chris in va
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That's scary.
What state is easiest to get a CCW in?
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That's scary.
gunsmith
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NV is kinda of a pain
it's "shall issue" but here in Reno it has been known to take 120 days
I have been waiting 2 one half months...
supposedly I am allowed to carry open but no one seems to do it.
it's "shall issue" but here in Reno it has been known to take 120 days
I have been waiting 2 one half months...
supposedly I am allowed to carry open but no one seems to do it.
atblis - sorry about that - my mistake, I thought that the preemption made the rules and regs uniform. I guess they just make the maximum required (money and training) consistent from locality to locality. That said, mine was $50 and couldnt have been much easier to get. The woman at the courthouse was helpfull and my permit came well within the 45 days. Richmond is much easier, I hear, than Henrico County next door.
From packing.org:
From packing.org:
CatsDieNow
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Wow, I can't believe that this thread has gone on this long without the obligatory Packing.org link.
All kinds of nifty CCW info on that site.
All kinds of nifty CCW info on that site.
joab
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This is really surprising to me. You're hurting my Fla pride.
We were the first damn it, we should be the cheapest or easiest or at least in the top five of either category
We were the first damn it, we should be the cheapest or easiest or at least in the top five of either category
CZ-100
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Florida is initially $117, but renewal is $65
Of all the states that require/issue permits, my vote is for New Hampshire.
Ten bucks. A one page, single-sided form. No fingerprints (unless YOU request it), no picture, no training requirement. By law, the local police chief has 14 calendar days to either deny (with denials appealable in court) or approve and issue the permit. Permits valid for four years. Beat that!
PS. New Hampshire's concealed carry permit law has been around since 1923, some 67 YEARS before Florida's. Florida's 1987 law only started the modern, shall-issue, concealed carry movement. A few states, such as New Hampshire, had shall-issue concealed carry laws years before Florida.
Ten bucks. A one page, single-sided form. No fingerprints (unless YOU request it), no picture, no training requirement. By law, the local police chief has 14 calendar days to either deny (with denials appealable in court) or approve and issue the permit. Permits valid for four years. Beat that!
PS. New Hampshire's concealed carry permit law has been around since 1923, some 67 YEARS before Florida's. Florida's 1987 law only started the modern, shall-issue, concealed carry movement. A few states, such as New Hampshire, had shall-issue concealed carry laws years before Florida.
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RoyG
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Actually I beleive it was of all places Washington State that had the first CCW laws dating back to the 60s.
And my understanding is all it takes is walking into any LEO office paying the fee and having it mailed to you. I have heard some offices let you leave with it. Even non-residents.
geekWithA.45
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CT had a (more or less) shall issue carry permit system that predates Florida's as well. I remember my uncles had permits in the 70's.
IZinterrogator
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WA was 15 minutes at the police station, around $60 IIRC, and four weeks of waiting. Only problem is that you must do address changes in person. Now I have to visit my parents. :banghead:
Now I have to visit my parents. :banghead:caseydog
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That has changed here , may take a while to work it's way through all Sherriffs offices , now $29 for five years , you have to go to the office in person and have your pic taken , similar to the drivers lic. center. One trip (30 minutes or so) service now though , which is nice, no training or prints.
dunno how they are handling non-res with this system.
Ray
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Texas it costs 140$ and that is if you are not indegent or elderly or a retired LEO or judge. it takes 90 days (at least) to process. you have to take an writen and shooting test (it was pretty simple however). i am surprised its so much easier in other states. I thought gun loving Texas would be the easiest.
Texas it costs 140$ and that is if you are not indegent or elderly or a retired LEO or judge. it takes 90 days (at least) to process. you have to take an writen and shooting test (it was pretty simple however). i am surprised its so much easier in other states. I thought gun loving Texas would be the easiest.
fisherman66
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I live in TX and I'm indignent. Damn it, give my my right to carry free. Is that indignent enough? Oh, you said indegent; I'm that too. Will work for ammo.
spacemanspiff
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alaska: anyone 21 or older and can pass a NICS can carry concealed without a permit. the same individual should go ahead and get the permit anyways (IMHO) because the state does give them out about as easy as anything. take the course (costs about $100, and the instructor might have the fingerprinting and photos included with that), pay the state the fee, think its $99, and then sit by the mailbox for a few weeks.
caseydog
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I have to relate a story about how things work when they still trusted folks by default, rather than talking after the stripseach. Kentucky law looks pretty restrictive now on Packing.org , but here was my experience from a few years ago.
Some years ago I had the pleasure of taking a trip to Kentucky to see a brother-in-law and spend to time in the fields and woods. We wanted to do some woods walking , plinking and maybe a bit of hunting. I had , two revolvers packed in the back of the truck when the BIL suggested we take a trip over to the courthouse (we were in some small burg near Columbia). I wasn't exactly sure about the gun laws at that time as it predates my affection for internet gun sites. BIL had lived there a just few years.
Pulling up to the town square we see a police officer so I pulled over and waved him over , he stopped and we met at the back of the truck exchanged pleasantries and I proceeded to ask him about the legality of carrying a handgun for some plinkin and huntin and such. He looks at my license plate and says " you have permits in PA ?" I says yup, he says "you have one ?" Yup, pulls it out and shows him , he says "that'll work just fine, go ahead on over to the Hall and get you a huntin' permit and that'll be all you need, good that you have the carry permit for plinkin and driving , but for huntin you can just open carry , don't need a permit".
He asks " what'cha usin for deer ?" I was kinda thinkin my .44 , wanta use enough gun, " heck son you could take 3 of our skinny deer with a 44 if ya could get them to stand side by side , lemme see it" so I open the tailgate and rummage aroung under the tonneau for the right case and show him the gun and my nifty drop holster, "ahh , nice Smith , and nice leather too " checks for loaded , sights it down and hands it back and says " you boys have a good time , if I hear you plinkin i'll be over to get a shot from that .44 if ya don't mind, go ahead over and see Rita in the first office and get your huntin card , and good luck" and we shook hands.
Didn't ask to see my drivers license or question my BIL in any way as to who he was or where he was from, didn't ask what else was in the truck or the other guncase , just relied on a look in the eye and a handshake to know we didn't intend any shenanigans , just wanted to do things right.
Ray
Some years ago I had the pleasure of taking a trip to Kentucky to see a brother-in-law and spend to time in the fields and woods. We wanted to do some woods walking , plinking and maybe a bit of hunting. I had , two revolvers packed in the back of the truck when the BIL suggested we take a trip over to the courthouse (we were in some small burg near Columbia). I wasn't exactly sure about the gun laws at that time as it predates my affection for internet gun sites. BIL had lived there a just few years.
Pulling up to the town square we see a police officer so I pulled over and waved him over , he stopped and we met at the back of the truck exchanged pleasantries and I proceeded to ask him about the legality of carrying a handgun for some plinkin and huntin and such. He looks at my license plate and says " you have permits in PA ?" I says yup, he says "you have one ?" Yup, pulls it out and shows him , he says "that'll work just fine, go ahead on over to the Hall and get you a huntin' permit and that'll be all you need, good that you have the carry permit for plinkin and driving , but for huntin you can just open carry , don't need a permit".
He asks " what'cha usin for deer ?" I was kinda thinkin my .44 , wanta use enough gun, " heck son you could take 3 of our skinny deer with a 44 if ya could get them to stand side by side , lemme see it" so I open the tailgate and rummage aroung under the tonneau for the right case and show him the gun and my nifty drop holster, "ahh , nice Smith , and nice leather too " checks for loaded , sights it down and hands it back and says " you boys have a good time , if I hear you plinkin i'll be over to get a shot from that .44 if ya don't mind, go ahead over and see Rita in the first office and get your huntin card , and good luck" and we shook hands.
Didn't ask to see my drivers license or question my BIL in any way as to who he was or where he was from, didn't ask what else was in the truck or the other guncase , just relied on a look in the eye and a handshake to know we didn't intend any shenanigans , just wanted to do things right.
Ray
jacobtowne
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My neighboring state of NH is very good about licensing. I applied for a non-resident license to carry by mail, and for $20 received it two weeks later. Of course, I had to include a copy of my Mass. License to Carry. Between the two, I may carry in 25 or thirty states.
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gggman
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I have a Maine resident permit and a New Hampshire non-resident permit and with reciprocity I can carry in 18 states.
The NH permit was very easy. I downloaded the application from packing.org and sent the twenty bucks, and got the permit in about 2 weeks.
In Maine you have to take a course and then apply to the local police dept. It can take up to 2 months to recieve the permit.
The NH permit was very easy. I downloaded the application from packing.org and sent the twenty bucks, and got the permit in about 2 weeks.
In Maine you have to take a course and then apply to the local police dept. It can take up to 2 months to recieve the permit.
greyhound
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This from a 30+ year Maryland resident who moved to Alabama in Nov. 2004.....
Jefferson County (Birmingham) has a six month residency requirement, so in May 2005 I go down and apply...simple form, only catch is you gotta get three folks to sign your app in approval of your carrying - I got a co-worker and two folks at a local shop to sign mine. Two weeks go by, they check you out, go back and $7.50/year fee later you have a CCW.
CCW was a pipe dream in Maryland. I have yet to hear about deranged Alabama CCW holder going on a rampage. ( An aside, I have read recently in The Birmingham News about two separate instances involving gang bangers and SKS rifles{one well publicized where 3 Birmingham LEOs were slain with one, and one where a SKS was weilded though a .40 pistol actually did the killing of an innocent girl} I own an SKS and don't pass any judgement on this other than evil folks will get guns if they can, but I wonder if the SKS is to criminals in the 2000s as the AK47 was [at least in rap songs] to the 1990s). Given, the examles might only apply to isolated incidents in Birmingham, AL.
My biggest problem now is figuring out what to carry - the Glock 19 or the S&W 642. (Though in honesty after three months of CCW, I have gotten into the bad habit of "just leaving it in the car". OTOH, "leaving it in the car" would be a felony one year ago in Maryland!
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Jefferson County (Birmingham) has a six month residency requirement, so in May 2005 I go down and apply...simple form, only catch is you gotta get three folks to sign your app in approval of your carrying - I got a co-worker and two folks at a local shop to sign mine. Two weeks go by, they check you out, go back and $7.50/year fee later you have a CCW.
CCW was a pipe dream in Maryland. I have yet to hear about deranged Alabama CCW holder going on a rampage. ( An aside, I have read recently in The Birmingham News about two separate instances involving gang bangers and SKS rifles{one well publicized where 3 Birmingham LEOs were slain with one, and one where a SKS was weilded though a .40 pistol actually did the killing of an innocent girl} I own an SKS and don't pass any judgement on this other than evil folks will get guns if they can, but I wonder if the SKS is to criminals in the 2000s as the AK47 was [at least in rap songs] to the 1990s). Given, the examles might only apply to isolated incidents in Birmingham, AL.
My biggest problem now is figuring out what to carry - the Glock 19 or the S&W 642. (Though in honesty after three months of CCW, I have gotten into the bad habit of "just leaving it in the car". OTOH, "leaving it in the car" would be a felony one year ago in Maryland!
).ArmyCop
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Mobile Alabama: Twenty dollars and twenty min's and I got mine.
joab
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But those were discretionary permits weren't they
p35
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The Washington CCW statute originated in 1935, but I think it went shall-issue either in 1961 or 1971. See http://search.leg.wa.gov/pub/textsearch/ViewRoot.asp?Item=0&Action=Html
if you want to look it all up; I don't have time to look up all the previous versions of the statute to figure out exactly when shall-issue started. Well ahead of most of the country, anyway.
Washington charges $60 for a CCW good for four years, and another $60 for renewal. Time limit is 30 days for residents and 60 for anyone else; usually takes less. Mine gets renewed on the spot.
if you want to look it all up; I don't have time to look up all the previous versions of the statute to figure out exactly when shall-issue started. Well ahead of most of the country, anyway.
Washington charges $60 for a CCW good for four years, and another $60 for renewal. Time limit is 30 days for residents and 60 for anyone else; usually takes less. Mine gets renewed on the spot.
Florida Non Resident
For those that don't have CCW in their state, FL will issue non resident CCW to qualified folks in other states. FWIW, you would then have a CCW that would be honored in nearly 30 other states, although maybe not your own. Might be worth it to some even if you have a CCW in your own state, but don't have as much reciprocity as FL. FL officials have been great with going for reciprocity in every state possible. I love my ability to go to most states and carry, not worrying about ridiculous laws. Hooray for Florida CCW. First and still the best, although it does cost a bit.
For those that don't have CCW in their state, FL will issue non resident CCW to qualified folks in other states. FWIW, you would then have a CCW that would be honored in nearly 30 other states, although maybe not your own. Might be worth it to some even if you have a CCW in your own state, but don't have as much reciprocity as FL. FL officials have been great with going for reciprocity in every state possible. I love my ability to go to most states and carry, not worrying about ridiculous laws. Hooray for Florida CCW. First and still the best, although it does cost a bit.
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