The National Right to Carry Reciprocity Act HR 822 is being debated in the House this week. It would allow anyone "permitted to carry a hidden gun in their own state would also be allowed to carry it in any state". This would be a case of federal law "overriding a state's own policy on guns". There are 242 cosponsors in the House to this legislation and Scott Garrett of the 5th CD in NJ is one of them. Besides this being a terrible idea, what about the concept of states rights that the conservative ideology is always talking about? According to these people the federal government has no business telling someone to buy health insurance but it is alright to force a state and its citizens to allow guns onto their streets and into their parks against the wishes of that state. This is another incredible example of the power of the National Rifle Association.
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