Why is the issue of reciprocity not generally argued in relation to Article IV, sections 1 and 2 of the Constitution?
If each state is required to respect the 'public Acts, Records and judicial Proceedings' of the other states, then should the state government's determination of a proper person apply in all states? Further, section 2 states that citizens should be entitled to all priviledges and immunities of the other states.
So, if Indiana finds and documents legally that I am a proper person and grants a license to carry a handgun (itself an issue, but a different one), should any other state be required to recognize my status as a proper person and entitle me to the same rights as a citizen of that states who has been been deemed a proper person and granted a license to carry a weapon?
That would seem to me to be the cornerstone of the reciprocity argument, but it is not. I'm assuming that there are finer points that I'm not understanding that make this argument invalid. Anyone know what those might be?
[h=3]ARTICLE IV[/h]
[h=3]SECTION 1[/h]
Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State. And the Congress may by general Laws prescribe the Manner in which such Acts, Records and Proceedings shall be proved, and the Effect thereof.
[h=3]SECTION 2[/h]
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.
If each state is required to respect the 'public Acts, Records and judicial Proceedings' of the other states, then should the state government's determination of a proper person apply in all states? Further, section 2 states that citizens should be entitled to all priviledges and immunities of the other states.
So, if Indiana finds and documents legally that I am a proper person and grants a license to carry a handgun (itself an issue, but a different one), should any other state be required to recognize my status as a proper person and entitle me to the same rights as a citizen of that states who has been been deemed a proper person and granted a license to carry a weapon?
That would seem to me to be the cornerstone of the reciprocity argument, but it is not. I'm assuming that there are finer points that I'm not understanding that make this argument invalid. Anyone know what those might be?
[h=3]ARTICLE IV[/h]
[h=3]SECTION 1[/h]
Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State. And the Congress may by general Laws prescribe the Manner in which such Acts, Records and Proceedings shall be proved, and the Effect thereof.
[h=3]SECTION 2[/h]
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.
