Donald Trump has reignited a contentious debate by pledging to sign “concealed carry reciprocity” legislation during his second term as president. This policy would enable gun owners with a concealed carry permit from one state to legally carry their firearms in other states, regardless of differing local laws.
Currently, while all U.S. states allow some form of concealed carry, the rules vary significantly. Some states, such as Vermont and Alaska, don’t require permits, whereas others, like California and New York, impose strict regulations, including background checks, training requirements, and even justifications for carrying a weapon.
Trump has consistently positioned himself as a staunch supporter of the Second Amendment. During a 2023 speech, he underscored his intention to sign concealed carry reciprocity into law, stating:
“I will protect the right of self-defense everywhere it is under siege. Your Second Amendment does not end at the state line.”
This proposal aligns with Trump’s broader pro-gun platform, a stance that has earned him the endorsement of the National Rifle Association (NRA) during all three of his presidential campaigns. The NRA, one of the most influential pro-gun organizations, has praised Trump’s push for reciprocity. However, the NRA’s ultimate goal extends beyond reciprocity to what it calls “constitutional carry,” a policy allowing anyone legally permitted to own a firearm to carry it concealed without the need for a permit.
The National Association for Gun Rights (NAGR) and other similar groups also back constitutional carry, seeing it as a natural extension of Americans’ Second Amendment rights.
Gun control advocates and many Democrats have long opposed concealed carry reciprocity. They argue that the policy undermines public safety by forcing states with strict gun laws to honor permits from states with more lenient regulations.
In 2017, House Republicans passed the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act during Trump’s first term, but the legislation stalled in the Senate. At the time, the Democratic National Committee condemned the measure:
“An NRA pet project, this legislation would force states with more stringent gun standards to comply with looser regulations in other states, risking our public safety and making it more difficult to enforce state laws that save lives.”
Everytown for Gun Safety, a leading gun control advocacy group, has also expressed alarm at Trump’s renewed push for reciprocity. In an October Instagram post, they warned:
“Trump’s vision for America: Guns everywhere, for anyone, with no questions asked.”
The group argues that concealed carry reciprocity would not only make it easier for people with violent histories to carry firearms but also complicate law enforcement’s ability to uphold local gun laws.
The proposed policy would represent a significant shift in how gun laws are applied across the U.S. Currently, states have the power to establish their own concealed carry requirements. Under reciprocity, a permit holder from a state with minimal restrictions could legally carry their weapon in states with stricter laws, such as New York or California, which typically require more rigorous background checks and proof of need.
Proponents argue this would protect gun owners from inadvertently breaking the law when traveling. Critics counter that it undermines states’ rights to enforce laws tailored to their specific safety concerns.
Moreover, public opinion on gun control remains deeply divided. While many Americans support the right to carry firearms, polls consistently show strong backing for measures such as universal background checks and restrictions on concealed carry in sensitive areas.
Trump’s promise to sign concealed carry reciprocity into law is a rallying cry for his base, particularly in rural and conservative areas where gun rights are a top priority. However, it also sets the stage for a fierce battle with Democrats and gun control advocates who see the policy as a dangerous erosion of public safety measures.
As the conversation around gun rights continues to evolve, concealed carry reciprocity remains one of the most polarizing issues in U.S. politics.
Bring it!! To the left, SHUT UP!!!
An armed society is a polite society and this concerns Dems as they assume, correctly, that their propensity for looting and rioting when they don’t get their way, will be severely curtailed.
I agree with our President Trump 500%. On just about everything he is planning and will do! He has more brains in his little finger than any Democrat.
Please do tell him to continue doing things his way. He will always have my vote!
Yes, and let us take note of just what kind of people were running this Nation over the last few years and wanted to finish the job of Fundamentally Transforming America! The Deep State along with the Leftist/Elitists Cabal have been pushing Marxism “a totalitarian control agenda from HELL” to strip away all American Culture, Values and Freedom; that is what this is all about and it’s not just a “us against them battle!” This is a “spiritual war between the powers and principalities!” Everything, all of this will culminate in that “final battle when God will end all of the conflict with evil in this realm,” which allows as many human souls, children of God, to enter heaven as possible through His omnipotent perfect plan and justice.
Ephesians 6:11-12 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
Worth mentioning here is another comment I made to a Spreely News article. ://news.spreely.com/gen-flynns-bold-message-to-democrats-turns-heads/
General Flynn is absolutely correct about all of this!
I just wrote today a comment on this site in a different article but which speaks to the same underlying issue that we as Americans face due to the Leftist Agenda of Marxist Woke Insanity and Evil. They in unison with the Deep State and Democrats has poisoned nearly every aspect of our culture, educational system and government with their sole aim being to destroy America’s fundamental foundational precepts and to then replace them with Communism totalitarian control. Here follows my other commentary.
The current State Department became a mechanism of evil causes when Biden and Harris were installed into those top executive positions all of which was a hidden or “Camouflaged Coup d’ etat” to consolidate their power and to allow one of the former evil cohorts the former total fraud Obama to “lead from behind” and “fundamentally transform the United States of America.” This agenda in unison with the Deep State and MIC would bring on a “totalitarian government” with complete control over the Citizens, no more Free Speech or 2nd Amendment, right to privacy gone and even changing your grade school children’s gender without your parental consent, a done deal, like now in Califonication under the ever so evil and insane Newsom!
The “many elitists and operatives” behind all of this evil don’t plan to disappear any time soon without first trying whatever they can to “destroy anything or anyone that they see as an obstacle to their agenda!”
But they are all totally “Crazy” and many are “EVIL” on the Left and throughout the Demoncrap Party; many of which “sold their souls to the Devil” and are already hopelessly forever lost in the madness and mire they helped the Devil to create. The big difference now over what happened in 2020 is that we (most of the public) clearly see that a majority of the “Citizens” have seen the truth and won’t accept their lies anymore, so what these fools do now is “futile and stupid!” Let us recall how just after the 2020 scammed election how the Demoncrap Party began all kinds of investigations accusing Trump of trying to flip the election results when he asked for officials to look for any errors and possible additional votes, “a normal review of the tabulations;” but what these stupid A-holes are doing is outright “Criminal Conspiracy and Treasonous Manipulation” of the facts!
Proverbs 26:26-28 “Though his hatred is concealed by deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly. 27He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him. 28A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.”
Then all government officials politicians judges prosecutors should have their armed security people removed why is their life more important than mine. They want to feel safe from criminals well so do I. We don’t have police following us around 24/7 we can feel safe carrying our on concealed gun. What’s good for one is good for all.
Sue; you’re right and all they do is beef it up especially since the evil Biden/Harris clown act ran the show and allowed in millions of dangerous felons some even Silence of the Lambs sort of maniacs President Trump just stated! But we peons are supposed to just accept the hell they create and shut up! Not going to happen you rotten Demoncrap backstabbing elitist commies!
I’m thinking they are not so much in fear of ‘criminals,’ as they are in fear of those they think to CONTROL! Hence the necessity of that dastardly 2nd Amendment, to provide the people, with personal protection, but primarily to provide “We The Serfs” with the means to resist tyranny in government!
that is why my truck carries this announcement. ‘ I CARRY A GUN, BECAUSE A COP IS TOO HEAVY”. and on the other side of this one, TRUMP 2024. STOP THE BULLSHIT”. drives the HOA folks here nuts, as does the TRUMP flags I fly. who cares? when they stop shoving the LGJBTQ agenda in my face I might and I say might, take them off and down. til then? read them and weep. sl
President Trump is one great man to lead this Country, and do right by the people.
Here in Texas, Governor Abbott already signed into law that Texans are permitted to carry with or without a concealed firearms license, but only in theState of Texas.
Now we have the power to protect ourselves across the Nation.
I kind of disagree with not being vetted. who knows what might be carrying a gun. with a license, they were not criminals when they bought the gun. I carry legally in my state, and family has since 1987, the year a drug dealer shot my family member in the face with his own service revolver, after beating the crap out of him like the coward he is. still sitting on death row. I offered to pull the switch, they said no. wish they would have had an “accident” when they took him into custody. aint the law great??
Brother Michael; what is better than that; many Citizens are going to want to move to Texas! To live as a Free People and be able to defend oneself from any dangerous foe that might want to do harm to them or their loved one’s; and God knows there are far too many of those running around loose now that the Demoncrap Party allowed more than 15 Million “foreign unknowns” into our land to take whatever they can get for free! Many of them even just want to hurt Americans really bad!
The whole mindset of the previous administration was Ass Backwards!
Exactly Brother Lawrence, and to make sure the criminals in our State to be excluded from possessing a firearm one has to be finger printed and go through a CCH (complete criminal background).
As for the Illegals, they better not break through my fence and try to gain access into my home.
I sleep lightly and have a Glock 40 Cal. With green dot hollow points and loaded, less than 1 foot away from me and a Winchester 12 GA. Slug gun with hollow points as well.
Act like a danger to my family and myself I’ll treat them like one.
Michael, absolutely “dead to rights” and the only way to do what’s right as per your own states “licensing process” and your “home/family protection!” And in any such contingency you’re obviously “within your full rights” to act accordingly and “neutralize any such potential threat” in your own home! I believe in some states say like Florida too where it falls into the “castle doctrine,” been around a long time and is solid as to a person’s “self-preservation!” Only a nit-wit, Leftist loon, Globalist commie or other such “American hating scums” would try arguing against such rights!
This Nation of ours has gone “too long already” with the progressives and commies in our system “dictating how we must lose our sovereign rights” to allow violators to abridge or cancel them, and so I say it’s “time we saddle up!” In case they need reminding it’s become a “very dangerous world around us all here in America” and we “True American Citizens” intend on changing the paradigm back to “full sovereignty of, borders, homes and personal safety!”
Any decent good human being in some foreign land wants in; they had better “apply and carry through with the full immigration policies or don’t even bother trying!” Enough of the Biden/Harris/Mayorkas “Free For All” Invading Scam!
As a non gun owner. I approve.
Yes and for either owner or non-owner it is more balanced. What’s right is right and there’s been way too much wrong allowed by the Elitist, Leftist, Commies and I say Enough Already!
“….pledging to sign “concealed carry reciprocity”….” And, all patriotic Americans shouted “AMEN!” I have, for decades, ‘carried’ across state lines, notwithstanding some of those states having ‘carry’ restrictions. I also carry in “Gun FREE Zones,” as intend NOT to ever voice the lament of my hero, Dr. Susanna Gratia Hupp, during her testimony before Congress. Just go to YouTube and search her name. Her testimony is riveting, and attention need be paid for whom she blames for her parent’s deaths!
Permits and fees and jurisdictional limits do not apply to other rights, cited in the US Constitution. Why is the this right inferior to the others ?
I am with Trump on that The more the better if you go to the Hassle to get a concealed carry permit should be able to open carry if
Criminals have that ability now! Victims do not!
and why not. they are legal gun owners and have been vetted by the fbi. who cares what the state laws say? it is a federal permit. not a state permit. go Trump!!! sl.
too old to con, my condolences and prayers for your family’s tragic loss.
The evil and rampaging criminals are of course out there and they are not going away anytime soon, its only getting worse especially after these evil scum of the Demoncrap Party did what they have done so well with that open Border and promotion of crime pays!
Time to clean house, flush the swamp toilet and carry out Public Executions again with the return of the Federal Gallows!
I say this because I know there are absolutely the most hideous evil people running loose in our Nation now and they are there because many in our so called leadership are just as evil and more destructive by what they promote and allow!
The days of the Wild West having shootouts and the like pale in comparison to what this madhouse modern society has evolved into and far too many innocent decent folks are being harmed and murdered while the criminal perpetrators are increasing exponentially! Only one way to protect ourselves from that in conjunction with prayer!
Arm up and be prepared for battle!
God bless you.
Ephesians 6:10-11 “Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power. 11Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.”