Broadcaster Press 7 January 29, 2019 www.broadcasteronline.com Honoring States’ Rights On Concealed Carry By Sen. John Thune There are usually a handful of things drivers consider as they cross from one state into another – changes to the speed limit, different rules for the use of mobile devices, or, if they’re traveling on a motorcycle, possible helmet requirements. Of all the things drivers might consider, though, whether or not their driver’s license would be honored by the state through which they’re traveling is not likely one of them. It’s hard for people to imagine a situation in which a legally licensed driver who travels from one state to another would be required to get multiple driver’s licenses, particularly because all drivers are required to abide by the traffic laws in each state they are operating a vehicle. For example, if a driver is cited for exceeding the speed limit in one state, his or her defense can’t be that he or she is allowed to go that fast because a different state’s speed limit is higher. I believe the same logic that applies to driver’s licenses, at least in this case, should also apply to law-abiding citizens exercising their Second Amendment right to carry a concealed firearm. If, based on a gun owner’s home state’s laws, he or she is eligible or approved to carry a concealed firearm, his or her ability to lawfully do so should be honored in other states, assuming that state also allows concealed carry and the permit holder abides by the applicable laws (not unlike abiding by another state’s traffic laws). I recently joined dozens of my Senate colleagues in reintroducing legislation, the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, that would help create the kind of logical parity that I’ve just described, because state borders shouldn’t restrict lawful citizens from exercising their constitutional Book 67 rights. Not only have I long supported this South Dakota 4-H Collecting Gently-Worn Shoes to Help Soles4Souls Fight Global Poverty legislation, a version of which was first introduced in 2006, I’ve led the effort during several previous Congresses and am glad to BROOKINGS, S.D. - SDSU Extension join it once again. 4-H Youth Development Program has In fact, in 2009, I authored a version of launched a shoe drive to collect 10,000 this bill as an amendment, and it received pairs of new or gently-worn shoes and 58 votes, including 20 Democrats, which donate them to Soles4Souls. was only two votes short of adoption in This shoe drive is the 2018-19 South the Democrat-led chamber. The 2009 vote Dakota 4-H statewide community service was the furthest this legislative effort has project, selected by teen members during advanced in the Senate. In 2018, a companion bill passed the House of Representatives the annual SDSU Extension Teen Leadership Conference (TLC). 231-198. The shoes donated through this camAs a gun owner and proud supporter of paign will be delivered to Soles4Souls. the Second Amendment, I believe there are Soules4Souls is a non-profit social enterresponsible approaches to gun laws that prise that creates sustainable jobs and balance safety with individual rights and states’ rights. The Constitutional Concealed provides relief through the distribution of shoes and clothing around the world. Carry Reciprocity Act strikes the right The shoes are sold for an average balance and respects state sovereignty by of $1 per pair to non-profit partners in allowing law-abiding citizens who are perdeveloping countries, that provide busimitted to carry concealed firearms in their home states to have their rights honored in ness training to local entrepreneurs. The entrepreneurs purchase the shoes and others. are then able to start businesses of their Importantly, if this bill became law, it own selling the product in their local would grant reciprocity without creating marketplaces. This allows entrepreneurs a national standard or requiring so-called the opportunity to earn a sustainable “Constitutional carry” states to establish income, and ultimately purchase necessia concealed carry permitting regime when ties like food, shelter and education. they currently do not require a permit for Soles4Souls’ micro-enterprise proits citizens. Should South Dakota then enact grams offer a long-term solution to its pending concealed carry bill, other poverty through job creation in places states would have to honor our state’s law. like Haiti, Honduras and Sierra Leone. This idea isn’t new, nor is it radical. It simply allows states to set the standards by They also give a second life to unwanted which concealed carry permit holders must shoes, keeping them out of landfills and protecting the environment. abide, something they are already able to The income generated by selling just do under current law, and gives law-abiding one pair of shoes in Haiti can provide citizens the ability to have their rights honup to five meals for a family in need. ored outside of their home state. I remain Whereas 30 pairs sold by an entrepreneur hopeful that this is an idea we can work with our colleagues to improve in a way that in Honduras can provide up to a year of schooling for we’re able to secure the votes we Sudoku Puzzles by KrazyDad a child. Challenging need to “To know that we can create meaningget it across the finish line. ful impact around the globe by simply collecting and donating what is otherwise Sudoku #1 Sudoku #2 destined for the trash is a really great 5 6 1 2 4 2 feeling,” Risner said. Revenue generated by Soles4Souls’ 8 7 8 9 micro-enterprise operations funds the 5 organization’s free distribution programs, 1 3 1 6 8 that provide new shoes to people in need both in the U.S. and around the world. 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The World Bank estimates that approximately 767 million people live on less than $1.90 per day. Many people living in extreme poverty simply do not have access to stable employment. If South Dakota 4-H members collect 10,000 pairs of shoes to help create sustainable job opportunities in places like Haiti, Honduras and parts of Africa, Soles4Souls will work with South Dakota 4-H to help organize a free shoe distribution with a local non-profit to help people in need in South Dakota. “Millions of pairs of shoes lay idle in people’s closets,” said Risner. “So help South Dakota 4-H and Soles4Souls by donating the idle shoes in your closet instead, and know that you are taking a step to help disrupt the cycle of poverty around the globe.” South Dakota 4-H shoe drive for Soles4Souls information: Between November 19, 2018 and August 1, 2019, bring your new or gentlyworn shoes of any kind to your county SDSU Extension/4-H office or nearby SDSU Extension Regional Center. 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