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Imagine a woman driving across state lines alone at night, fearful that her car might break down and leave her vulnerable. Or picture a truck driver hauling valuable cargo across the country. In states such as California, Illinois, New York, New Jersey, and Oregon\u2014five of the ten states that refuse to recognize concealed handgun permits from other states\u2014these travelers can find themselves defenseless. Nine states also either deny non-residents permits altogether or make them extremely difficult to obtain.<\/p>\n

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Last week, President Trump again called for passage of national concealed carry reciprocity. The legislation would allow anyone legally permitted to carry a concealed handgun in their home state to carry across state lines, much as Americans use their driver\u2019s licenses nationwide. The legislation would affect millions of law-abiding Americans.<\/p>\n

Much of the gun-control debate centers on hypothetical risks. With reciprocity, however, we don\u2019t have to speculate. With 21.5 million concealed handgun permit holders in the United States, we already know how they behave. In addition, most Americans already benefit from reciprocity. The average state recognizes permits from 30 other states, allowing permit holders to travel legally with their firearms.<\/p>\n

Last year, when the House Judiciary Committee passed national reciprocity along party lines, Democrats legislation that would allow current and retired law enforcement officers with at least ten years of service to carry firearms in facilities open to the public\u2014including schools\u2014while traveling across the country. Given that allowing experienced current or retired law enforcement officers to carry would endanger public safety, it comes as no surprise that they also oppose allowing civilians to carry across state lines.<\/p>\n

Congressional opponents of reciprocity warned that permit holders would commit crimes but cited no evidence to support that claim. The facts point in the opposite direction. Concealed handgun permit holders are extraordinarily law-abiding. States revoke their permits for firearm-related violations at rates measured in thousandths\u2014or even ten-thousandths\u2014of one percent. Police officers rarely commit firearm crimes, yet permit holders lose their permits for firearm offenses at only about one-twelfth the rate at which police are convicted of firearm-related crimes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis legislation is a dramatic infringement on states\u2019 rights,\u201d claimed Emma Brown, executive director of the gun-control group Giffords, echoing a common criticism. Yet those same organizations routinely advocate federal gun-control laws that override state policy choices.<\/p>\n

Opponents also claimed that national reciprocity would confuse travelers about which gun laws apply in each state and lead to more arrests. But reciprocity already exists across much of the country, and no evidence shows that out-of-state permit holders create such problems. Indeed, the same situation exists for drivers when they cross state lines: They are required to follow the driving regulations for the state they are in.<\/p>\n

Critics also argue that permit standards vary from state to state. Yet no evidence shows that states with less restrictive permitting systems experience higher permit revocation rates.<\/p>\n

Despite these fears, more than 86 percent of police chiefs and sheriffs support national reciprocity, and over 90 percent of rank-and-file officers support concealed carry laws. These officers see firsthand how concealed carry works in practice. They understand that police deter crime, but they also know they usually arrive after the crime has begun. Victims often must defend themselves first. Consistent with that experience, the overwhelming weight of academic research finds that allowing law-abiding citizens to carry concealed handguns reduces crime.<\/p>\n

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With tens of millions of Americans legally carrying concealed handguns over many decades, if opponents could identify even dozens of cases in which out-of-state permit holders created serious problems, their concerns would deserve careful consideration. They cannot. Such cases remain exceedingly rare. Americans do not need to guess whether\u00a0gun-control advocates\u2019 concerns<\/strong>\u00a0are justified.<\/p>\n

Carrying a firearm provides the greatest benefit to those who face the largest physical disadvantages\u2014women and the elderly\u2014and to those who face the highest risk of violent crime, including many poor black residents of high-crime neighborhoods. Not surprisingly, these groups have accounted for the largest percentage growth in permit ownership over the past decade. Between 2015 and 2024, permits held by women grew 112 percent faster than those held by men, while permits held by black Americans grew 284 percent faster than those held by whites.<\/p>\n

Real life is not the movies. Most women cannot overpower several larger, stronger men, no matter how well-trained they are. Men also generally possess greater upper-body strength and speed.<\/p>\n

A firearm changes that equation. It gives women a far more effective means of self-defense. If an attacker has already closed the distance enough to seize a woman\u2019s firearm, she is already in grave danger regardless.<\/p>\n

Peer-reviewed research finds that allowing concealed carry reduces murder rates for both men and women. The reduction for women, however, is roughly three to four times larger than the reduction for men.<\/p>\n

The House will likely pass national reciprocity, but it faces a steeper challenge in the Senate. Breaking the expected Democratic filibuster will require 60 votes, meaning at least seven Democratic senators must cross party lines. Those senators need only examine their own states\u2019 experience. Six states represented by 12 Democratic senators\u2014Arizona, Georgia, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Virginia\u2014already recognize concealed handgun permits from every other state. None has seen a problem with reciprocity.<\/p>\n

Police play an indispensable role in public safety. But officers cannot protect over 340 million Americans everywhere at once. Congress should ensure that law-abiding Americans do not lose their ability to defend themselves simply by crossing a state line.<\/p>\n

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This article was originally published by RealClearPolitics and made available via RealClearWire.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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