National concealed carry reciprocity would really be nice. Trying to keep track of each states regulations if you are traveling around the country is a real headache. Forgetting that you crossed into a state that doesn’t have reciprocity and then getting pulled over for speeding can lead to some real problems.
California allows its citizens to carry a concealed weapon in your car, if you have a concealed carry permit and the weapon is broken down and carried in a locked compartment. They do have an exception for “long guns” without a permit as long as they are unloaded. I guess if you need to use your pistol you’ll have to ask the bad guys to let you reassemble it first.
The District of Columbia has some of the strongest gun control laws in the nation, and allows guns in vehicles only if unloaded, broken down, and inaccessible from the passenger compartment (or in a locked container if there is no other place to keep it). At least if its locked up, the bad guys can’t steal it.
Some states like Wyoming allow open and concealed carrying of loaded guns in your vehicle, without a license. However, most states fall somewhere between DC and Wyoming and keeping track of the laws can be a pain.
National concealed carry reciprocity could become reality during next Congress
A Republican lawmaker announced that he plans to introduce legislation during the next Congress that would make it easier for American gun owners to carry concealed across state lines.
The legislation to be introduced by North Carolina Rep. Richard Hudson would prevent states with more restrictive concealed carry laws from prohibiting licensed and law abiding gun owners from other states from carrying their self-defense firearms when visiting.
The legislation would require travelling concealed carriers to carry valid photo ID in addition to relevant concealed carry information from the state of issue.
“Our Second Amendment right doesn’t disappear when we cross state lines, and I plan to introduce legislation in the first days of the 115th Congress to guarantee that. The Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017 is a common sense bill to provide law-abiding citizens the right to conceal carry and travel freely between states without worrying about conflicting state codes or onerous civil suits,” Hudson told the Daily Caller. “As a member of President-elect Trump’s Second Amendment Coalition, I look forward to working with the administration to advance policies that support and protect our right to keep and bear arms.”
The legislation would also force states to recoup the legal fees for visitors wrongly prosecuted for concealed carry offenses while traveling. per
National concealed carry reciprocity has long been a desire of 2nd Amendment advocates— and if the bill is successful, it could mark the beginning of a trend of firearm friendly legislation from the GOP-controlled legislature and Trump administration.
