[20180130]IN10852_枪械控制：第115届国会的隐蔽携带立法.pdf

CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i Gun Control: Concealed Carry Legislation in the 115th Congress name redacted Specialist in Domestic Security and Crime Policy January 30, 2018 On December 6, 2017, the House of Representatives passed the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017 (H.R. 38). The term “concealed carry” is commonly used to refer to state laws that allow an individual to carry a weapongenerally a handgunon ones person in a concealed manner for the purposes of self-defense in public (outside ones home or fixed place of business). Federal law allows certain active-duty and retired law enforcement officers to carry concealed firearms interstate, irrespective of some state laws, but they must first be qualified and credentialed by their agencies of employment or from which they retired. For the most part, however, firearms carriage is a matter principally regulated by state law. Typically, there are two basic types of concealed carry laws: (1) “shall issue,” meaning permits are generally issued to all eligible applicants; and (2) “may issue,” which are more restrictive, meaning authorities enjoy a greater degree of discretion wheth