00          SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 3(JUD)                                                        
01 Encouraging Congress to pass the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act or a similar bill.                                     
02 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
03       WHEREAS the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States provides                                  
04 that "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed"; and                                       
05       WHEREAS the United States Supreme Court has a history of protecting the right of                                
06 individual citizens to bear arms as provided in the Second Amendment to the Constitution of                             
07 the United States; and                                                                                                  
08       WHEREAS, in District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), the United States                            
09 Supreme Court held that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a                                  
10 firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful                             
11 purposes, such as self-defense within the home; and                                                                     
12       WHEREAS art. I, sec. 19, of the Constitution of the State of Alaska provides that                               
13 "[t]he individual right to keep and bear arms shall not be denied or infringed by the State or a                        
14 political subdivision of the State"; and                                                                                
15       WHEREAS, the Alaska State Legislature supports police, troopers, and other law                                  
16 enforcement officials; and                                                                                              
17       WHEREAS, where it is legal to do so, a person who may legally possess a concealed                               

01 firearm may carry a concealed firearm in the state without a concealed carry permit; and                                
02       WHEREAS the state issues permits to carry a concealed handgun as provided in                                    
03 AS 18.65.700 - 18.65.790; and                                                                                           
04 WHEREAS art. IV, sec. 1, of the Constitution of the United States provides that                                       
05 every state shall give full faith and credit to the judicial proceedings and records of every                           
06 other state and that Congress may determine how those records will be proved, and the effect                            
07 of those records; and                                                                                                   
08       WHEREAS, under art. IV, sec. 1, Constitution of the United States, states provide                               
09 reciprocity for legally issued driver's licenses from other states; and                                                 
10 WHEREAS states that issue concealed carry permits restrict eligibility to persons                                     
11 who are eligible under federal and state laws to legally possess a firearm; and                                         
12 WHEREAS states that issue concealed carry permits require the applicant to complete                                   
13 a handgun competency course and display the applicant's ability and knowledge of related                                
14 responsibilities to legally operate a firearm; and                                                                      
15 WHEREAS states that issue concealed carry permits require applicants to submit                                        
16 fingerprints and pass a criminal background check; and                                                                  
17 WHEREAS 20 states currently provide reciprocity for concealed carry permits issued                                    
18 in other states, including the State of Alaska;                                                                         
19 BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature respectfully requests that the                                       
20 United States Congress pass legislation that determines the manner in which a concealed carry                           
21 permit issued by one state may be proven in another state, so that an individual in possession                          
22 of a valid permit may lawfully carry a concealed firearm in another state in the same manner,                           
23 and to the same degree, that an individual in possession of a valid concealed carry permit                              
24 from that other state may legally do so; and be it                                                                      
25 FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature encourages the United                                              
26 States Congress to pass a bill that accomplishes this, such as the Concealed Carry Reciprocity                          
27 Act (H.R. 38) from the 118th Congress, or a similar bill; and be it                                                     
28 FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature respectfully requests that                                         
29 the President of the United States sign into law legislation passed by Congress that                                    
30 accomplishes this, such as the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act (H.R. 38) from the 118th                                 
31 Congress or a similar bill.                                                                                             

01 COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable Joseph R. Biden, President                                   
02 of the United States; the Honorable Kamala D. Harris, Vice President of the United States and                           
03 President of the U.S. Senate; the Honorable Mike Johnson, Speaker of the U.S. House of                                  
04 Representatives; and the Honorable Lisa Murkowski and the Honorable Dan Sullivan, U.S.                                  
05 Senators, and the Honorable Mary Peltola, U.S. Representative, members of the Alaska                                    
06 delegation in Congress.