New Congress reintroduces concealed-carry gun legislation

U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, has reintroduced legislation that would make it easier for truck drivers to carry concealed handguns across state lines.

Hudson’s proposal, called the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act (H.R. 38), dropped on Jan. 4 with 154 original co-sponsors, including three Democrats.

“Our Second Amendment rights do not disappear when we cross state lines, and H.R. 38 guarantees that,” Hudson said. “The Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act is a commonsense solution to...

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Survey says: Truckers love their guns

There seems to be no question that guns are popular in the trucking industry, but whether a trucking company would change its internal policies if federal concealed weapons laws became less strict is less certain.

Responses to an informal, nonscientific email survey sent to a broad selection of drivers, owner-operators, managers and fleet executives revealed that close to 70% of respondents from companies with 500 trucks or less either sometimes or always carry a concealed gun on their persons...

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