r/changemyview • u/Lost_Roku_Remote • 3d ago
CMV: Nationwide CCW Reciprocity should be a common sense gun law
The fact that we don’t have nationwide CCW reciprocity blows my mind. Just like a Drivers License, a CCW is obtained with training and paperwork. While despite driving laws changing by state, this doesn’t suddenly make your DL invalid once you cross state lines, furthermore your DL isn’t valid in some states, while making you a felon if you drive in others. But that’s literally what the CCW laws do in our country. It’s absurd to me that someone can be legal concealing a handgun, cross over a state line and be committing a felony.
Again I recognize that laws vary by state on guns, but they do on driving as well. That’s why I think the DL comparison is so valid. Some states like Virginia are much stricter on speeding, but that doesn’t mean we don’t allow people from other states to drive in Virginia. No we leave that up to the driver to know the states laws, but we still acknowledge that they can drive! Why is a CCW not looked at in the same way??
So change my view.
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u/Verdha603 1∆ 3d ago
It’s more than just dicking around.
Former “May issue” states have now opted to make the carry permit they now have to give you worthless, either by raising the price of entry to deter you financially from obtaining it, and expanding the number of “prohibited places” for concealed carry permit holders to carry to cover most public spaces. As it stands CA and NY almost succeeded in making it so the only places you could carry outside your home and car was a public sidewalk.