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Gun owners hit the road to arm America
Roving show sidesteps states' 'petty bureaucrats' to make packing heat easier
Posted: February 06, 2010
10:10 pm Eastern
By Drew
Zahn
Gun rights activists, claiming that obtaining a concealed carry permit
in some states is next to impossible, are planning to hit the road with a
plan to help frustrated applicants around the country obtain permits for
packing heat. Gun Owners of
America, in partnership with the Second Amendment
March and the New Jersey Coalition for Self Defense, are hoping their
new "Right to Carry Road
Show" will soon spread nationwide to assist gun owners and send a
message of defiance to gun control advocates who push to bog down
applications in endless red tape. The Road Show is a mobile processing system that brings to gun owners a
consolidated program streamlining the steps to obtaining a self-defense
firearm permit. "In the past," claims Gun Owners of America, "completing the
application process often required several days for the applicant to
arrange for fingerprinting and notarizing, sometimes even causing time off
from work to coordinate scheduling with frequently uncooperative local
agencies." But according to Robert Kreisler, president of NJCSD, "The 'Right to
Carry Road Show' brings all the elements together in one place and lets
people get everything done in about one hour." (Story continues below) The system involves applying for a non-resident concealed carry permit
from Florida, which has a streamlined process and reciprocity with many
states where applying for a permit can be long and daunting. "We even put all the paperwork in an envelope, seal it up, and mail it
to Florida for you," Kreisler says. "No more petty bureaucrats or
politically-motivated roadblocks, just a fast and easy way to assert your
right." Organizers claim they have successfully processed hundreds of permits
without a single denial and are planning to expand from their first state,
New Jersey, to develop a nationwide program. "With the involvement of the Second Amendment March, the Right to Carry
Road Show will soon be available in more states," said Skip Coryell,
founder of SAM, in a statement. "The three organizations have even
developed an infrastructure where interested parties may operate their own
permit-expediting events using a packaged system supported by training,
promotion and even automated online reservation and payment processing."
According to organizers, while nearly 40 states have laws requiring the
issuance of concealed carry permits, some – like New Jersey – make it so
difficult, interested parties often give up on their application. "In states like New Jersey, Massachusetts and California, citizens are
routinely denied the right to carry firearms for personal protection, and
in states like Wisconsin and Illinois, carrying a firearm for protection
is banned altogether," the Road Show website claims. "It's the mission of
the Right To Carry Road Show to give Americans in these deprived areas the
opportunity to exercise their rights." Organizers also admit a secondary agenda: "But the best part," the website continues, "is that when you attend a
Right to Carry Road Show and get your permit, you'll be sending a message
to your state legislature that your rights are important to you, and that
'progressive' gun control is a tried-and-failed experiment of the past."
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