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Before you hit the road with your handgun this travel season, let's talk about what you need to know before you travel across state lines.

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U.S. Law Shield of Georgia recently reported that Gov. Nathan Deal signed into law Act 15. It’s a measure that gives Georgians greater freedom to travel with their firearms because valid concealed carry permits from the Peach State are now legal in Virginia and vice versa. This update lists all the states Georgia has reciprocity with... [Read More]

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On Tuesday, January 3, 2017, the prospect of national reciprocity for concealed carry license holders took its first step. Rep. Richard Hudson (R-N.C.), a member of President-elect Donald Trump’s Second Amendment Coalition, filed H.R.38, known as the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017. The proposed measure would require states to recognize each other’s gun carry... [Read More]

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Most law-abiding gun owners are familiar with the term “reciprocity,” which represents an agreement between two states to recognize concealed carry licenses from each other.  Each state sets its own conditions before entering into such an arrangement, but generally a state will require the other state to accept ALL licenses its issues before it will... [Read More]

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Commenters on Texas & U.S. Law Shield social media overwhelmingly want President-Elect Donald J. Trump to push national reciprocity as his first gun-rights-related legislative effort. Those posting on our Texas Law Shield Facebook page and our U.S. Law Shield Facebook page expressed their wish for “National Concealed Carry Reciprocity” above “Ending Gun-Free Zones On Military... [Read More]

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When Donald Trump is sworn into the Presidency in January, 2017, he will be greeted with various gun-reform measures already filed in Congress. Furthermore, he may have the chance to carry out some of his published policy positions on gun rights through Executive Orders. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act... [Read More]

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