A cat waltzing around downtown Philly carrying a longgun is neither protecting his abode nor seeking to oust tyrants. If the local jurisdiction wants to regulate such activity, then it should have the right to do so. It certainly has the Constitutional right; and I that basis I oppose this mandatory reciprocity bill.
A cat walking around downtown Philly with a long gun is a far cry from
carrying concealed.
That is the issue here, should the Feds pass a law
mandating the recognition of concealed carry permits across all state boundaries.
The side points, simply enough stem mainly from the question of by doing so is the Federal Government upholding the Second Amendment, and second does the Federal Government have the authority to impose the RKBA on State and local jurisdictions.
If we are to accept the Constitution as the Supreme Law of the land, and the RKBA as extending to all citizens, no infringement is to be tolerated. The acceptance of that as law is a given.
While I would like, as a practical matter, full faith and credit for what amounts to a license to carry a concealed weapon, the very act determining that that license is valid in all states also sanctifies the idea that I would need such a permit in the first place to engage in a fundamental Right that "...shall not be infringed."
In simple terms, it legitimizes the local/State infringement of the RKBA at the Federal Level, in opposition to, and not in harmony with, the RKBA.
In reality, if the Second Amendment were upheld, there would be no need for nor a system of permits, the Right would exist, prima facie, only lost in the event it was removed for the reasons of punishment for acts which had been adjudicated and for which the individual had been found guilty, in compliance with no loss of "...life, liberty, or property without due process of law."
The proposed law would not uphold the Second Amendment, but
codify the infringements imposed by those who require permits by making them acceptable everywhere.
Unfortunately, so would requiring full faith and credit for that license to carry concealed, when Constitutional carry should be the only standard for law-abiding citizens.