First of all, I'm glad that the sponsors of the bill declined to mention congress' commerce powers in their findings, but rather the 14th amendment and the full faith and credit provisions of the constitution.
Sebastian posted last week about the bill, and how it's pissing off the right people (as has Sean). That certainly fills me with a bit of schadenfreude. But it's the full faith and credit arguments that got me thinking.
Pennsylvania has been making noises about closing the "FL permit loophole", whereby PA residents who've been denied a PA carry permit get a FL non-resident permit (which is honored by PA) and go one about their business. I wonder what PA would say if FL told PA that if they decide not to honor FL carry permits, then maybe they'll stop honoring PA drivers' licenses?
Might provide some clarity to the issue.
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Monday, September 19, 2011
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Thanks for the link.
I don't think that PA will ever actually change their law. What they are proposing is to change the law to say that if you are a resident of PA, you have to have a PA LTCF, and out of state permits won't be honored for PA residents. The thing is, PA is wholly controlled by the Republican Party. Even when the Dems were in charge, the rural Dems could stop anti-gun laws.
The real solution is for Philly to get slapped down hard for their stupid attempts to deny LTCFs for trivial reasons like parking tickets.
In every jurisdiction by Philadelphia, PA LTCFs are easier to obtain than Florida CFLs I have both. PA has no training requirement, FL requires an NRA pistol course.
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