Thune concealed carry reciprocity amendment fails
Sen. John Thune sponsored an amendment to the defense authorization bill allowing concealed carry permit holders to carry their weapons across state lines as long as they abided by other states’ CCW rules and regulations.
The Senate just voted down the measure by 58-39, falling two short of the 60-vote threshhold needed to block a filibuster.
Several Democrats voted for the amendment, including Sens. Feingold, Dorgan, Bayh, and Webb.
Sen. Pryor switched his vote from “nay” to “aye” at the last minute.
GOP Sens. Lugar and Voinovich voted “nay.”
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“How’re we gonna shoot golf without guns?”
- Curly (THREE LITTLE BEERS, 1935)
Don’t we have a Constitutional Right, God-given, to keep and bear arms? Where in our Founding Documents does it state except where prohibited by law?
“Did anyone ever point a gun at you?” “Yeah, but he couldn’t shoot me.” “How come?” “I had my finger in the barrel!”
- Gene Roth & Larry (SLAPHAPPY SLEUTHS, 1950)
What’s with all of the annoying Three Stooges quotes in every thread today?
Just offer it again, and again, and again. Until it does pass.
I’m just glad to see some Republicans going on offense instead of staying on defense.
I called both Webb’s and Warner’s offices yesterday afternoon. One out of two ain’t bad, but two out of two would have been better.
Well of course it does….duh!
Spread Out!
*Whack!*
Nyuck! Nyuck! Nyuck!
This means that Warner MUST go.
Shouldn’t it be up to the states anyway?
Not if they violate the Bill of Rights.
Hmmm . . .
While it’s not universal, most states with CCW laws on the books already excercise reciprocity with other states that have CCW laws.
I guess instead of a federal law on this, I’d like to see people put the pressure on their state goobermints to enact full reciprocity with ALL states. Keep the federal goobermint out of the picture on this.
Frankly any federal goobermint involvement in firearms laws outside of what is stated in the 2nd amendment is, to me, something to be avoided. The feds should do nothing more than see to it that our right to keep and bear arms isn’t infringed on by state or local laws. Other than that, stay the heck out of it.
Just my 2 copper’s worth.
Is this really a conservative position, other than that it involves firearms? I don’t believe that anyone on either side is taking a principled stand on this. If the vote were about gay marriage, I would expect the vote to flip and would not expect Schumer to issue a similar statement.
Maybe a “gun rights” Democrat (yes, I know…a contradiction in terms!) could pull a Pelosi/Waxman, and slip in an amendment in an unrelated bill? You know, an “in the dark of night” moment, and have stealth passage? (They’ve admitted they don’t read the bills, right?)
Nah…that’s crazy talk! That kind of action might help protect American freedom, and we can’t have any of that!
“Huck mir nisht a chynick, and I don’t mean efsher!”
- Larry (MUTTS TO YOU, 1938)
Apples and oranges. There is nothing in the Constitution which guarantees the right to homosexual marriage, however the right to bear arms is explicit, and shall not be infringed upon.
I disagree. There is an enumerated right to keep and bear arms in the Constitution. There is no Federal right to marry, unless 5 justices smell a right from the emanations of penumbra of several parts of the Constitution… perhaps in “free association”, but that’s reaching.
I plan to support “Up and Out!” I am spreading the word in my community to get support for the idea.
For those of you who haven’t heard about it, it’s pretty simple;
When any elected official’s term is “up,” they should be voted “OUT!” This should apply to local, state, and federal representatives, regardless of party affiliation.
These selfish politicians who have enriched themselves and their families on the backs of the taxpayers MUST go. No if’s, and’s, or but’s!
They are destroying America, and we keep electing them back into office. Enough is enough!
I purchased a 5-year NRA membership in January. I would like to take this opportunity and thank the Dems for sparking my interest in firearms.
This is actually a good thing. If you violate a states 10th amendment right by imposing reciprocity on them, you can also make a case to violate the tenth amendment in other places. The Feds already have too much unjustified/unconstitutional influence over the states. We have to be consistent. To tell the Feds to get out of the way of our States Right selectively, would set a dangerous precedent. THAT is why so many Democrats actually wanted this.. Now you know..
Re: atheling
Whoops! I knew that! I’m just tired of the federal government trampling over states rights.
southsideironworks
I have given NRA memberships to family members (when NRA has offered discounts) just to bump the membership totals. They loved them, especially the choice of magazines. Some didn’t own a firearm then, but have since purchased one and going thrugh the drill of classes.
Dan, I thought the same thing…it’s a good thing. Once the feds get involved in any thing they can also pull a 180 & take back more than the original intent of the law.
here’s the vote
Vote Counts: YEAs 58
NAYs 39
Not Voting 3
Alphabetical by Senator Name
Akaka (D-HI), Nay
Alexander (R-TN), Yea
Barrasso (R-WY), Yea
Baucus (D-MT), Yea
Bayh (D-IN), Yea
Begich (D-AK), Yea
Bennet (D-CO), Yea
Bennett (R-UT), Yea
Bingaman (D-NM), Nay
Bond (R-MO), Yea
Boxer (D-CA), Nay
Brown (D-OH), Nay
Brownback (R-KS), Yea
Bunning (R-KY), Yea
Burr (R-NC), Yea
Burris (D-IL), Nay
Byrd (D-WV), Not Voting
Cantwell (D-WA), Nay
Cardin (D-MD), Nay
Carper (D-DE), Nay
Casey (D-PA), Yea
Chambliss (R-GA), Yea
Coburn (R-OK), Yea
Cochran (R-MS), Yea
Collins (R-ME), Yea
Conrad (D-ND), Yea
Corker (R-TN), Yea
Cornyn (R-TX), Yea
Crapo (R-ID), Yea
DeMint (R-SC), Yea
Dodd (D-CT), Nay
Dorgan (D-ND), Yea
Durbin (D-IL), Nay
Ensign (R-NV), Yea
Enzi (R-WY), Yea
Feingold (D-WI), Yea
Feinstein (D-CA), Nay
Franken (D-MN), Nay
Gillibrand (D-NY), Nay
Graham (R-SC), Yea
Grassley (R-IA), Yea
Gregg (R-NH), Yea
Hagan (D-NC), Yea
Harkin (D-IA), Nay
Hatch (R-UT), Yea
Hutchison (R-TX), Yea
Inhofe (R-OK), Yea
Inouye (D-HI), Nay
Isakson (R-GA), Yea
Johanns (R-NE), Yea
Johnson (D-SD), Yea
Kaufman (D-DE), Nay
Kennedy (D-MA), Not Voting
Kerry (D-MA), Nay
Klobuchar (D-MN), Nay
Kohl (D-WI), Nay
Kyl (R-AZ), Yea
Landrieu (D-LA), Yea
Lautenberg (D-NJ), Nay
Leahy (D-VT), Nay
Levin (D-MI), Nay
Lieberman (ID-CT), Nay
Lincoln (D-AR), Yea
Lugar (R-IN), Nay
Martinez (R-FL), Yea
McCain (R-AZ), Yea
McCaskill (D-MO), Nay
McConnell (R-KY), Yea
Menendez (D-NJ), Nay
Merkley (D-OR), Nay
Mikulski (D-MD), Not Voting
Murkowski (R-AK), Yea
Murray (D-WA), Nay
Nelson (D-FL), Nay
Nelson (D-NE), Yea
Pryor (D-AR), Yea
Reed (D-RI), Nay
Reid (D-NV), Yea
Risch (R-ID), Yea
Roberts (R-KS), Yea
Rockefeller (D-WV), Nay
Sanders (I-VT), Nay
Schumer (D-NY), Nay
Sessions (R-AL), Yea
Shaheen (D-NH), Nay
Shelby (R-AL), Yea
Snowe (R-ME), Yea
Specter (D-PA), Nay
Stabenow (D-MI), Nay
Tester (D-MT), Yea
Thune (R-SD), Yea
Udall (D-CO), Yea
Udall (D-NM), Yea
Vitter (R-LA), Yea
Voinovich (R-OH), Nay
Warner (D-VA), Yea
Webb (D-VA), Yea
Whitehouse (D-RI), Nay
Wicker (R-MS), Yea
Wyden (D-OR), Nay
Can I get me a hunting license here?
Gai kaken oifen yam!
I think this was a bad idea, and I have a CCW. I don’t want the federal government telling the states what they have to do about regulating guns. If its fair for them to say you have to abide by one state’s laws, across all borders, then they can just as easily turn around and ban concealed carry altogether. I’m for states’ rights.
And yes, states do regulate their own reciprocity. Not all play fair, but many do.
It’s the M/M equivalent of spam or telemarketing. Incredibly annoying, but you can’t do much about it.
I wonder the same thing. But it’s not just today. Rogue does it all the time. Instead of taking time to actually give an opinion or debate, Rogue resorts to annoying stooges comments. Really really dumb. I wonder if Rogue has any opinions. If that is all that poster can contribute, he should just be kicked out. It is a waste of time to read those posts!!
Oh, but he’s his own thinker! He voted 3rd party!
Ha! So, he is one of those who helped get Obama elected. Great.
Yeah but.. the 2nd Amendment states directly “SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED”.
Couple that with Article 4, Section 2 “State Obligations”, Clause 1 “Comity Clause” :
I can’t envision how they could ‘turn it around’ against us especially now that the SCOTUS recently ruled in Heller that defending yourself with a gun is a basic Constitutional right? Following Heller, it seems that the Thune bill really represents the next domino that must ultimately fall – to the chagrin of anti gun libtards everywhere.
The three stooges quotes are in honor of the current administration. I post them because I find that they are in many ways apropo to the topic at hand. Myself and others like them. I’m sorry you either don’t like or understand them, but then, it’s a guy thing.
Ron and Dan, I think that you are missing an important point here. The Constitution guarantees the right to keep and bear arms. This is a right of every citizen. The states, nor the Federal government have any right to make laws restricting that right, period. There would be no 10th amendment infringement since the right is guaranteed by the constitution which trumps states rights. The Federal governments function in this case is to protect the right of citizens to keep and bear arms. Simple! Except both the federal government and the states have endeavored to strip and/or regulate that right away from the people.
This amendment would simply have been a step in the right direction, whereby the Federal government steps up to protect a constitutionally guaranteed right. Our Constitutional rights are not determined by the boundaries of states or their laws, just as the federal government cannot make laws that and infringe on the states in areas not specifically given it in the constitution. There is a lot of infringement by both the states and the feds when it comes to our rights as We The People.
Well said.
No, the moronic GOP helped Obama get elected. I blame you and the rest of the wishy washy moderates who can’t think for themseleves but must vote for the party.
Concerning the Three Stooges and Obama’s administration, okay, liberals are kinda funny when they are not in power. But when they’re in power they are not funny – they are dangerous.
tru dat, but when you laugh at them, and they should be laughed at, you disempower them.
I was amenable to a federalist argument against this amendment, but there isn’t one. Yes, some states could be too lax with CCW, just as they could be with drivers’ licensing. And as this applies to only resident permits, it is not as if criminals who reside in a state can just get a CCW from somewhere else.
So now I will remain defenseless when I cross over into Maryland, which doesn’t have CCW reciprocity with Virginia. As a result I will continue to cross rarely.
Man! Mid-term elections cannot happen soon enough.
I own property in 2 states and regularly call all 4 senators offices and let them know my opinions.
They all 4 voted correctly, yea.
This should be the law of the land, clearly more work is needed.
Said the moron who quotes the Three Stooges and can’t spell.
What if a state violated the 19th Amendment by not allowing white men to vote? If the Feds overruled that, re-establishing the 19th, would you take the side of that state?
I haven’t anything against the Three Stooges – I used to enjoy them quite a bit too before I grew up, and some quotes are apropos. 8-10 in every thread gets to be tedious.
The States are sovereign except where they trample constitutional law, as the Supreme Court has had to overturn state laws in the past. One would hope one would side with the Constitution.
How’s that for a moron? Did I spell everything correctly?
Well at least you didn’t quote the Three Stooges this time.
See other thread, happyscrapper told me not to.
What about “full faith and credit”?
I can’t believe both senators from VT voted against this. It doesn’t even affect their state. Anybody can go there and carry already with no permit at all.
In effect, you already have a legal right to carry concealed weapons across state lines in most cases – only a few states do not recognize Texas concealed carry permits, for instance. I used to travel back and forth across the country quite often. I generally carried my handgun under the seat, and I just made it a point not to get stopped in those states with recip agreements (or if I did, I didn’t act like I was guilty of something). I’ve never had my car searched for contraband of any kind, except at the Mexican border (but that’s another story).
I sure don’t understand why places like Chicago, New York City, and Washington, DC, all having very strong gun control, have so much crime where firearms are used. If it’s illegal for people to have concealed pistols in those cities, even with a CCW, there should be very little crime where firearms are involved.
And what about Seung-Hui Cho shooting all those people at Virgina Tech-That campus had a complete ban on weapons. If he would have just obeyed the law, there wouldn’t have been any shooting. /sarc
When will these liberals get the idea that they are only disarming law abiding citizens?
How often is a policeman at the scene of a crime while it’s happening? I’m sorry, but most criminals won’t wait around while you call 911.
BTW, there is no reciprocity for CCW in the North East – or if so, very little. May as well not carry if you head that way. Thune’s amendment would have let people with CCWs from other states carry while visiting or traversing across the state.
I so %^&*($! hate living in ILL-ANNOYZ.
Did I mention that I hate Illinois.
Just checking.
I have a ccw from SC. I had to take a 8 hr. class and have a shooting score to pass the course. I work in GA where you can go to the kmart and get a CCW. GA and SC do Not recognize their respective CCW laws. Therefore I had to get a New Hampshire out of state CCW permit to be able to carry in GA. Figure that one out.
Dear Iamsaved,
you are very naive! Criminals will always get the guns even in a very gun controlled atmosphere. Its a perfect situation for them because the citizens are unarmed. Do you think that a policy or sign banning guns is going to keep someone from murdering innocents? Guns don’t kill people, people kill people!
Never forget that once an unarmed person is atacked and robbed, or worse, they generally begin screaming for tougher laws, more government intervention.
The person who already has his/her own personal protection does not.
Think about that.
Also the police do nothing to prevent crime. They usually show up after the bodies hit the floor. The Police will not save you. Only you can be responsible for your own safety. In this world today you are asking for it if you are not armed someway!
For the record I carry, I shoot, am a life member of the NRA, retired veteran, love the environment, and am getting my soon to be teenage, next month, daughter her life membership to the NRA.
Plus she and I are planning a thru-hike of the Appalachian trail next summer.
I love the national park system, I love hiking, I love my family. I intend to always protect them all.
My driver’s license is good in all 50 states of the Union and the District of Columbia. I see no reason why my concealed handgun license should not be.
ECS
Amen! And driving is not a right! It’s a privelege, while the right to carry is exactly that: a right.
Argh! Privilege!
Said the guy who calls people morons for not spelling correctly. And Rogue, I love the quotes! Keep ‘em up!
Uh, kill the motor, dude. I think the first two paragraphs of his post were sarcasm.
At least I know when I spell something wrong. And “privilege” is not as easy as “themselves”.
It’s a girl, btw, not a guy.
Yeah, you can’t trust those wascaly FBI cleared citizens exercising their Constitutional rights.
You can bet the law will stop gun runner in their tracks!
Thank you for your support taggart,I am glad you enjoyed them, however, my little bit of whimsy with the 3 Stooges quotes apparently has set off the tolerant class somehow. It is not my aim to overtly provoke, so I will table the Stooges for a while and find other ways to make my points, hopefully with humor, as humor may be our only salvation with regards to the current administration. Cheers.
I’ll give you that the word privilege is more diffcult to spell than the word themselves, however, I confess only to missing my typo, as I do indeed know how to spell, and endeavor to make an effort when spelling. But, it is gratifying to know that spelling and grammar nazis on this blog are everready to point out the error of my ways.
Congratz on “It’s a girl, btw, not a guy.”, I didn’t even know you were pregnant! You hardly showed!
Proof that he’s not paying attention to his roots…but to the party.
Uhhh…democrat?
For those who used drivers licenses as an example. It’s not because the federal government says that the states had to give reciprocity on drivers licenses. It is because they agreed on it.
My Firearms association founder is a constitutional attorney specializing in firearms & the second amendment. If he says screwing with the 10th amendment would be bad in this case, then I’m sorry, but I’m going to take his opinion over anyone here. No offense meant to anyone. After all, it’s because of him that the state of Tennessee finally loosened it’s tyrannical gun laws.
This is the wrong way to do it. Don’t force reciprocity. Force states to abolish their illegal anti-open-carry laws. The Constitution gives me the right to carry a gun—any state that denies me that is violating my rights. I’m willing to concede on concealed carry. There’s nothing in the Constitution about having the right to conceal a weapon. Indeed, “bear arms” implies open carrying. Open carry without a permit is illegal in many states.