Does a CCW require a specific gun to be listed?

[chicharrones]

So, Texas requires that a CCW be a centerfire? I'm shocked at that!

I'm not fully up on any new law changes, but when I took my two classes a semi-auto had to be .32 or larger and a revolver .38 or larger. That's just for the qualification shooting.

I don't recall any rimfire restriction for carrying once you have a CHL.

 

[Madcap_Magician]

It is recommended (or suggested I should say)that for liability reasons you qualify with your carry weapon. This shows proficiency with said firearm. It should eliminate any questions a prosecutor may have regarding the weapon you used in a shooting event.

Wouldn't that only be of any value if there was a record of what firearm you qualified with? I don't keep any such records in classes I have taught and don't know anyone else who does either.

How would a record of you shooting your carry gun in the past have any weight, positive or negative, in a decision to charge or no bill?

 

[jrdolall]

As mentioned earlier in Alabama we just fill out the form and pay the money. No "proficiency" courses, registration or any of the other malarkey I know some states put you through to make sure all gun owners/CCW holders are "model citizens". You don't even have to own a gun to get a permit.

In some of these states do you need to get re-registered if you buy a new handgun or do you have multiple CCW permits so you can have one for each handgun you MIGHT carry? Or can you only carry a gun that you used to pass some 25 minute "safety" course? That would be bad for people like me that change up our carry routines regularly.

 

[jimmyraythomason]

best thing i would do is go to your gun store or concealed carry expert and ask.

Not a good idea! The only source less reliable than a gun shop for legal information is....a cop!

 

[philoe]

Madcap- Qualification lists the pistol you qualified with. Some of the outfits around here give you a binder with everything you learned in the class and the qualification sheet with the type of pistol you used. Keep it or don't, it is up to you.
I could see that if someone with a permit qualified with a model 10(.38 special) but decided to carry a SA/DA auto and had a ND or somehow injured a bystander, I can imagine that a prosecutor would make additional accusations based on a lack of proven familiarity with the operating system that they are carrying.
I am not here to argue it. Just passing on what I heard. As litigious as our society is, should anyone be in a shooting event, I would think that it cannot hurt to qualify with your carry piece.

 

[WRGADog]

Not in FL

 

[Teachu2]

California uses a standardized application form and permit form, but allows local jurisdictions to set standards. The permit form has three spaces to list guns - but our local Sheriff now allows seven more on the back! Permit holders must present the firearms to the clerk to get them listed initially, but not for renewals.

Qualification is a joke. The initial class is eight hours, half lecture, half range time. You can shoot any handgun at the class, and it doesn't have to be one you will list on your permit. They don't even score the target - they are looking for safe gun handling. Renewal requires shooting only, no lecture, and any handgun. When I go renew (every two years) I will take my 1 7/8" S&W .22LR revolver. Then I don't have to do all the stupid drills they wanted me to do with my Glocks - like I need to demonstrate I can clear a jam.....

 

[Scrubber3]

California uses a standardized application form and permit form, but allows local jurisdictions to set standards. The permit form has three spaces to list guns - but our local Sheriff now allows seven more on the back! Permit holders must present the firearms to the clerk to get them listed initially, but not for renewals.



Qualification is a joke. The initial class is eight hours, half lecture, half range time. You can shoot any handgun at the class, and it doesn't have to be one you will list on your permit. They don't even score the target - they are looking for safe gun handling. Renewal requires shooting only, no lecture, and any handgun. When I go renew (every two years) I will take my 1 7/8" S&W .22LR revolver. Then I don't have to do all the stupid drills they wanted me to do with my Glocks - like I need to demonstrate I can clear a jam.....

What is it you do that you were able to get a CHP in CA?

 

[rodsanlsutigerfan]

For those of you in Alabama, I lived in Alabama for a few years and I can tell you I miss your concealed carry setup over there in that fine state. Here in Louisiana it is more involved than what ya'll have. In fact, it's probably more involved for any state compared to Alabama.

 

[Teachu2]

What is it you do that you were able to get a CHP in CA?

I live in Kern county, and the Sheriff here understands that criminals don't bother to get permits. I believe we have the highest % of residents with permits anywhere in the state. I teach high school, and work with at-risk youth. It doesn't hurt that I'm a former LEO, but lots of teachers get permits here - even though we can't carry at work.

The rural areas of California issue far more permits than the urban areas do. When the Bakersfield PD insisted on handling permits for the city, they were very restrictive. The Sheriff prides himself on issuing more. Kern county is over 8,000 square miles of land with about 850k people. Often the police/sheriffs are several miles away.

 

[Shelstin]

Kansas...No

 

[roadliner]

Not in Iowa either.

Although back in the 80's they wanted the type of gun and serial number.

 

[hirundo82]

So, Texas requires that a CCW be a centerfire? I'm shocked at that!

Texas law requires you qualify in class with a centerfire of .32 caliber or greater. Once you have a CHL, you can carry any handgun you wish.

 

[SC Shooter]

SC, Fl, and I am sure many others don't require you to list a weapon or even own one for your CCW. Most instructors will loan you one to take the range portion of the test, and then hold a discussion about what are the various types of guns best suited to purchase for a CCW. This is aimed at those who have little or no experience with handguns.

 

[mbopp]

In NY every gun in your possession has to be listed on your permit by make, caliber, and S/N.

 

[Bongo Boy]

I was curious and went here:

http://www.tn.gov/safety/handgun/handgunfaqs.shtml

and saw no mention of any restriction to specific weapons. Thank goodness. It's definitely state-specific, but in addition you could run into a particular county sheriff who has been able to require something or other.
Here in Colorado there is no concept of 'qualification' really, you take a safety course but, at least in my county, the requirement is that the course be conducted by an NRA Certified Instructor (probably not a strictly legal requirement, but my county sheriff is hugely supportive of ccw so I'm happy to support the guy). I have not seen any explicit requirement that you even shoot a weapon at all.

 

[JoePfeiffer]

In NM, you need to qualify with each type of weapon you wish to carry (semi auto, revolver, derringer) in the largest caliber you wish to be able to carry.

 

[gator-1]

In Oklahoma if you qualified with a semi- auto you could carry a derringer, revolver or a semi-auto but if you qualified with a revolver then that was all you could carry. At least no record of your gun of choice was written down.

 

[whughett]

Floridas is a "Concealed Weapon or Firearm License" I suppose if one could conceal a howitzer on ones person you could carry it. Read all the regs when I got it 10 years ago but don't remember the finer points, except which states reconize it.

 

[Life During Wartime]

I cant speak for Tennessee, but here in Calif, most places allow you only 3 slots
Its absurd, especially when changing the caliber on the same serial pistol such as with an extra barrel conversion is a different slot :banghead: