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The House is expected to vote as early as this week (Dec. 4)
on H.R. 38, the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017. Currently varying
state-by-state concealed carry laws are making unwitting criminals out of
law-abiding firearms owners for simply making a wrong traffic turn. There
is no justification for individuals’ Constitutional rights to end at the
border of their states. This bill would provide for reciprocity for the
carrying of certain concealed firearms, allow certain off-duty law
enforcement officers and retired law enforcement officers to conceal carry
in a school zone, and interstate carrying of firearms by federal
judges.
This bill, as amended, also includes the Fix NICS Act. There are currently
several states and some federal agencies withholding applicable
disqualifying records that if entered into the FBI’s National Instant
Criminal Background Check System (NICS) would help prevent prohibited
persons from being able to purchase firearms from a federally licensed
firearms retailer. The Fix NICS Act, which builds off of the successes of
NSSF’s FixNICS® campaign, would improve the current system and
ensure background checks are accurate and reliable.
Lastly, this measure calls on the Department of Justice to report to
Congress on the number of times a bump stock has been used in the
commission of a crime.
Please take this
opportunity to email or call today to urge your U.S. Representatives to
vote for H.R.38, the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017, as amended.
United States Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-312
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