This Senate bill was introduced today by Senators Mark Begich (D-Alaska) and Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia). It's the Senate's companion to H. R. 822, approved by the House in a 272-154 vote (November 2011).
My letter to Senators Lugar and Coats:
My letter to Senators Lugar and Coats:
Dear Senator,
I respectfully ask for your support of S. 2188, the “National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2012."
Uniform reciprocity in right-to-carry laws among states would serve as a fundamental protection to law-abiding citizens in their right to self-defense, regardless of the state in which they are visiting or traveling. Just as an Indiana drivers license is respected as a legal and valid license in any other state, so should a state's firearm carry license -- held by a law-abiding citizen -- be reciprocally recognized and respected in other states.
I would ask: which other of our fundamental constitutional rights are subject to state-by-state administrative stricture? Does freedom of speech or freedom of religion mean one thing on the Indiana side of a border, and something different on the Ohio side?
All amendments in the Bill of Rights apply to all Americans equally. I respectfully ask for your support of S. 2188.
Sincerely,
me