CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: Hudson Proposes National Concealed Carry Bill.

Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, says he is preparing legislation that would allow those with concealed carry permits in their state to cross state lines.

According to the Daily Caller, Hudson’s legislation would allow people with a state-issued concealed carry license to carry a handgun to any other state that allows concealed carry if the person is not banned from possessing or transporting a firearm by federal law.

Hudson said he planned on introducing the legislation, called the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017, during the next Congress. He introduced a similar bill in 2015.

I think any such bill also needs a provision limiting the maximum penalty a state can assess against a gun-carrier who is entitled to possess firearms under federal law to some relatively small fine, like $250. That will prevent the sort of injustices we’ve seen in places like New Jersey and New York.