http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/22/AR2009072200176.html (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/22/AR2009072200176.html)
Senate to vote on concealed weapons measure
WASHINGTON -- Gun rights advocates sought to show their political muscle again Wednesday with a Senate vote giving people with concealed weapons permits in one state permission to carry their hidden weapons into other states with similar gun laws.
Under an agreement of Senate leaders, 60 votes were needed to pass the measure, an amendment to a defense spending bill, and the outcome was uncertain. But the gun rights lobby, putting together Republicans and pro-gun Democrats from rural states, has a strong winning record in recent years.
Backers, led by Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., say truckers and others with concealed weapons permits should be able to protect themselves when they cross into other states. Opponents say the measure would force states with strict procedures for getting permits to accept permits from states with more lax laws.
Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., said the proposal would allow people from states that give permits to people with alcohol problems, or child abuse convictions, or which don't require any firearms training, to carry concealed guns in states with rigorous conditions for issuing permits.
"The visitors can ignore the law of the state, the law that the elected representatives of the people of that state have enacted," he said.
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The last sentence doesn't jive w/ the 1st paragraph..
which is the case w/ most illogical liberals.
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Quote from: Philodox on July 22, 2009, 11:14:23 AM
The last sentence doesn't jive w/ the 1st paragraph..
which is the case w/ most illogical liberals.
.
And illiterate conservatives can't reason with more than a sentence ....
"the measure would force states with
strict procedures for getting permits to accept permits from states with more lax laws"
Alaskan residents don't even have to get a background check to get a reciprocal permit. (They don't even require a permit for residents.)