To the editor:
This month, the House of Representatives passed HR 38, the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act. The companion bill in the Senate is S 446. This bill would force Minnesota to allow anyone who has a conceal carry permit from another state to carry in Minnesota – regardless of the requirements, or lack thereof, from the home state. For example, consider the laws in Georgia. That state recommends, but does not require safety training and exempts license holders from NICS background checks when buying a gun for the five-year duration of the license. Currently, a total of 19 states do not allow Georgia conceal carry license holders to carry in their state – including Minnesota.
I would urge readers to tell Erik Paulsen he is wrong and to ask Minnesota’s senators that the two provisions of the bill should at least be separated for further debate in the Senate. On this five-year anniversary of the Sandy Hook Massacre, it’s time to start using common sense about gun violence.