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House passes interstate concealed-carry gun bill
While the “Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act” alleviates stringent interstate gun laws, the legislation was conjoined with the Fix NICS Act, a bill introduced by a bipartisan group of senators in November, and designed to make the reporting requirements for the National Instant Background Check System (NCIS) more stringent.
Fix NICS penalizes federal agencies who fail to report criminal records and domestic violence records to the FBI. It also incentivizes states to regularly and accurately report criminal records to the bureau by allocating federal grants to states that comply.
The bill’s sponsors include John Cornyn, R-Texas, Chris Murphy, D-Conn., Tim Scott, R-S.C., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., along with senators Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Dean Heller, R-Nev., and Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H.
Looks like the Fix NICS Act was the bargaining chip, and if John Cornyn and Dianne Feinstein are both on-board with something, it looks like it could have a good chance of passing.
I personally think this is a good trade off. I like the idea of my permit being honored everywhere (considering, CCW permit holders have a very low incident rate to begin with so we were never really a concern in the first place), and fixing a much needed hole in our NICS system pertaining to mental health data.
The bill passed the house, and had a bi-partisan Senate bill attached to it...let's hope this one passes.
While the “Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act” alleviates stringent interstate gun laws, the legislation was conjoined with the Fix NICS Act, a bill introduced by a bipartisan group of senators in November, and designed to make the reporting requirements for the National Instant Background Check System (NCIS) more stringent.
Fix NICS penalizes federal agencies who fail to report criminal records and domestic violence records to the FBI. It also incentivizes states to regularly and accurately report criminal records to the bureau by allocating federal grants to states that comply.
The bill’s sponsors include John Cornyn, R-Texas, Chris Murphy, D-Conn., Tim Scott, R-S.C., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., along with senators Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Dean Heller, R-Nev., and Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H.
Looks like the Fix NICS Act was the bargaining chip, and if John Cornyn and Dianne Feinstein are both on-board with something, it looks like it could have a good chance of passing.
I personally think this is a good trade off. I like the idea of my permit being honored everywhere (considering, CCW permit holders have a very low incident rate to begin with so we were never really a concern in the first place), and fixing a much needed hole in our NICS system pertaining to mental health data.
The bill passed the house, and had a bi-partisan Senate bill attached to it...let's hope this one passes.