Probably not what you would think, though. It seems that the law in SD has been changed to disallow legal resident aliens from CCW. The plaintiff in the case is a Brit citizen who has lived in the U.S. as a legal resident alien for upwards of twenty years. He has had a CCW for much of that time but the new law now disallows him from renewing his permit.
The proponents say that if you are in this country legally, you should be afforded all of the rights of a citizen other than voting, etc.
Opponents say that this is a backdoor attempt to allow
illegal aliens to keep and carry firearms.
Even the pro-firearms groups quoted in the story, NRA and GOA, are at odds.
For my part, I believe he should be able to keep and carry firearms as long as he remains a
legal resident alien.
Here is the story. You decide. I threw in a poll (good for only ten days) just for fun.
SOURCE
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In what might appear to be a shotgun wedding of opposites, the ACLU has filed a lawsuit on behalf of a non-U.S. citizen alleging that South Dakota's concealed weapons law violates his constitutional right to bear arms.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/01/06...#ixzz1AKZpVqv1
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