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Old September 17, 2011, 10:18 PM   #61
Hugh Damright
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Despite your interpretation of the "full faith and credit" clause, there have traditionally been State permits i.e. intrastate permits which other States do not have to recognize. CCW permits fall into this category, and to construe it otherwise would in fact be something new, not some settled/traditional construction as you seem to imagine.

Regardless, I don't recall that H.R. 822 relies on the "full faith and credit" clause. IIRC, it asserts that the right to carry a concealed weapon is protected by the 2nd and 14th Amendments, and that it is an interstate commerce issue ... and also that it reduces crime, as if they're saying that reciprocity is for the "general welfare".

Can anyone think of a precedent, where federal legislation asserts that something is a constitutionally protected right, and an interstate commerce issue, yet recognizes that States can disallow it?


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