Didn't McCain support closing the "gun show loophole" when he ran for president?

as long as they are reasonable.
I could go along with a CC national reciprocity as long as there was a national training standard to get the national license, like a thorough background check, intense training on the use of force, rigorous training of marksmanship.

But ...

however...

the amendments might be the best single thing ever to happen if one is looking at that
steps ahead program.

Indeed, it might the key

or it might not be

Sometimes one can have the right pair of roller skates and the brand new key
Sometimes one has to go to a locksmith and get a new key

national reciprocity

or as Doris in White Christmas said "Mutual, I'm sure"

as Bing Crosby said in White Christmas "Everybody has an angle"

I've only owned 2 guns in my life, unless you count what I carried in Vietnam, which wasn't mine really, just loaned to me, a Colt .357 and a 12 ga. shotgun which haven't been out of my safe, except for cleaning, in about 10 years, so don't try to hang a gun label on me.

There are currently 49 states that have some sort of CC laws on their books, and IL will have one in the near future, so, why not make it a national license with rigorous training?
I forgot to add that I would also support a mental health screening to the curriculum.

Despite your fondest wishes, firearms in this country are not going away and the SCOTUS isn't going to ban or re-interpret the 2A, so you might as well forget that, or don't, and work toward what is really attainable, things like, more comprehensive background checks, better enforcement of existing laws, more stringent penalties of straw purchases, better mental health care.

These things are wholly doable, not your fantasy of a complete ban of firearms.

heller was a reinterpretation

right now we're talking about a national reciprocity amendment to the gun bill currently being debated in the Senate.

Maybe it will or won't create a state/federal constitutional crisis, let's at least get it out there and see if it can be hammered out.
You're not going to please everyone, everytime.
And you could be right, an amendment could scuttle the whole bill, we'll just have to wait and see what comes down the pike.

That straw purchases is a very significant problem was demonstrated very recently in Colorado when a person purchased a gun for a convicted felon who used it to kill a prison official and most likely a pizza delivery employee.

and more stringent enforcement of current gun laws will do much more than any AWB would ever do, I would also support a mag. capacity limit, much like what CO. just passed.

it requires states to recognize other state licenses and the licensee to abide by the laws of the state they are in...like motor vehicle license reciprocity. It likely will only outline the most minimal standard for state licensure leaving the state to do the minimum or opt to exceed the minimums..

Thank you for the correction. I do think that if their is a national reciprocity, there should be a set of national standards for the license.