The U.S. House of Representatives has passed H.R. 38, recently amended to be the “Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017.“ Voting for and passing the bill in the House, and then in the Senate, is a smart political move for Republicans. Democrats oppose the bill for partisan ideological purposes. Opposing an armed population is in Democrats (Progressives) DNA. That opposition never made any political sense.
Every state in the US has laws that allow for the issuance of permits for the carry of concealed weapons. It’s in the interest of people in those states who have concealed weapons permits for those permits to be valid in the rest of the United States.
People who can legally carry concealed weapons have been found to be exceptionally law-abiding. Evidence exists that the carry of concealed weapons decreases the violent crime rate a small amount. At the worst, the evidence shows the crime rate is not increased.
The leadership of the Democrats comes from states that have resisted the restoration of Second Amendment rights with all the power and tools at their disposal. Those states are Deep Blue California, New York, Illinois, Hawaii, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maryland, Delaware and Rhode Island. Senators there do not face significant Republican opposition.
If the Republicans in the House pass Concealed Carry Reciprocity, which is likely, the pressure will mount in the Senate to pass the bill. The Senate has a small majority of Republicans, 52 to 48.
Every Republican Senator comes from a state that has either a Shall issue law, where every person that may legally purchase a handgun from a federal dealer can obtain a permit to carry one concealed, or Constitutional Carry, where the same large majority of people do not need a permit to carry concealed. 18 Republican senators are from Constitutional Carry states, 34 are from Shall Issue states. Of Democrat Senators, 16 are from restrictive May Issue states, 24 are from Shall Issue states, and 6 are from Constitutional Carry states.
It will be a difficult trick for Senators from Shall Issue and Constitutional Carry states to explain why they voted to prevent their constituents from exercising their Second Amendment rights in other states.
Eight Democrat senators will be running in states that President Trump won in 2016. Six of those states have Shall Issue concealed carry permits. Two of them have Constitutional Carry. Wisconsin has Shall Issue and a Constitutional Carry bill that is being considered in the state legislature.
Concealed Carry reciprocity is a wedge issue that makes those Democrat senator’s seats more precarious.
Here are the Democrat senators that are most at risk in 2018, and the circumstance of concealed (discreet) carry law in their state:
Shall issue: Wisconsin, Tammy Baldwin
Shall issue : Florida, Bill Nelson
Shall issue: Montana, Jon Tester.
Shall issue: North Dakota, Heidi Heitkamp
Shall issue: Ohio, Sherrod Brown
Shall Issue: Indiana, Joe Donnelly
Constitutional Carry: West Virginia, Joe Manchin
Constitutional Carry: Missouri, Claire McCaskill
The Republicans need to show significant differences from their Democrat opponents.
Donald Trump ran on national reciprocity for concealed carry. This issue can energize Second Amendment supporters to vote for the Republican, or at least, vote against a Senator that voted against exercising of the Second Amendment.
It makes sense for the Republicans to force a vote on the bill. It would make sense for the eight Democrat senators above to vote with the Republicans and pass the bill, to aid in their re-election.
That does not mean they will. Infringing on the Second Amendment has become part of modern Democrats’ DNA.
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About Dean Weingarten:
Dean Weingarten has been a peace officer, a military officer, was on the University of Wisconsin Pistol Team for four years, and was first certified to teach firearms safety in 1973. He taught the Arizona concealed carry course for fifteen years until the goal of constitutional carry was attained. He has degrees in meteorology and mining engineering, and recently retired from the Department of Defense after a 30-year career in Army Research, Development, Testing, and Evaluation.
You keep forgetting that McCain, Collin and Murkowski are democrats in disguise. The bill will not pass the Senate as they will vote against it. McCain doesn’t care about rights or political pressure so he’s a given NO. Collins will vote against it because and so will Mukowski. Mark my words.
If you go on the TSA website, they give a breakdown of the carry condition of the guns they find
The majority are empty chamber, loaded magazine
Like the Colorado legislator
It seems like Americas’ negligent carriers prefer “Israeli Carry”!
I own an HK VP9 and I’ll never carry it. Why? Because the capacity sucks. I prefer a full size gun with 17 rounds minimum and Glock 17/34, Walther PPQ 5”, Canik TP9SF, TP9SFL, TP9SFX, Steyr M9A1, Steyr L9-A1, and FN 509/FN FNS 9 5” all fit the bill nicely. Also, my CZP10C which is about the same size of the VP9 has a better trigger, shoots better, and has the option of extended 17 round magazines which are awesome. HK is fucking retarded for not marketing a full sized pistol with a 4.5 or 5 inch barell and a 17 or 18 round magazine. They don’t offer any magazines PERIOD that are larger than 15 rounds.
Regarding this silly little VP9SK model, I can pocket carry a Glock 26 as my back up and use the 12 round magazines with the finger extension and it fits me like a glove.
And speaking of triggers, the Walther PPQ, Canik TP9SF, TP9SFL, TP9SFX, Steyr L9-A1, Steyr M9-A1, and CZP10C all have superior triggers compared to the VP9. All better guns in every aspect. Hell, I even like my Beretta APX better than the VP9 because it shoots great and the capacity is there too.
I remain unimpressed by the VP9 series. They are not up to par with the pack in one way or another.
Im not surprised this happened again like I predicted a month back when some NRA lunatic went on a rampage in texas and I won’t be surprised if another NRA-nut job goes postal within the next few days or months from now.
So tell me again why this does not happen everyday in Europe, Canada, Japan and Australia every day?
Are you anti-american snowflakes going to stop drinking your kool-aid talking about how your debunked more “guns save us all”. When are we going to talk about promoting the freedom of americans right to be safe and not worry about going to school, work, business or errands without the fear of the day being possibly their last day on earth when some nutjob hooked-up on NRA or TTAG fake news propaganda goes on another killing spree?
Are do I have to wait after the next dozen or hundred gun-reich sponsored acts of genocide for you to see the light?, No?
What news station is saying the killer is a NRA member? how do you know that is the case, the shooting just happened… Oh, that’s right, it’s only you saying it.
“When are we going to talk about promoting the freedom of americans right to be safe”
There is no right to be safe.
“do I have to wait after the next dozen or hundred gun-reich sponsored acts of genocide for you to see the light?, No?
You should see the genocide numbers for heart disease and medical/hospital errors.
“Shall issue: Wisconsin, Tammy Baldwin”
Baldwin is gone in 2018, she was a social experiment that failed miserably, not only has she NOT represented the people of WI consistently, she jumped on the party train from the moment she took office…
“New Florida bill could help those with convictions restore voting and gun rights” – I often state “if it’s good enough for voting, it’s good enough for guns.” I’m mostly just trying to annoy my friend, I’d actually love it if that was the standard we played by.
“National concealed carry law would be less effective than thoughts and prayers” – I told you prayer works.
“Under the bill, for example, people from several states who have violent felony convictions would be free to board the New York City subway with a semiautomatic pistol hidden in their overcoats.” – Liar or moron?
The second amendment isn’t a state’s right. It’s an individual’s right. Just because there is a law saying that someone can’t carry doesn’t mean I can’t look around and wonder if a person has a gun on them. Reciprocal carry won’t change that.
With that many injured, it was most likely a while before a gun for defense showed up. That’s a shame.
Who are these people who insist on keeping protective guns away from soft targets? How many dead before they give up their insane attachment to a fatal utopia that doesn’t exist? They don’t get killed in their secured buildings and communities behind walls with people with guns. Maybe let people who can’t secure others to protect them, the option to protect themselves?
Like some folks up top I give it 50/50.
As a resident of NH, a state with constitutional carry, I very much want this bill to pass the senate, so I can freely travel in Massachusetts and Rhode Island but my senators are both Democrats, and both have demonstrated their anti-gun behavior, I fear that even this “NICS Fix” attachment may not be enough to sway them despite the scientific studies that show Concealed Carry permit holders are less likely to commit a crime than your average citizen and even less likely than a police officer.
The vast majority of concealed carry permit holders are model citizens. I shouldn’t be compared to a garden variety thug, who is really who should be feared.
If the bill as it was passed in the House comes up for a vote (i.e., with Fix NICS as part of it), slam them demanding they pass Fix NICS even if it would mean passing reciprocity.
I saw a lot of website but I think this one has something special in it.
There is a 0.000% chance that either of my state senators will vote for this bill. Both DieFi(ghting for gun bans) and “Cameltoe” Harris are intransigently anti-gun. Our current CA.AG, Beccerra, has, I think, been authorized to lobby against the bill, along with a number of other state AGs.
60 votes? Your going to flip A Bob Casey of PA, Manchin in W.VA, Sanders in VT. And hold on to both votes in Arizona to have a prayer.
Looks like a knock off the MDT LSS chassis almost to a T. They even offer one for the Ruger American short action. MDT can use AR collapsible and fixed stocks. So I mean come on.
The evil POS (D) are a FING SCOURGE, and it doesn’t matter where you find them.
Here’s a lying sack for ya: “All military personnel, including troops in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan, would go without pay in the event of a government shutdown due to the perennial failure of Congress to enact a budget on time, the Pentagon’s comptroller said Thursday.
“No one gets paid” stateside and in war zones under a shutdown, Comptroller David Norquist said at a Pentagon news conference. “Payment will not be made until the shutdown is over.” https://www.military.com/daily-news/2017/12/07/if-government-shuts-down-no-one-gets-paid-dod-comptroller-says.html
That is NEVER THE CASE DURING A GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN. (D)1< K NEEDS TO FING GO, AND THE PENTAGON (ESPECIALLY) NEEDS TO GET SIMILAR STUPID BASTARDS ROOTED OUT.
The safety is even engaged!
Mine, it was disengaged more than engaged!
Every time I even looked at it, it was OFF!
I even removed the lever on the off side, no better.
But I finally fixed the damn thing!
I sold the POS!
Now, I like my SIGs, just not that one!
Mine goes off easily, maybe too easily, but I need two hands to reengage it.
Round 158 failed to go into battery? Maybe not the pistol’s fault, could it have been a bit of fatigue setting in?
Disclaimer, I do own a few HK’s, Caniks, Glocks, Sigs, etc…. Loose grip can cause issues that appear to be the pistol when it’s the shooter or light powder round.
No. They’re just gonna ram fix NICS through. Like the communist gun grabbing rinos they are. And of course the sellout trump will sign it.
Elections in 2017 America is just how much communism do you want forced down your throats at once.
a .223 has 12 more inches of drop than a 6.5 grendel at 1000 yards? How did they pull that off?
I’m still clinging to my guns and religion, but my bitterness levels are rising with this influx of failed state refugees fleeing their messes and bringing their same destructive politics here.
There should me a twenty year moratorium on new residents voting in their new state.
A masterful troll by Alan Gottlieb, who knows all too well that actually recognizing 2nd Amendment rights as real rights, protected by law against government incursion, would be the death of the gun control movement as we know it. It’s the perfect gun-rights version of the typical “why can’t we all just abandon your agenda and embrace mine” propaganda that’s ubiquitous in the anti-gun media.
Simple answer: No.