He has signed every pro gun thing that has reached his desk. Guns in national parks and guns in trains and had done nothing to even appoint a head for the ATF.
Those bills didn't do anything to create more gun holders just expand the locale that people who have guns can take them. So why would he veto this bill that makes conceal and carry national except for Illinois and DC where you can't get conceal carry.
Obama would be a guaranteed signature for this bill. He got an F from the Brady campiagn because there is no pro gun proposal that you can put in front of him that he wont sign.
He never talks about the issue but his routine signing of pro gun bills likely make this a slam dunk.
This Politico article says "GOP notches victory on concealed carry vote" but this is also in line with Obama's philosophy of expanding where people can take guns in America.
The House has voted to make it a lot easier to roll across state borders packing heat.
Gun-rights advocates scored a key victory Wednesday with the passage of the National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act — a bill that would allow states to recognize each other’s concealed-carry permits for firearms. The legislation still has to clear the Senate, where its fate is unclear. The House vote was 272-154, with 43 Democrats joining an overwhelming majority of Republicans to pass the bill.
Thus far, the White House has released no such statement.
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They are far more likely to issue a statment of endorsing the bill than a veto threat!!