The natural right of a human being to defend theirselves makes this a perfectly logical bill. Too bad we have to have individual laws when our 2nd Amendment rights have already been "certified" by the Supreme Court.

As a Concealed Carry Permit instuctor I know that this will help us achieve unifomity in the laws, which will eliminate a lot of confusion !! Weall want to be safe and adhere to the laws, we just need to be able to know what they are !

This will simplify legal requirements for traveling to different states

As a CWP license holder who travels, this bill will allow me the right to legally carry through other states. I appreciate the opportunity to provide my family and myself self defense protection from potential criminals. Thank you for this bill.

this law does not give Congress or the federal government the right to set law on right to carry. it says the just like states recognize a drivers license from other states and that the drive has a right to drive a car while in the other state. This bill states that a state must recognize the right of an individual to carry in a conceal maner even if that state does not issue conceal carry permits.this law would in effect defeat the opression of denying conceal carry in states becuase their citizens could get a CCP in another state and thier home state would HAVE TO HONOR IT!!!!!!!DC residents could get a CCP in Virginia and DC could not prevent them from carrying on DC streets. It's a beautiful Law.Hope it passes

JohnF California does have CCW permits. The county that I live in has about 1400 of them. We are looking forward to this legislation being revived.

I wonder why we were not alerted about HB 1388-this gives "HAMAS" the right to come into this country and live here!

Not the case. The CCW would have to issued by your home state. Currently I have a NV and UT permit. I will no longer need my UT permit as UT will be required to respect my NV permit.

For my friends in CA, there is not a snowball's chance that CA will issue them a permit so their only option will be to permit each state individually and not carry in their home state. Their NV, UT, FL permit will not be honored in CA as they are a CA residents.

The only thing I can find on HB 1388 is the Edward Kennedy Service act. Also I am unable to locate the bill that gave Congress an automatic raise every year. Can you help me with these 2 bills?

How does it infringe? It makes you comply with the state law from the state you are in not from the issuing state. It is just like the driver's license.

The catch-all provisions put restrictions in place for a state that has not enacted or repealed legislation regarding CCW's. If the state has laws regarding restrictions, the state laws trump the federal catch-all wording. I am not aware of any state where this wording would be relevant.

A bill with the 2nd amendment wording would be an interesting one. :) It sure would weed out the anti-constitutionalists and give solid reference to persuade the people on the fence to take out their elected officials.

I think this might work better by floating something a little less controversial... Maybe the 1st Amendment?

With the passage of HB 1388 this will be needed for safety!

Now, this is really GOOD!!! If Congress passes this that will mena that they are Still "By the People, For the People", what a consept!

this should apply to marriage as well. why are people so charged for gun rights but not freedom and equality? Oh, no money in it for weapons makers. sorry

constitutional amendments allow us to have weapons and the states to regulate them. why is this bill needed?????

AMEN

Is there a way to get it through committee? Committees have been a stall trick used for far too long. The committees don't have my Congress people so I don't have any clout writing someone else's Congress reps.

Keep your chins up my fellow law abiding concealed carry comrades!S.845 was barely defeated by 2 lousy votes! If the traitors (Lugar,Voinovich) would have voted with their party,we wouldn't even be here posting.NJ would have to kiss my butt.But, there are several more bills (197,1262,371)that just might make history if those two get their head out from between their legs. Angry in NJ

While supporting this bill...feeling it may be needed due to opposing legislation that has been introduced. I question anything that gives us permission to something we already have a right too, anything that makes legal what is already legal, and anything that makes illegal what is already illegal.
What am I not understanding? Better yet....what are our congressional employee's not understanding? But hey, if it keeps me from having to pull over and put my clip in the trunk inorder to be "law abiding" in every other state I travel through...then carry on!

Why is this a issue about undermining state rights. The second ammendment takes it out of the hands of the states. The state and the people have a say in anything not covered in the constitution or the bill of rights.( 10nth ammendment)
This has nothing to do with a drivers license. The license to drive is
a privelage which is a far cry from a consitutional right.

The second amendment gives us the right to bear arms but do you think the right is absolute? Think about it. Do you think convicted, gun-related felons should have the rights that an honest citizen has? Do you think you should be able to own your own nuclear ICBM's?

A NY CCW holder can carry concealed. It clearly states that you would have to obey the laws of NY just as if you had a NY CCW.

Since NY does not issue them very often. It seems in NY you would have more rights as a tourist than a resident. Ditto for CA.

My dad is a long haul truck driver. Would this mean he could carry his concealed weapon across all the states he goes to without fear of being locked up for carrying a concealed weapon? How does this affect NY where you are not allowed to carry a weapon period?

Well, first and foremost, any way the Federal government can take something like this OUT of the hands of the people, and their respectives states, then the Federal government can always over rule any decision than any state judge makes in court if it ever comes to that. Since the Supreme Court Justices are nominated by the President, and voted on by each representative panel after inquisition, then the Supreme Courts rulings would be final. It's simply to sway the tide more to their favor no matter what their political affiliation party. And yes, Drivers license are a priveledge, but so are licenses to carry a concealed weapon. Not everyone who can legally go buy a gun, can get a CWP! So it's a priveldege as well. : )

Anonymous? Anonymous? How courageous.

This bill has as much chance of passing as the Republican party has of winning back the majority. Gun control is coming back, so adjust for that.

There is a good reason why Congress has buried this even though there were 142 co-sponsors. It has to get out of committee to get voted on, and probably won't as long has we have the current leadership in the House. Ways and Means probably is blocking committee vote.

"When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty."
Thomas Jefferson - He understood liberty and the Constitution , hell, he helped write it.

I suspect this is expected to fly "under the radar" since everyone is worried about Healthcare "de-form" and Cap and Tax....this is our vigilance required by our founding fathers to keep our liberty..God help us! Should we re-enter a bill with the exact wording of the second ammendment? might be interesting...

I find myself more polite and tolerant of others when I'm armed. I'm not inclined to let something stupid escalate into a deadly force situation..Hence the phrase,"An armed society is a polite society."

All of these clowns are corrupt, that is why they don't have a Corruption Elimination Bill, please sign our petition. The right is only mad because the left now has the control of the corruption. All this effort and none on the true problem. The ones speaking up should have done so a LONG time ago!

http://mywhitehouse.org/dont-tread-on-me/

Nothing can possibly have the possitive effect on homeland security as a large percentage of responsible citizens with CCW permits. Talk about criminals and terrorists shaking in their boots. Let me ask you this...if you knew that 40% of responsible citizens carried with CCW, would you think twice befor mistreating any one of them.