Originally Posted by
solecistic
I'm pretty ignorant about how gun laws differ from state to state, but will someone please explain to me how this part of the OP: "it would simply require the states to recognize each other's carry permits, just as they recognize drivers' licenses" is at all rational? I mean, if one state didn't allow people to drive cars at all, for example, you couldn't very well expect to drive your car through because you have a driver's license from another state. Or if your driver's license is from Arkansas and Arkansas has more lenient DUI blood-alcohol level rules than Mississippi, you wouldn't expect to be able to get more intoxicated in Mississippi and then drive just because you have an Arkansas license.
I'm just confused. Why should gun owners get to break the laws of the states they're traveling through? If Oregon doesn't allow concealed weapons but Tennessee does, why should you be allowed to go through Oregon with your weapon concealed just because your CCP is from Tennessee?
Or am I misreading? Is this just applicable to states who do allow concealed weapons to be carried? Do states who don't allow concealed weapons anywhere within their borders still maintain their freedom not to have people running around with concealed guns? Is it all or nothing, now?
I'm not making any attacks on gun owners or on the concept of CCPs, I just don't understand the proposal very well.
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