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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi missed the mark in her interpretation of the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, voted into law by Republicans last week. That legislation, Pelosi declared on Twitter, comes with some unwanted invitations.
The Washington Post Fact Checker gave Pelosi three Pinocchios for the misleading tweet. Contrary to the picture Pelosi tried to paint, federal law already prohibits violent criminals from obtaining guns.
“Inviting violent criminals to carry concealed weapons doesn’t save lives. Inviting domestic abusers to carry concealed weapons doesn’t save lives. Inviting convicted stalkers to carry concealed weapons doesn’t save lives. Yet the @HouseGOP just voted to do exactly that.”
— House Minority leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), in a tweet, Dec. 6, 2017
Many readers asked for a fact check of this tweet, which inspired about 6,000 retweets and 10,000 likes — and about 10,000 responses, many of them critical.
A natural right that ends at state lines has theoretically moved from the arena of rights and into the category of privileges.
West Bend, WI – The United States Concealed Carry Association (USCCA) is calling on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to hold a vote on national concealed carry reciprocity legislation.
The House of Representatives passed Congressman Richard Hudson's Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017 (H.R. 38) on Wednesday by a margin of 231-198 and was applauded by the USCCA. Legislation is now pending in the United States Senate for a vote on the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017 (S. 466).
Las Vegas shooting survivor Dan Watkins appeared on the December 7 airing of Fox & Friends to stress his conviction that national reciprocity for concealed carry is long overdue.
Watkins stressed the fact that he travels often for work in California, Nevada, and Arizona, and has thought again and again of the benefit he could derive from being able to keep a handgun with him for self-defense. He said the Las Vegas attack highlighted the vulnerability he feels from being unarmed.
A national gun-carry reciprocity bill passed the House of Representatives on Wednesday.
The Concealed Carry National Reciprocity Act of 2017 made it through the house vote with 231 yes votes, 198 no votes, and 5 congressmen not voting. An overwhelming number of Republicans, 225, voted for the bill while 14 Republicans voted no and one did not vote. Most Democrats, 184, voted against the bill while six Democrats voted yes and three did not vote.
Rep. Richard Hudson (R., N.C.), who introduced the bill, called its passage an early Christmas present for gun rights advocates.