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Thune-Vitter Amendment Roll Call
Roper:
Wonder what Ben N would do if he was the actual swing vote......
bkoenig:
Honestly, although I like the idea of reciprocity across all 50 states, I'm not sure how I feel about this amendment. I get a little uneasy about the federal gubmint dictating this. If they have the authority to force states to accept other state's permits, it could easily go the other way and they could prevent reciprocity. I guess I'm just leery of the feds telling states what to do.
Roper:
Bkoenig - I was thinking along the same lines. I appreciate the fact that the states should have control over more things than they do today. I support the efforts of states like Montana and Texas regarding state rights, so to have the Fed's force reciprocity tends to cause me some internal conflict. It could go the other way and we would probably be fighting to keep the fed's out of our business.
SBarry:
I can compare the sneaky bastards to divorce lawyers, all the decisions are made behind closed doors. They get together, plan it all out as friends, then come out and put on a hell of a show in court, knowing the outcome is predetermined. Some may sit there with a sore ass, but they know something they want in the future will be played the same way in their favor.
Luckily we don't have near as much corruption in the Unicameral. To pretend it doesn't exist is assinine.
Now if you want to talk corruption in Nebraska, look to nearly every city government for a prime example.
armed and humorous:
Reciprocity across the states seems on the surface to be a good idea, and I know I would appreciate having the same rights in other states that I do here. On the other hand, I've already gone on record saying I thought both the knowledge and proficiency aspects of our "test" were somewhat lacking. I don't particulary like the idea that someone who only knows enough of the law to "get by" and may have never handled a handgun prior to the test might still find the target enough times to get a permit. For one thing, they are probably a danger to themselves and other innocent people more than to a criminal. Secondly, they have a good chance of giving the rest of us permit holders (those who know what they're doing and have experience with guns) a bad name by doing something stupid, or careless. Some states have even more lax requirements for a permit than we do. Conceivably, some states could say all you have to do is plunk down $10 and you get a license. Do we really want these people running around here in Nebraska (people with no brains, no expertise, and who knows what for a criminal history)? I'm thinking that if we're going to have the feds rule on this one, then they should also set the minimum standards. This still doesn't address the fact that, even with a permit, each state has its own variations on the rules pertaining to the permit.
I'm reasonably happy with the law we have now in Nebraska. I don't travel out of state much. When I do I usually fly which already precludes me from carrying (at least until I get where I'm going, if I felt like going through the hassels of bringing guns along in checked baggage). I'm not too sure I want the feds changing anything because it is liable to get more expensive and restrictive if we allow that.
I wouldn't argue too much against reciprocity, but I don't know if it is really a good idea. At the least, it would need a lot of tweeking to make it feasible.
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