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WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC) released the following statement Monday, Dec. 4, after his bipartisan bill, the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017, was scheduled for a House vote next week:

Legislation that enables concealed carry holders in different states to carry legally in other states comes to the House floor for a vote Wednesday.

North Carolina Republican Rep. Richard Hudson’s Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act (H.R. 38) was voted out of the House Judiciary Committee last week following a contentious mark up along party lines.

Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC) told Breitbart News that it is time for Congress to listen to the overwhelming majority of Americans and pass national reciprocity for concealed carry.

Gun-rights supporters are eyeing a big win this week as a bill that would make concealed-carry permits valid across state lines heads to the House floor -- though it faces long odds in the Senate amid deep-pocketed opposition from gun-control advocates.

U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) has co-sponsored bipartisan legislation to ensure federal and state authorities accurately report relevant criminal history records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).

North Carolina resident Brian Fletcher, a utility tower climber, took a crew to Trenton, N.J., in June 2015 to help with storm-related emergency repairs. A police officer approached him while he was in a parking lot awaiting a work order, and Fletcher followed concealed carry protocol: He told the officer he had a gun in the vehicle and a permit to carry it.

A proposed bill that would require law enforcement to recognize concealed carry gun permits across state lines passed the House Judiciary Committee this week.