At 4:12 PM -0400 8/10/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 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?
On the other hand, the current "free market" approach has a couple of
factors to recommend it. Arizona has decided that they will honor licenses
by either "reciprocity" or "recognition." The former implies that two
states honor each other's licenses, but the latter comprises unilateral
recognition by Arizona. Any state license qualifies as long as:
the permit has a printed expiration date
the state has some disqualification, suspension and revocation
requirements for permits
the state requires a criminal history record check
the state does not issue licenses to federally prohibited possessors
the state requires some firearms safety program
the license holder is 21 or older and has no felony convictions.
This has some interesting side effects, e.g., a possessor of a
Massachusetts License to Carry that does not actually allow the possessor
to carry concealed (yes, many if not most of them don't!) is legally
qualified to carry concealed in Arizona because his license meets all of
those qualifications. (The carry restriction in Massachusetts is most
often an arbitrary political decision by a local police chief who has
decided he "doesn't want people carrying in his town."
The most intriguing side effect is that the message Arizona ends up sending
to gun owners from many other states is, "It's a shame that your state
doesn't trust our residents -- but we trust you."
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