It WOULD be cool if there were a NATIONAL permit that allowed CC as well as purchase across state lines of ALL types of guns, and eliminated all state jurisdiction in such matters, maybe that would be easier, but of course, they would find SOME way to screw that up as well. At least there would be a central record bureau for everyone, but Big Brother would abuse it, for sure.

Be careful what you wish for: you might get it. In the first place, this would be a clear violation of state sovreignity, and hence unconstitutional on its face. The states aren't administrative subdivisions of the Federal government. They can do what they like in most matters, and until and unless the Supreme Court rules definitively that the Second Amendment applies to the states, they have the authority to place what regulations they like on such things. The wording of the Gun Control Act makes this plain: it ONLY applies to intrastate transfers, because the Feds don't have jurisdiction on intrastate transfers, states do. It would be a dagerous precedent to have them pass such a law because my extension it can be applied to ANY matter now regulated by state Codes, not just guns.

How long would it take New York or New Jersey to file a lawuit to strike the law down, because they didn't want to honor the permit? Maybe five minutes?

The analogy that's usually used here is the driver's license, which is honored by all states regardless of where it's issued. But there is no Federal law that mandates this: it's a matter of convenience for the states and they do it voluntarily. In fact, some states will NOT honor some other state driver's licenses. If you live in a state where the driving age is 15, and have a valid license, and are 15...don't get caught driving in New York, because you'll be cited for "driving without a valid license." New York and other states don't regard that license as legal.

The other example is the so-called "national speed limit" of 55 MPH. Fact is we never had, nor could we legally have had, any such thing. The states were coerced by the Feds into passing 50 STATE speed limits that just happened to be 55 MPH. How? By telling them that they wouldn't get highway trust fund money of they didn't. The states complied, but the fact is that there never was a "national speed limit," nor is there a "national right turn on red" law or a "national drinking age" of 21. And even before the Constitution was amended to allow 18-year olds to vote, some states allow it, because states (not the Feds) set their own rules for voting. (By the way...there is no requirement in the Constitution that one has to be a citizen to vote...if California or New York wanted to grant voting privileges to illegal aliens, they could do so, quite legitimately.)

The real danger is that if this law were passed, it would more or less instantly be transformed into a nationwide gun and gun owner registration system; and within minutes, loaded up with all kinds of requirements and tests and performance standadrs that essentially no one but an LEO could meet. Personally I wouldn't like to hand that kind of power over to, say, Hillary Clinton or John Kerry and a Democrat Congress. Would any of you think having a "national carry permit" is worth that risk?