More, more, more.
Short version: "States' rights"
is for suckers.
The National Rifle Association (NRA) and other Second Amendment advocates are throwing their weight behind the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, a bill introduced in both chambers of Congress that would allow gun owners to carry concealed weapons across state lines.
“The Second Amendment doesn’t end at the border of your state,” said Larry Keane, general counsel for the National Shooting Sports Foundation. “This would enhance the rights of law-abiding citizens to protect themselves when they’re away from home."
The House has passed this same thing before, but now a Republican Senate gets to take it up as well. It's painted as a convenience for obsessive gun-toters who might want to visit other states but who cannot bear the thought of leaving Timmy the Loaded Weapon behind, but it would have the more conspicuous effect of allowing those gun-toters to tote guns in other states even when they would not be able to pass that state's own stricter requirements for concealed carry.
Gun owners who qualify for concealed carry permits in Texas, for example, would be allowed to bring their firearms into states with tougher gun laws where they may otherwise be denied.
"Local law enforcement would be powerless to stop them,” Malte said.
Well won't that be fun. And a fitting action for a Republican Party that has responded to the recent spate of high-profile shootings at schools and in theaters and on public streets with a resolute determination to get guns into the hands of as many more people as possible.