Addendum to my earlier post on the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, Congressman Richard Hudson has stated that his bill would apply to non-resident licenses:
“… “My legislative intent is to ensure a non-resident carry permit is recognized, and I’ve confirmed this with legislative counsel and Judiciary Committee staff,” Hudson said. Many gun owners in states that use a “may issue” permitting process, such as California or New Jersey, are not able to obtain concealed carry permits from their home state … However, those same gun owners may be able to obtain a non-resident permit from a state with different gun laws. Under Hudson’s proposal, that permit would allow them to carry across the country—including in their home state …”
This would mean that I could carry in New York City on my non-resident Connecticut license.
There would still be a problem for City residents, however. Assuming they were able to obtain a CCW from another state they would still have to somehow obtain a handgun. You cannot buy a handgun from another state and I don’t believe a local dealer would do a transfer to a resident with a non-resident license only.
Cap and ball revolver, which isn’t a firearm and can be purchased through the mail or from a neighboring state, and then get a conversion cylinder for it to allow for the use of modern ammunition. Conversion cylinders aren’t firearms either. Put the two together, and you’ve got a somewhat archaic but still functional “modern” handgun. Or you could just carry the cap and ball revolver, and get a spare cylinder you can keep loaded for quick reloading purposes. Almost as quick as reloading a modern semi-auto.
Modern innovations like 30 grain Pyrodex or TripleSeven pellets can allow you to glue your “powder” to the base of the bullet, making what is essentially quick loading caseless ammo. You still have to separately cap the nipples, of course, but it’s not as slow as you might think, you can get significant muzzle energy out of something like that. Especially if you trickle a little bit of 4F blackpowder in the hole in the pellet/bullet combo and tack a piece of toilet paper to the back to keep it from running out. Way more energy than a .45 ACP.
But you didn’t hear that from me 😉