According to reports, one of the issues that Donald Trump hopes to address in his second belated term is to institute concealed carry permits reciprocity in every state, allowing a person with a permit in one state to legally carry his firearm in every other state.
On Sunday, Donald Trump Jr. posted a video of his father speaking of the issue, writing, “Boom! My father just announced concealed carry reciprocity. The Second Amendment will stay and remain protected.”
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Trump announces full conceal carry reciprocity
— Texas Gun Rights (@TXGunRights) November 10, 2024
Trump had talked of the issue during his first term. But it never got done.
At the time, he spoke of the issue in his policy papers:
The right of self-defense doesn’t stop at the end of your driveway. That’s why I have a concealed carry permit and why tens of millions of Americans do too. That permit should be valid in all 50 states. A driver’s license works in every state, so it’s common sense that a concealed carry permit should work in every state. If we can do that for driving – which is a privilege, not a right – then surely we can do that for concealed carry, which is a right, not a privilege.
He also talked of it during his 2020 campaign, but we all know where that went.
Let’s hope he can get this done. Because it really is a crime that someone can be arrested and jailed in one state because they were carrying a gun that would have been perfectly legal at home.
Remember, the words are “Shall not be infringed.”
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