First off, I am not even going to bother to address the ignorant misinterpretations of the Second Amendment in this thread or references to weapons which are clearly for "shock value."
Anyhow, I am licensed and registered to carry a concealed weapon in Minnesota. Because of this, I may also carry in Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, and Virginia because these states choose to recognize and honor my CCW permit as valid and sufficient to allow me to carry a concealed weapon in their state. To make this national and in doing so force all the states which do not currently honor a MN CCW permit to honor it is contrary to the very idea of states' rights and so should be opposed by any freedom-loving non-federalist American. Limiting conceal/carry privileges is not unconstitutional in terms of the Second Amendment, but allowing the federal government to override the states' right to regulate it is.
Be careful of what you wish for. It would be nice if all 49 of the other states recognized my MN CCW permit but that really is up to the constituents of those other states -- not me, and not the federal government.
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