Police chiefs implore Congress not to pass concealed-carry reciprocity gun law

[AlbertWesker]

Which is the reason I was suggesting a federal standard should be made specifically for people who want the ability to carry in all 50 states. People shouldn't have to worry about taking a wrong turn in their travel plans ending with a felony charge. However, the current interpretation of the CCR Act would cause issues if passed as is for obvious reasons. I thought making the requirements strict as an anti-gun state like Massachusetts would be a fair compromise between "no ability to carry through certain states" and "states now have to accept the permits of people who aren't even properly trained".

Ok.

Because the system doesn't already work. Some states don't allow you do have mere possession of a handgun without permits which make interstate travel legally impossible even if it is locked up and unloaded while you transport it. Those same states are also most often the one's which refuse to hand out permits. For example: New York forbids possession of handguns unless you have a permit, and non-residents cannot get a permit unless they work in the state and can provide an address of their place of work. So anyone who just wants to pass through is shit out of luck. And then there's the horror stories of airlines telling people to check their guns in with airport security, which ends with them getting arrested (borderline entrapment). God help anyone who owns a gun if their flight gets diverted to New York.

Explain what you mean by "bullshit". There are plenty of valid reasons to criticize the NRA, but trying to make interstate travel easier for gun owners is not one of them. This is something we've been wanting for a while now. That and not having states withhold firearm permits due to wrongful discrimination or arbitrary reasons.

Going by your logic, we should just not bother to submit any laws to congress because they have the potential to be amended during the legal process.

The person who first writes the bill could try setting the federal standard within it, assuming members of congress decide to sponsor the bill. Then it would have to go to committee where it may or may not make changes to the bill; then it goes to a subcommittee which also reviews the bill, then if they both agree to the changes I think it gets sent to House Floor where it's debated, then after a vote gets referred to the senate. So basically a shit ton of people within the legislative branch get to vote on or make changes to what the federal standard should be if the bill manages to pass.