->> What new law is that?
->>
->> Under most state statute, the CCW is only good in the state issued. A
->> Flordia license will not work in NY, just like my Texas one won't.
 JP> Correct.  We were talking about a - proposed - Federal law 
 JP> that would REQUIRE states to honor each others CCW's, just 
 JP> as they do each other's drivers licenses.  Hasn't passed, 
 JP> yet, and if it did, I'm sure that idiot in the White House 
 JP> would veto it. :( 
 JP> (Yet another reason to hold your nose and vote for Dole.)
 JP> If it DID pass, it would create an interesting situation 
 JP> here in NY. My CCW, like all other upstate CCW's, is 
 JP> SPECIFICALLY marked "Not Valid In New York City".  So I 
 JP> STILL couldn't carry there.  But everyone ELSE in the
 JP> country could!  
If the proposed law were crafted correctly this would be taken care of as
well.  I'd bet that, if the proposed national CCW reciprocity law were
passed, that a successful challenge to that stipulation could be mounted,
provided, of course, that enough money were to be had to fight it to the
USSC.  :-)
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