MikePGS
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I apologize if this has been posted before. I also apologize if this is in the wrong forum, please feel free to move it accordingly.
Today I saw an interesting post from the GOA twitter account. (tweet led to this link http://gunowners.wordpress.com/2012...ot-created-equally-in-regards-to-your-rights/) It said that in Virginia it's possible to get a CPL entirely online for a fee of 39.99 with a yearly cost of 8 dollars for maintenance. Once the test is passed, you include it with your application, fingerprints for a background check, and the $39.99 fee. Since Virginia is a “shall-issue” state they must issue you a permit (that is valid for 5 years) unless you have some disqualifier, such as being a felon. Some of the sample questions of a test with 15-20 true or false questions were things like "“The first step in cleaning your firearm is to make sure it is unloaded,” and “Always keep firearms pointed in a safe direction,”. Unfortunately Michigan is not a state that has reciprocity with Virginia (you have to be a resident of the state you have the CPL in) but some of the states that this will work in (according to http://www.usacarry.com/concealed_carry_permit_reciprocity_maps.html) are Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming. The same cite also goes to say that Michigan, New Hampshire and South Carolina only honor permits from residents of the issuing states, so obviously that would not apply to residents of that state. As always the caveat that you need to research this yourself to ensure it is as I "think" it is, but for some of you this may in fact be very good news.
Just to note there was a lot of cutting and pasting, I did not do this for the sake of plagiarism, but rather to make it as true to the original post as possible. All credit is due to the original poster of the link. If this benefits you in some way, why not throw a few bucks to GOA?
Today I saw an interesting post from the GOA twitter account. (tweet led to this link http://gunowners.wordpress.com/2012...ot-created-equally-in-regards-to-your-rights/) It said that in Virginia it's possible to get a CPL entirely online for a fee of 39.99 with a yearly cost of 8 dollars for maintenance. Once the test is passed, you include it with your application, fingerprints for a background check, and the $39.99 fee. Since Virginia is a “shall-issue” state they must issue you a permit (that is valid for 5 years) unless you have some disqualifier, such as being a felon. Some of the sample questions of a test with 15-20 true or false questions were things like "“The first step in cleaning your firearm is to make sure it is unloaded,” and “Always keep firearms pointed in a safe direction,”. Unfortunately Michigan is not a state that has reciprocity with Virginia (you have to be a resident of the state you have the CPL in) but some of the states that this will work in (according to http://www.usacarry.com/concealed_carry_permit_reciprocity_maps.html) are Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming. The same cite also goes to say that Michigan, New Hampshire and South Carolina only honor permits from residents of the issuing states, so obviously that would not apply to residents of that state. As always the caveat that you need to research this yourself to ensure it is as I "think" it is, but for some of you this may in fact be very good news.
Just to note there was a lot of cutting and pasting, I did not do this for the sake of plagiarism, but rather to make it as true to the original post as possible. All credit is due to the original poster of the link. If this benefits you in some way, why not throw a few bucks to GOA?