HR 822 coming up for vote soon.

[TheTman]

From the NRA-ILA:

Your Immediate Action Required; National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act Going to House Floor Soon


Friday, November 04, 2011

We continue to report on the importance of H.R. 822—the “National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011” and to detail the truth about why the legislation is very good for gun owners. The bill will be heading to the U.S. House floor soon, and it is imperative that you contact your U.S. Representative IMMEDIATELY and urge him or her to support this critically important legislation.
A great deal of misguided, unfounded, and incorrect information has been circulated about the legislation, but the allegations are simply not true.
Simply put, H.R. 822 is a good bill and is good for gun owners. The bill will enable America’s millions of permit holders to exercise their right to self-defense while traveling outside their home states by requiring states to recognize each others' lawfully-issued carry permits, just as they recognize driver's licenses and carry permits held by armored car guards.
H.R. 822 does not create a federal licensing or registration system; does not establish a minimum federal standard for the carry permit; does not involve the federal bureaucracy in setting standards for carry permit; and it does not destroy or discourage the adoption of permitless carry systems such as those in Arizona, Alaska, Vermont and Wyoming.
Again, H.R. 822 will soon be on the House floor. Please IMMEDIATELY contact your member of Congress and urge him or her to support the earliest possible consideration of H.R. 822.
You can find contact information for your U.S. Representative by using the "Write Your Representatives" (http://www.capwiz.com/nra/dbq/officials/) tool at www.NRAILA.org (http://www.nraila.org/). You may also contact your Representative by phone at (202) 225-3121. Additionally, you may CLICK HERE TO EMAIL YOUR MEMBER OF CONGRESS. (http://www.capwiz.com/nra/issues/alert/?alertid=55111516)
H.R. 822 is a good bill for gun owners. Don’t listen to false claims. Read the bill (http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c112:H.R.822:) yourself and READ OUR FACT SHEET (http://www.nraila.org/Issues/FactSheets/Read.aspx?id=189&issue=003) to get more facts.
To listen to an NRANews interview about H.R. 822 with the bill’s sponsor Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.), please click here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaEDH6lY8G8&feature=feedu).
To listen to an NRANews interview about H.R. 822 with NRA-ILA Director of Research and Information John Frazer, please click here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCdM8LFv5dE&feature=channel_video_title).
To read an op-ed piece about H.R. 822 by NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox, please click here (http://townhall.com/columnists/chriswcox/2011/10/24/congress_moves_closer_to_restoring_a_key_second_am endment_freedom/page/full/).




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[TheTman]

I've heard good and bad about this. It's my opinion that I don't want the Federal Government to have any role in my CC permit. I think this could be used as a way for the camel to get his nose under the tent, and end up with some monstrosity that makes it impossible for average Joe's to get a permit. But, if it's as safe as the NRA thinks it is, then it may be great legislation. Id suggest to do your own research and contact your congress people to vote as you see fit. They say to read the bill, and read their fact sheet, and it all looks nice now, but what is it going to look like after Reid and the Senate get ahold of it? That's what makes me leery. I wonder if it's not just a big waste of time, since I don't see Obama signing anything to support gun owner's rights.

[aray]

Agreed, read the bill yourself. I think you'll find it is good, clean, and offers no opportunities for bad things to happen as currently written. But don't take my word for it - the bill is posted online.

Ironically Reid has an "A" rating from the NRA. He may be a big lib but he supports gun rights.

If someone in the Senate attaches a so-called poison pill to the bill, turning it from a good bill to a bad bill, they'll either fix it in conference committee, or kill it outright. No way the House will pass an amended bill that makes things worse.

As for Obama signing it, the NRA's plan is to have it be attached to a "must pass" piece of legislation. That sort of thing happens all the time to get something past a president that the Congress wants to go forward.

[bitp]

National right-to-carry reciprocity would be good move forward.