Please help! Can I get a chp in Virginia if I'm from Cali.?

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I'm a resident of California, but I'm currently in Virginia. I travel a lot. The Can I obtain a concealed carry permit in VA even though I'm not a resident of Virginia? If I can, is there any suggestions where I should begin trying to obtain one? Also, is it legal for me to open carry in Virginia if I'm from California or not a Virginia resident? Thanks for you help and advise.
 
I don't believe that Virginia issues non-resident CCWs. But Virginia does honor non-resident permits issued by a number of States, including Florida, Arizona and Utah. You can get permits from those States even as a California resident.

You can get more information at Handgunlaw.us, including links to definitive information on qualifying for and applying for Florida, Arizona and Utah permits.
 
However, if you don't buy the gun in California, I don't think there's any way you can carry it in another state...
 
However, if you don't buy the gun in California, I don't think there's any way you can carry it in another state...
Citation to a law please? Your information is false. California resident could visit VA, borrow a gun while there to carry. Virginia is also an open carry state, no permit required. Same is true in Washington, California resident could come to stay with me in Washington, borrow one of my guns and open carry, no permit required, or conceal it with a permit recognized by WA.

It would be illegal for the California resident to purchase a firearm outside the state of California, unless that firearm was shipped to a California FFL for transfer, though.
 
NavyLCDR said:
Citation to a law please? Your information is false. California resident could visit VA, borrow a gun while there to carry....
An interesting question, and I'm not sure that it's all that clear.

If someone is visiting you from another State, under federal law you may loan him a gun (18 USC 922(a)(5)(B)):
...for temporary use for lawful sporting purposes;...

I don't know whether ATF, or more importantly a court, has decided that "sporting purpose" includes carrying a gun for self defense.
 
Citation to a law please? Your information is false.

No, it's not. I wasn't talking about loaning, and I hadn't given any thought to a loan (though I think Frank is right.. that wouldn't likely meet the "sporting" definition).

The OP cannot buy a handgun in Virginia (in person) under any circumstances as a resident of another state. He would need to buy the gun in California, and bring it with him to Virginia.
 
The OP cannot buy a handgun in Virginia (in person) under any circumstances as a resident of another state. He would need to buy the gun in California, and bring it with him to Virginia.

He can, but it must be shipped to an FFL in California. He may not take possession of it in Virginia, but he can buy it.
 
He can, but it must be shipped to an FFL in California. He may not take possession of it in Virginia, but he can buy it.

My sentence was poorly worded-- you are correct, and it's what I intended to convey.
 
Utah now requires that you have a permit from your resident state before they will issue you a Utah concealed permit.
 
No, it's not. I wasn't talking about loaning, and I hadn't given any thought to a loan (though I think Frank is right.. that wouldn't likely meet the "sporting" definition).

The OP cannot buy a handgun in Virginia (in person) under any circumstances as a resident of another state. He would need to buy the gun in California, and bring it with him to Virginia.

OK. Here's one for you. California resident's father dies who was a resident of Virginia. He goes to Virginia to obtain his portion of the estate, which includes handguns. Now he can legally carry the handgun in Virginia that he did not obtain in or bring with him from California....

:D
 
NavyLCDR said:
No, it's not. I wasn't talking about loaning, and I hadn't given any thought to a loan (though I think Frank is right.. that wouldn't likely meet the "sporting" definition).

The OP cannot buy a handgun in Virginia (in person) under any circumstances as a resident of another state. He would need to buy the gun in California, and bring it with him to Virginia.

OK. Here's one for you. California resident's father dies who was a resident of Virginia. He goes to Virginia to obtain his portion of the estate, which includes handguns. Now he can legally carry the handgun in Virginia that he did not obtain in or bring with him from California....
Okay, at least if it's (18 USC 922(a)(5)(a)(A)):
...to carry out a bequest of a firearm to, or an acquisition by intestate succession...
But that is a fairly narrow exception for a very particular circumstance. And drsfmd specifically said "buy a handgun", so he wasn't talking about acquisition through other means.

Note also that a bequest (which term refers to a written will) and intestate succession (without a will) are under the law very specific processes generally attended by certain formalities in accordance with state law. Neither are simply a matter of the relatives all getting together and just dividing up the stuff.
 
NavyLCDR said:
And drsfmd specifically said "buy a handgun", so he wasn't talking about acquisition through other means.

Respectfully, the statement was:

However, if you don't buy the gun in California, I don't think there's any way you can carry it in another state...
That's not the statement of his you quoted in post 11. You're getting sloppy.
 
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