>It has come to my attention that there is pending in Congress another >national concealed carry bill but, this time, it is designed to protect >non-law enforcement citizens by causing the several states to recognize >their CCWs/CHLs in much the same manner as driver's licenses are >recognized. Besides generically asking y'all if you know about this, I >have another interesting question on the subject: > >Clearly, this is not intended as a Federal license (which would be a hoot >in light of the patent unconstitutionality of such a law [someone please >let me know if I am right about that]) but a Federal mandate to the states >that mimics driver's license recognition.
My memory is that driver's licence recognition is based on a compact between the States, not a Federal mandate. In an analogy, many states have been working on reciprocity in recognizing CCWs. There has been a lot of work put into the question of standards - with a number of states only being willing to recognize licenses with "at least as rigorous" standards. >The real interesting issue is how it will work in very restrictive >states. This gets back to the difference between a mandate vs. a compact. A number of states have already shown themselves unwilling to recognize licenses based on e.g., a lesser number of training hours. > In other words, will the >states all be mandated to recognize the licenses, like for drivers, or will >only states who happen to have similar CCW/CHL laws have to recognize the >others? IMHO this depends on the mandate vs. compact situation. I see no Constitutional barrier to a compact. I have trouble imagining the situation in which a mandate would become law and survive court challenge. > ... --henry schaffer _______________________________________________ To post, send message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
