Saturday, April 20, 2013

Second Amendment Gun Rights


Open email to Sen. Cornyn (Texas):

Dear Sen. Cornyn,
    Congratulations on your offering legislation that would allow Americans with concealed handgun licenses issued by their own states to exercise those rights in other states whose state law authorizes the issuance of a concealed handgun license.
    This is a step in the right direction of returning to citizens their rights as provided by the Second Amendment to the US Constitution. It recognizes US Congressional responsibility of controlling state actions, where those actions are inconsistent with the U.S. Constitution. The federal government has been extremely deficient in adhering to limitations imposed on itself by the U.S. Constitution, but in the case of the Second Amendment, we have seen a reversal with a dereliction of duty.
I see one difficulty with your legislative proposal. Even if passed, your legislation does not cover the case of a person with a concealed weapon permit from one state traveling through another state, which has no concealed weapon permit allowance.
  Notice that I have also said it is a step in the right direction, because in order to abide by the U.S. Constitution, we should be eliminating any restrictions on gun carry, including permits, in any state. It is the direct responsibility of the U.S. Congress to develop any necessary process to remove states from infringing the Second Amendment.

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