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Liberty wrote:

FlynJay wrote:I wonder how many Texas residents under the age of 21 have permits. Are we limiting our reciprocity for just a handful of people or is there significant numbers there? We should find out if those states that are not granting because of age will if we removed the 21 age exception. Maybe get something prepared for the 2011 legislative session.

I am not willing to throw veterans or Military folks under the bus, just so I can carry in a couple extra states.

It just wouldn't be right/

This is why I think the best (most difficult) route is to somehow focus on the states limiting reciprocity solely because we issue to military under 21. If they decide they don't want those under 21 carrying in their state - just say that and let the rest of us do so.

I've slowly been working on states that appear to restrict us because of this and come up with Ohio, Oregon, Nevada, and New Hampshire. I'm still working on getting letters out to some lawmakers in those states, but it's at the bottom of my pile of things to do right now.

It seems to me that the requirements in place to get your CHL in Texas are more strict than a lot of other states, yet we lose reciprocity because we trust members (under 21) of the military with guns .

In my simple minded world, the NRA or TSRA would communicate with like-minded legislators in states that don't recognize those under 21, and have them introduce a line stating that only those 21 and over can carry in their state. The problem that we face is that the issue is not important to people within the state, because they don't have problems, resulting in no interest from lawmakers (assuming that they listen).

This seems like such a simple thing to pass in each instance, and would be a huge help to all of us. It also wouldn't require the US Senate to pretend to support it like they did a few weeks ago - meaning real results.

I'll be trying to figure out what states seem to deny reciprocity based upon our age issue and appropriate legislators to contact. Any thoughts on the best way to approach this?