Does not matter which side you take. If you take the "well atleast he can carry argument" then you have screwed up the power of states. If you take the "we will just stop issuing out of state CCWs" then you have screwed thousands of people that can't get CCW in thier home state. pick a side, we all lose.
I for one would rather see CA get rid of CCW then have its power removed by the federal goverment.( you can take that any way you like) keeping the federal goverment out of the affiars of the states was a founding concept of this country.
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In the early part of the 20th century there were numerous state laws restricting speech and other elements of the 1A. Over time the 14A was interpreted by the courts to mean that our civil rights can not be abridged by state laws and are good in all states. In other words, it used to be that I could print what I wanted in say, FL, but GA would put me in jail if I printed it there.
Therefore, the 2A is a part of our civil rights and states have a very heavy burden to show why it is necessary to restrict our rights. In fact, SCOTUS upheld the lower court ruling in DCVH in that strict scrutiny has to be applied to the 2A; I'll double-check the decision to be sure about that one. This level of scrutiny is the same as applied to the 1A and is very difficult for restrictions to be placed.
Remember the constitution is about the individual and not the state. In fact, states do not have rights at all. They only have "rights" as to what the people delegate to it. The rights of the individual is the primary focus of that document and the rights of the individual must be preserved ahead of any of those delegated to the state.