The martial arts student might've not made the smartest choice when he pulled over and got out of his vehicle to confront the driver of the pickup truck, you don't know what he might be carrying, the pickup truck driver might've pulled a gun on the martial arts student and shot him so in that regard the martial arts student is fortunate to be alive. I wouldn't've done what the martial arts student did in such a situation, I would've driven somewhere such as a police station as you mention, if I was being followed. That being said, although the martial arts student was not smart in the choice he made he should not get in trouble with the law.
I also know that a permit from your home state does not mean you can carry in all 50 states, some states have reciprocity, some don't, it depends on the state where you got the permit and the state you're in.
The guy made an honest mistake, he wasn't trying to break any laws or commit any crimes. As I said in an earlier post he was able to get his original felony charge pled down to a misdemeanor since he had such a clean record to begin with but had the felony charge stuck he would've no doubt done prison time since usually a felony charge results in at least a year in prison if not longer. Running prisons is expensive, it costs roughly 60K a year per inmate to run a prison. Even without doing prison time the legal costs to charge somebody are expensive, costs that are paid for by you and me with our tax dollars. Prison and expensive legal procedures should be saved for those who really deserve it, people that rob, rape, murder, and so forth, not people who make honest mistakes such as this fellow who erroneously thought he could carry a loaded handgun in NJ with a NC carry permit.
Just like the Driver's License Compact and Driver's License Agreement we should have the same thing for carry permits, National Reciprocity is what it would be called. Driving is a privilege, as is being a nurse, doctor, lawyer, or engineer. Bearing arms is not a privilege its a right as defined by the Constitution.
you mean a dummy from North Carolina, how does one do that in this day and age
Just because somebody is a moron doesn't mean they were deliberately trying to be a criminal or break the law.
I had never heard of this agreement. So I researched it. I found no citations of instances where an out-of-state driver was prohibited from operating a motor vehicle because they held no in-state license. Further, your characterization of the Driver License Compact appears somewhat flawed. The Compact is, so far as I've been able to find, an information-sharing agreement between the states to more effectively enforce traffic laws and to set standards for road markings and signage. There is a provision that mentions license reciprocity (at least in my state's statute enacting the Compact), but it is only in the context of issuance licenses in another state or reissuance in the original state.
This Agreement has been ratified by exactly three states. Not much of a replacement.
One cannot seriously make a comparison between the education and training required to be a certified engineer or nurse practitioner and that required to carry and properly use an implement of defense. Of course, in my opinion, unless a state can demonstrate that another state's licensing standards are so lax compared to other states, or so corrupted, that it cannot be trusted, any license issued by one state should be honored by another if that second state issues such a license. This is the fundamental purpose of the Full Faith and Credit clause of the Constitution, and why same-sex marriage is effectively a nationwide right as opposed to a state-by-state patchwork quilt. Unless, of course, you can show me the Marriage License Compact to which all states are a party...
That depends on where you got the permit and what you had to do to get it. In Nevada for instance to get a carry permit you do have to take a class and they do cover all the different places and ways in which you can carry legally including whether or not you can carry in other states with your Nevada permit, some states have reciprocity with Nevada and some don't and that's covered in the class. In Pennsylvania on the other hand you don't even need to take a class to get a permit. All you have to do to get a CCW in Pennsylvania is have two references, fill out a form, and pay a fee, and you get your permit provided you meet the requirements for getting a permit(you don't have a criminal history, you don't use illegal drugs, etc.) So, when you get a CCW in Pennsylvania you're not going to take a class that will talk about stuff such as reciprocity, or at least its not required.