The bill's sponsor, Rep Richard Hudson, R-N.C., called it "a common-sense solution to the confusing hodgepodge of concealed-carry reciprocity agreements between states." The GOP bill "lowers everybody's standards to the lowest in the union," said Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md. Raskin and other Democrats unanimously opposed the bill at a House Judiciary Committee meeting this week. The Air Force has discovered "several dozen" other such reporting omissions since the Nov. 5 shooting. The judiciary panel approved the database measure as a separate bill Wednesday, but the provision was later added to the concealed-weapons bill.

Source: Economic Times December 01, 2017 20:03 UTC