39 Senators Block Reciprocal Self Defense Rights

Imagine you're driving to visit relatives in another state, this summer. A cop pulls you over and asks to see your driver's license. Then, even though your license is current, he cuffs you and hauls you off to the calaboose. Your crime? You were driving on a license from your home state; you neglected to get a new and separate driver's license, in advance, for each state you were planning to pass through. Ridiculous? Of course it is. Article IV of the Constitution stipulates that "Full faith and credit shall be given in each state to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state," and Congress is empowered to make laws describing how "such acts, records and proceedings shall be proved."