[OfficerObie59]

I actually used to be against this as a federalism issue and as an unconstitutional Commerce Clause expansion, but that ship has sailed. States don't have the right anymore to prohibit Congressional reciprical carry legislation post-Heller and McDonald on a "state's rights" theory.

Since the 2nd Amendment was incorporated via the 14th, Section 5 of the 14th Amendment gives the Congress the right to enforce incorporated rights by legislation.

End of story.

 

[OfficerObie59]

" In MA one needs a modicum of training before receiving their LTC."
MAYBE! Don't count on it if you live in Boston-they're still requiring "need" in writing, despite the Heller and MacDonald rulings.

And you still have to qual on Moon Island with some beat-to-shit .38 wheel gun provided by the city, if I'm not mistaken.

 

[OfficerObie59]

Qualification actually isn't a bad idea, provided the standards are reasonable.

I'll have to disagree with you on that one, Delta.

I don't remember having to take a literacy test or a civics exam prior to exercising my 1st Amendment rights.