{"id":35090,"date":"2013-04-13T11:00:55","date_gmt":"2013-04-13T15:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=35090"},"modified":"2013-04-13T11:01:15","modified_gmt":"2013-04-13T15:01:15","slug":"gun-grabbers-worried-about-amendments-to-gun-control-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=35090","title":{"rendered":"Gun grabbers worried about amendments to gun control bill"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Washington Post<\/a> reports that the gun grabbers are particularly worried that their gun bill might get diluted by amendments – amendments that would strength gun rights for law abiding citizens. Amendments like a national reciprocity clause which would make a Concealed Carry license good nationwide – like your driver’s license where you pass a test and meet the requirements in your home county and you can drive anywhere in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cCongress should recognize that the right to self-defense does not end at state lines,\u201d NRA lobbyist Chris W. Cox said in a statement issued last month, when the proposal was introduced in the Senate.<\/p>\n

Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) described the measure this week as \u201cthe most pernicious\u201d proposal under consideration.<\/p>\n

\u201cSomebody could come from Wyoming to the big cities of New York or New Haven or Bridgeport and carry a concealed weapon, which is so against our way of life, and the needs here in New York,\u201d Schumer said.<\/p>\n

The reciprocity proposal was last put to a vote by the Senate in 2009 and received 58 votes \u2014 just two short of the necessary 60.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now, when I drive to see my mom in upstate New York, I drive through West Virginia with my weapon at hand, then before I cross into Maryland, I have to lock up the gun and the bullets in separate containers, then drive 12 miles to Pennsylvania, take the gun and bullets out of the boxes, and then go through the process again before I get to New York. How much sense does that make? Especially, when you consider in which of those four states I might be most likely to need a gun to defend myself.<\/p>\n

Schumer is being over-dramatic about the “New York way of life”. If I’m legally allowed to carry my gun in 32 States (because of WV reciprocity agreements), why would I suddenly decide to interrupt the New York way of life and commit a gun crime in New York? I’m quite sure that criminals don’t care about reciprocity agreements, so New York State still has people carrying concealed weapons, they just don’t have official licensing and training.<\/p>\n

My Senator, Joe Manchin, introduced a national reciprocity bill in the Senate last year – the sole reason I voted for him in November. I’m holding him to that if a national reciprocity amendment gets a vote this week, and I’ve let him know that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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