they aren't pushing for it.
In a world where the things that are important are constantly rolling from the tongue of our leaders, this is not something that's really spoken about, and there may be a reason for that (though I intend to not speculate).
The gun vote is important, and we really need stop being so soft.
The truth of the matter is that gun owners are some of the most law abiding folks in the country, and one of the reasons we are, is because we don't want to break any laws preventing us from being able to buy and carry our guns in the future. Most police officers know this, and are thankful we're out there.
Where I have a struggle, is when one thing that is completely legal in one state is considered to be a felony in another state that shares a border. How did we get here?
Our gun rights have been slowly whittled away over time, and we need to push harder to expand our rights, and stop them from being limited.
The gun vote ended up putting him over the finish line in 2016, and I suspect that Trump's campaign team understands that he can't win without us. Let's let everyone coming up for re-election know how we feel.
Because simply acknowledging the 2A, knowing that there is a right to keep and bear arms isn't enough. I need someone to do something drastic to further our rights to what they should be, not whittle them down to nothing.
It's time someone took a stand.
Leave your thoughts on this in the comments below.
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I am in!!
Alert ! Few people are aware why we don’t have the CCR Bill as law now !
CCR = Conncealed Carry Reciprocity Bill
( would have a firearm carry license issued in one state, valid in ALL states, same as a driver license, which is not a fundemental constitutional right. )
In Trump’s first 2 years in office, both the House and Senate had passed the CCR Bill, and it only needed Trump’s signature.
Scalise hand carried the bill ready for signature to the oval office, and Trump REFUSED to sign it, saying to Scalise:
“YOUR BILL IS GOING NOWHERE.”
There is hard to find video and audio of this- you can look it up.
SPREAD THE WORD !
Could not agree more but all gun laws need be gone. The 2nd is a permit
I’m in
I also live in North Carolina and moved here from New Jersey I would like to go back and visit my family I can drive all the way there but at the Pennsylvania New Jersey border I become a felon if I have my guns. Ione and XD Elite Tactical with a 22 round mag and a Hellcat with a 13 round mag no no no bad Greggy!
Good, sick and tired of these anti gunners making felons out of law abiding citizens because of a combination of criminals and the politicians not wanting to do their jobs. We 2nd amendment believers and ccw holders have the right to carry everywhere and protect ourselves and the ones we love.
count me in.
Sorry to say they are more concerned about those who get their weapon from the back alley that doesn’t follow the rules and think that if they take our rights away it will fix the problem . You cannot fix stupid but hope it weeds itself out .
I would live to see universal reciprocity but have one concern. Tell me if I am wrong but if the fed passes a reciprocity bill, the fed can also cancel it. In other words if, god forbid, a anti gunner gets elected to the WH some day, they could repeal the law and make it illegal country-wide in one fell swoop. Yes or no?
No. They would need 2/3 of the state’s =38 or 39 of the state’s have to ratify the amendment to make it legal and they would have 7 yrs to make it law. I don’t c it happening cause there ARE way more of us than them.
No, they could repeal the reciprocity, but that would just bring us back to where we are now. And repealing a law is REALLY difficult. Just look at how long the Obamacare right is dragging on.
Forbidding CC nation-wide would be a very different thing that would require its own legislation and face a steep Constitutional challenge, so it’s unlikely to happen, at least anytime soon. The politicians would prefer continuing to battle it in the states, which at least have police powers to supposedly support restrictions.
I agree. There are compromises in the 10th amendment. The 10th prevents the federal risk to us but allows the problem to exist between states. Even with the current problems, I think it best to keep this a state’s rights issue.
I am a law biding Vietnam Security Policemen veteran of The USAF with a CC Permit but reside in the state of Maryland. I can’t carry legal in my state. This is not right and I should be able to carry in all states.
Thank YOU for ur service sir.
I’m All in also I carry my weapon every where I go and I believe that us law abiding gun owners should be able to carry everywhere we go without any kind of repercussions, I’m in Washington state .
The real answer is invalidate all local gun restrictions and have 100% constitutional concealed carry the law of the land. Period.
You vote for Trump and you are on the road to a dictatorship and all you honor about America. I too am a multi gun owner but if we want to change laws then petition a rightful Democratic government. Trump wants to be the Dictator and what’s the first thing a dictator does … disarm the people. Be careful what you wish for. For the sake of gun rights you would sacrifice the Democracy we love, fought and died for. No other country allows its citizens the gun liberty we already have. The gun lobby is only interested in maintaining the commerce of guns, but you have it now. I live in New York and I guarantee you my altered AR15 will shoot as well as any in any state.
Vote but not on one issue. Pray you understand this man who wants to destroy the American system we know and love. Don’t believe a word he says ….over 20000 lies in 4 years all verifiable anddover 250000 dead in a mismanaged pandemic in the US because of him.
I am a professor in a medical school for over 50 years and I do know a bit about pandemics and he botched it.
VOTE and make America sane again.
Modern day voting seems to be less about voting for the right person, and more about voting for the one that will do less harm. Hence President Trump won by a landslide, and most likely will this time to.
If President Trump was a dictator he would pass this with an executive order instead of trying to do it a lawful way. Oh yea, President Obama did over 1600 executive orders his last few months in office against the people’s will, thanks democrat party.
Dr T – As someone on the fence – what are the top 3 lies of the 20,000 you indicate here?
I assume you mean the top 1% and the Trump family. Who he owe 300 mil$ to, who backed the 300 mil loan from Deutsche Bank. Who sells apartments to Russian oligarchs as a money laundering ploy. Who cuts taxes that benefit top 1%. Who negotiates for Chinese to bail out the Kushners. Who gets trade marks privileges for Ivanka. Who snatches kids from their parents and puts them in cafes. ?
Sorry this was to amber who follows
Answer to Marty
Size of inauguration, Chiba responsible for American east coast Covid. Biden and the Ukraine taxes under audit, pandemic a hoax, muller report a hoax, his own co workers call him a moron, psycho, ignoramus. Our troops are suckers, our heroes ie McCain a loser. The pandemic will just disappear. Need I say more we have never gad had sucky a pathology leading this country.
Why, congratulations! Every thing you just wrote is a repeated lie told by the DNC media.
Shep you’re just stupid! Or maybe you’re some kind of troll…or both. Half the “lies” mentioned all of us have seen and heard come out of Trump’s mouth or are available for critical examination. If you cannot contribute anything intelligent to a discussion, just shut your idiotic mouth and listen. You might actually be able to learn something.
This is NOT a demo crazy.. Have you forgotten the pledge?????? AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD
NO where in this pledge does it say democracy. The only reason the demon rats don’t want to lose it is the money they’ve been stealing from the ppl who supported them. DO U INTEND TO STILL SUPPORT THE LYING THEIFS
With all these nations around the entire world, why is only ONE nation Under God? Especially, when the U.S. was build on the backs of many races and by trading with many nations. No where in the Bible does God say that the U.S. is his star pupil.
Sorry sir but it is hard to believe what you say when you yourself don’t have your information right. As it stands the total number of China virus deaths right now is just north of 220,000, not 250,000. Also your logic isn’t sound. True, a dictator would want to disarm his citizens, but Trump has said he would back national reciprocity. Sorry, you can’t have it both ways.
P.S. It’s also really hard to believe those covid numbers when one hears crazy stories about so many deaths being attributed to covid when in actuality the real cause of death may in fact have been something like blunt force trauma as a result of a car accident.
Where did you get the altered AR-15? I’m also in NY and it’s crazy here
IF YOU BELIEVE BIDEN WILL MAKE AMERICA SANE AGAIN YOU SHOULD PROBABLY GO SEE A DOCTOR. FOR THE PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE. TRUMP IS THE ONLY SHOT WE HAVE AT GETTING BACK CONTROL OF OUR COUNTRY. THE GOVT. IS SUPPOSED TO WORK FOR US. WE DO NOT ANSWER TO THE GOVT. THEY ANSWER TO US. THE GOVT IS SUPPOSED TO PROTECT THE CONSTITUTION AND THEY ARE NOT DOING THERE JOB.
I am voting for TRUMP 2020 for the best and smartest candidate not the one that cannot complete a sentence. Oh and by the way if they get in office they are “coming to take your guns” that is a direct quote look it up.
Dr. T has been diagnosed with TDS.
20,000 lies? Documented?
Give me a break!
If Trump wanted to be a Dictator he would have used Coviid as the perfect opportunity to take over. Yet he didn’t. If he really was a dictator he would have exterminated his critics like dictators do. You need help. TDS is a serious condition and could cause you to become subject to a red flag law resulting in the loss of your multiple guns.
Methinks you might want a source orher than the Democrat party. There is and has been nothing done by Pres. Trump that suggests he’s seeking a dictatorship. Nearly everything the Democrat party has done or proposed in the last four years point directly to a central government total control of every aspect of our lives.
I’d love to see national reciprocity for CC permits, but it’s not the same as Drivers Licenses. There’s an economic incentive for states to honor each other’s drivers licenses for tourism and commerce, fairly consistent standards and rules for driving and a lot more voters are passionate about being able to drive anywhere they’d like to drive. States Rights are a healthy thing in a Republic. I just wish more people in more states understood that their state might be on the wrong side of the Second Amendment. I think we could get there, but it would take all states agreeing to a set of rules whereby one can carry concealed. That is poisoned by states whose requirements are onerous. Chip away a little at a time by being good neighbors, responsible gun owners, and vocal citizens.
Understand but disagree with your point. You are comparing apples to oranges. Driving is a privilege not a constitutionally granted right. There should be ZERO governmental restrictions to bearing arms. States rights do not supercede constitutional amendments!
The Second Amendment did not apply to the individual states until after the ratification of the 14 amendment.It was meant to bind the Federal government from infringing on our right to keep and bear arms. After the passing of the 14th no CCW should have been needed in any state.
Would be trouble but worth it perhaps to get this by Presidential Order with the stroke of his pen. Would bring it to the courts quickly and perhaps put every House Member and Senate seat in the hot seat to either side and go against such an act by the President. Force a public record where every elected official stands on gun rights!
Dr. Tanenbaum seems to be dying of that near-fatal disease called liberalism. Dr. T, are you serious when you think Trump is responsible for all our US deaths from COVID? Is he also responsible for deaths in China, Europe, etc? What should President Trump have done? Was he wrong to quickly close our borders, or was that just being racist and xenophobic? Masks are at best controversial (yes I and my staff wear them in my practice and patients are required to as well). Scientists on both sides of the argument about how Trump has done can make good cases for their opinions. Apparently your pick for Prez (Joe Biden) would have done the exact same thing as Trump, just would have taken longer. The only dictators I see on the horizon are progressives (Biden, Harris, Pelosi, etc) who want to turn this great free nation into Venezuala. You are certainly right when you say the first thing a dictator wants to do is to disarm the people. Trump and conservative pols are intent on protecting that necessary right of self-protection and the right to rise up against a tyrannical government. How ’bout we vote out ANY pol who doesn’t believe in our RIGHT to defend our liberty and safety? BIden has already said to the BOZO from Texas that he will turn over the gun issues to him. Have you not heard that O’Rourke has said on video that “Hell yeah, I’ll take those AR15s!”? Trump may be a blowhard, egotistical and a bit arrogant, but he has accomplished more good in this country in less than 4 years, all while having to fight against the swamp comprised of people who are DETERMINED to get rid of him before he can make significant headway in changing the DC culture. It is obvious to me that TRump loves this country and wants the rising tide of his successes to improve the lives of ALL AMERICANS!
THANK YOU MR. PAUL. I totally agree with U. Just couldn’t get my thumbs to type as fast as my brain thinks.
Well said, but the “doctor” is more than just a liberal…he’s a sycophant. I’m just in shock whenever I hear somebody say that our President is a fascist or dictator, or about all “the thousands of lies he has told”. Talk about projection. He may be a bulls**t artist and brutal negotiator with the ego like Mohammed Ali, but I can’t think of a MATERIAL lie he has told. Any whopper he has told has been about crowd size or something of that nature. But he always tells the truth about what he is going to accomplish or how the liberals have screwed us.
Great response! Wish I was as eloquent!
I have family in IL and go there a lot, but IL doesn’t accept any other resident permit. They do have non-resident permits, but only residents of 4 states can get them, because the home state’s gun laws have to be “substantially similar” to IL, and 1) not only are there few states that can pull that off without losing it in the next election, 2) there’s no requirement to review the question every x years anyway, so getting a state ONTO that list even if it had IDENTICAL laws would be hard-going, so I’d love to not have to stop in IN on my way out from MI, unload and case the gun, etc., and visa-versa going in reverse.
On the other hand, Joe Biden is the least vetted candidate in history, with a veritable pantry full of hair fetishism and possible assault, lies about academic credentials, bad voting record, and apparent cognitive decline. Not to mention a desire, with probable President in waiting Harris, to deep siix 2A however possible, then let the young ignorant socialists ruin democracy even worse. Pray that the Republicans hold one house in Congress if Trump loses because if the Dems have a clean sweep, red will be the new black.
We ARE in. My husband and I both carry because it’s dangerous to be w/o protection. We both abide by the rules and really wish that the CONSTITUTIONAL Carry was in this state too. We should not have to go thru all kinds of hoops to own weapons that our CONSTITUTION says we can have. It’s not like the hoops those of use who abide by the laws stop the gang bangers from getting any weapon they want any time they want. The non gun owners need to get a clue that those of us who abide by the laws ARE NOT the ones shooting ppl and running away.
This was a nice discussion and “Thank You” to our President for taking care of business,
and some loon starts ranting on his hatred of our President. But it’ll all be cleaned up soon when the criminals are perp-walked to Gitmo. That said…the bill has been with the Senate since 2017, after the House put it in motion before the socialists took the House over again. The Senate got cold feet after the Florida school shooting, thought it would “politically incorrect” to sign it. Is the Senate growing a pair again? With the confirmation of Barrett to SCOTUS, it seems like they are.
I am completely in favor of 50-state CCW reciprocity. There is no good reason that it shouldn’t be enacted.
Lets get this done asap!!!
When traveling now I have to check each states gun laws and find any restrictions, there should be a National or Federal Concealed Carry Reciprocity where as licensed in one state will allowing carry legally in any state.
I would love to see this.The states that don’t offer reciprocity are the ones where I would most want to be carrying to protect myself!
In 2017 a National Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act (HR38) passed Congress and was sent to the REPLUBLICAN CONROLLED SENATE where it sat in the Judiciary Committee and was never put up for discussion by Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA). I doubt if I will ever see that happen again in my lifetime. Absolute cowardice by the majority Republicans. YOu can bet your ass that if the Dems enter 2021 with majorities in the House and Senate and a Democratic resident the anti gun legislation will not die in committees. We will have it shove down our throat’s.
I am in for a national CC Reciprocity Bill on the Federal level, but the blue states and cities within have always manage to defied the2nd Amendment in our Bill of Rights. The words “Shall Not Be Infringed” meaningless to them. For me, the best way to solve the problem is to vote out all the anti gun democrats from power across the country to restore the true meaning of the 2nd Amendment.
I am an Arizonian, here we are a Constitutional Carry State and there are12 other states that became Constitutional Carry states in he past.ten years after Arizona. If the entire country became a Constitutional Carry Republic, then the 2nd Amendment stand as the founders had intended in the US Constitution. Imagine a country without needed permissions for permits required for the Right To Keep and Bear Arms. While Arizona does issue CCW permits it is for Reciprocity with other states only, but for us instate the 2nd Amendment is our carry permit.
We have a good chance to turn blue and purple states Red this election year under President Trump. In the last year alone, we have more than 5 million new gun owners (voters), many who found out that it was not as easy as the democrats claimed it was to buy and own a firearm in their state. I am very sure if they want to keep their newfound tool for self-defense they know what is at stake if they want to keep what they have.
Lastly. The so called Dr T if he is real or not. Not that any of us cares. Does anyone remember the democrats requiring doctors to ask their patients about their firearms at home? It is also typical for T to use the term Dr. or MD as a source of authority. Which to me he is not an authority on anything over us. He talks about lies, how about the biggest one we all heard. “If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor.” Well dr t, whoever you claim to be, in the words of President Trump “You’re Fired!” and I won’t keep you anyway.
“doctor” Tenenbaum is definitely a phony. Tenenbaum is a very jewish name and (as a jew) I can tell you Trump is the best friend Jews have had – moving embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem; support for Israel in the UN, and of course the Abraham Accord (UAE/Israel) which is biggest middle east peace step in 25+ years.
The rest of “doctor” T’s claims are half truths and crazy allegations. What cannot be denied are some measurable achievements including but not limited to: eliminate dependency on Arab oil; Won 2028 Summer Olympics for LA, Won US-CAN-Mex bid for 2026 world cup; secured over $70B in funding from Nato allies; Mex/Can/Amer trade agreement; favored nation status to decrease pharmaceutical costs; eliminated mandate for Obamacare; reformed Medicare prog to stop hospitals from overcharging low-income seniors for drugs; FDA approval of more affordable generic drugs; right-to-try legislation; $6B new funding to fight opioid; veterans admin choice; 400+ miles of border wall – 90% reduction in illegal crossings; $2.5T military funding; creation of Space Force; manufacturing relegation obstacles cut; 400,000 new manufacturing jobs; prior to pandemic best unemployment figures in history with real wage increases at low end; over 100 new all time market highs; 86% of americans income tax relief; 3.9M americans off food stamps; Warp Speed pandemic cure race started with all the largest pharma companies on board; ANWR, Keystone and Dakota access pipelines; coal exports increased; paid family leave; early prison release for reformed criminals;
AND back on point of this thread – has confirm 300+ circuit court judges and 3 supreme court judges who are conservative – read that SUPPORT 2ND AMENDMENT
All this in 46 months.
Tell us again what Biden has done in 47 years ….
I’ m in too. i live in Ct. my permit isn’t recognized by my neighboring states because Ct doesn’t recognize any other state.
I currently live in the “People’s Republic of California “, so I am all for a nation wide reciprocity! ALSO the reversal of the unconstitutional laws here such as magazine capacity restrictions, ammo purchase regulations, “Brandishing a Weapon” law, etc. (I was nearly arrested for “Brandishing a Weapon” when I picked up and held a NON OPERATIVE PELLET RIFLE WHEN MY NEIGHBOR FORCED HIS WAY INTO MY HOUSE AND THREATENED ME WITH PHYSICAL VIOLENCE ! [ I am a Senior Citizen, and he was at least 15 years YOUNGER THAN ME!] )
O Tannenbaum you are confused, much like Creepy Sleepy Joe. Trump is a businessman, who made his money legally. If he was dirty in the slightest, your Liberal witch-hunt would have surely turned something, anything up about him. Creepy Joe is a different story altogether though. How does a 47 year/ career politician (liar) become rich off of the salary of a public servant? He doesn’t, unless he uses his crackhead son as his bagman in all his corrupt affairs. China? You bet. Ukraine? How does $83,000/ month sound for a crackhead with ZERO knowledge or experience in the energy sector? Sounds quite suspicious to me. Oh and let’s not forget about good old Hunter shacking up with his dead brother’s wife. That’s also completely normal I suppose. There is not one person on this planet who is without fault, however the Biden family is beginning to make the Clintons look more normal everyday. You need help sir, I’m serious. You are as delusional as Joe “if you don’t vote for me, you ain’t black” Biden. Also, out of the 200,000 deaths from the Wu-Flu, Liberal Governors and Mayors like Cuomo/ Di Commio, Phil Murphy NJ, Wolf PA, Gavin Newsome CA, and a few others are DIRECTLY responsible for at least 60,000 deaths due to their mandates of placing COVID-19 positive patients in with the elderly and otherwise health patients of retirement/ rehab homes in their Liberal jurisdictions. Trump has done more good for our great nation in 3+ years while under false investigation than Biden has in 47 years and Obama did in 8 years, in fact Biden/ Obama did nothing.
Bill H 38 c’mon down oh yea!!!
Please remember yoir gun laws use all of you situational awareness. I am for being apart of the people to protect our guns rights and protect homes amd family. All our right have won many victories, but it had cost many lives and blood. I am from Florida, I have my CCP, and with 4 years of training to be responsible to carry my firearm. I will stand my ground and I am with you to protect our rights.
Please be safe and think it through.