BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is throwing its full support behind U.S. Sen. Mike Lee’s proposed National Constitutional Carry Act (H.R. 645), and is making it easy for American gun owners to do likewise.
CCRKBA has launched a grassroots campaign to send a letter to members of the Senate and House of Representatives which may be personalized to everyone’s Congressional representative on Capitol Hill.
The five-page bill states, “No State or political subdivision of a State may impose a criminal or civil penalty on, or otherwise indirectly limit the carrying of firearms (including by imposing a financial or other barrier to entry) in public by residents or nonresidents of that State who are citizens of the United States and otherwise eligible to possess firearms under State and Federal law.”
“We think this is an important piece of legislation which will help fully restore the Second Amendment right to not only keep, but to bear arms, regardless what state border someone may cross,” said CCRKBA Executive Director Andrew Gottlieb. “Our hats are off to Senator Lee for introducing this bill, because the Second Amendment protects a right, not a privilege which requires a permit from some government agency before an armed citizen can travel across a state line.”
“As we note in our suggested letter to Congress,” Gottlieb said, “As a responsible gun owner, the ability to protect myself and my family while traveling across the country is of utmost importance. The current patchwork of state laws creates confusing and potentially hazardous situations where what is legal in one state can turn otherwise lawful conduct into a felony just across the border. This undermines the constitutionally-protected right to keep and bear arms for self-defense. The National Constitutional Carry Act would cut through this bureaucratic tangle and ensure that our Second Amendment freedoms do not get confined by unconstitutional boundaries.”