The National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Bill

I am a geek and that is to your benefit: geeks are intelligent but misunderstood sorts. Most geeks can't put things into context; they cannot speak to the average soul, in anything but geek-speak.

I can speak to the average sort and I do; and here is some info that will prove advantageous, if you read it and think about it. You have the right to self-defense, it is a law of nature and a law of legality. Never surrender that right, ever. I won't and I mean it.

This has been edited for your reading pleasure. The NRA can be ancillary in what they publish and it needs to be shortened on most occasions.

If this becomes the law of the land, America will be a better place. You will be able to pack your piece just about anywhere you go. It is a use of force by legislation and it forces the issue. That is required, because it ain't gonna happen of its own doing.
God Bless.

Right-To-Carry
The National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Bill

H.R. 822, introduced in the U.S. House by Representatives Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) and Heath Shuler (D-N.C.), would allow any person with a valid state-issued concealed firearm permit to carry a concealed firearm in any state that issues concealed firearm permits, or that does not prohibit the carrying of concealed firearms for lawful purposes.

A state's laws governing where concealed firearms may be carried would apply within its borders. The bill applies to D.C., Puerto Rico and U.S. territories. It would not create a federal licensing system; rather, it would require the states to recognize each others' carry permits, just as they recognize drivers' licenses and carry permits held by armored car guards. Rep. Stearns has introduced such legislation since 1995.

• H.R. 822 recognizes the significant impact of the landmark cases, District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) and McDonald v. City of Chicago (2010), which found that the Second Amendment protects a fundamental, individual right to keep and bear arms and that the protections of the Second Amendment extend to infringements under state law.

• The right of self-defense is fundamental, and has been recognized in law for centuries. The Declaration of Independence asserts that "life" is among the unalienable rights of all people. The Second Amendment guarantees the right of the people to keep and bear arms for "security."

• The laws of all states and the constitutions of most states recognize the right to use force in self-defense. The Supreme Court has stated that a person "may repel force by force" in self-defense, and is "entitled to stand his ground and meet any attack made upon him with a deadly weapon, in such a way and with such force" as needed to prevent "great bodily injury or death." (Beard v. United States (1895))

Posted: 2/22/2011 12:00:00 AM

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