02-12-2018, 06:21 PM
(02-12-2018, 03:48 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:(02-12-2018, 02:55 PM)David Horn Wrote:(02-12-2018, 12:40 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: Here is another one. Anyone can cross a state line and the laws of the original state still apply. Thus, if it is legal to conceal carry somewhere in the US, it would be legal to carry everywhere. CBS covers it at The showdown over the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act
This will essentially allow red staters to conceal carry in any state. It is another attempt by congress to impose the values of one part of the country on another. It can be interpreted as an attempt to enable the Second Amendment's original intent.
I suspect that this will lead inevitably to the death of the 2nd. There is already a small outcry to kill it, and some of the strongest advocates are conservatives. It's an antiquated amendment in any case, so it's bound to die at some point. Forcing concealed carry nationwide will only hurry that along.
I too suspect the Second is dated, but I don't see the blue states in a supermajority soon. A Constitutional Convention? Maybe. They are usually held at the 4T 1T cusp. I don't see that particular forced culture change, though a crisis is time for it.
We'll see.
What I have predicted, is that the gun control measures that almost passed under Obama, will pass under a Democratic presidency in the 2020s, and that the bobc's of the world will likely revolt over this, and be defeated. But that would only lead to those rebels losing their weapons and probably their freedom or even their lives, and that gun control would survive, at least for a while; but the 2nd would not be affected by any of this.