Many people are welcoming national reciprocacy when it comes to firearms regulations. What’s my take on this?
Right now, I’m only concerned with my current state of residence (VA). I don’t travel out of state all that much and when I do, it’s almost certainly NC that I visit. VA and NC currently have reciprocacy. This works for me.
I know that tracking reciprocacy across the nation is a big headache. I’m sure I’d doubly think so if I had to travel through multiple states while carrying. Is national reciprocacy the answer, though?
I don’t think it is. Why? Because the current administration is hostile to gun ownership. The last thing we need as collective gun owners is to give them the authority to change the current regulations…that will give them the legitimacy to do anything they want. Currently, they do not have the authority to change 2A at the state level and if they’re hostile to the idea and we give them the authority to apply reciprocay at the national level, what do you think is going to eventually happen? No, it might not happen immediately, but it will eventually happen. The US government almost ALWAYS takes and never gives. Once they have the authority and are allowed to create national reciprocacy, and once they start to change things that people don’t agree with, it will be too late to reverse things.
In my opinion, it’s better to deal with what we currently have in place than to allow them to change things or give us what we want but include something hidden that will give us problems later. It’s in every government’s nature to control as much as possible…why give them more control over something we’ve had difficulty in gaining in the past?
I’m no alarmist but I’m not stupid, either. Never give up what was hard-earned. Giving the government control over something that’s a right is stupid.