$10.00 For 4 Years

[Airedale1]

...............is what it cost for a CCL in my State, New Hampshire.

There is a background check and if you pass that you are good to go. Just curious as to what the cost and requirements might be for some of my fellow forum members in other states. My curiosity was aroused today while I was reading "The Bias Against Guns" by John Lott. I read there that in the State of Texas a CCL is $140.00. BTW I am aware that I could glean this info off of www.packing.org/ but I would rather hear about some of the experiences (good or bad) from you folks.

 

[Langenator]

Here in SC, cost is $50 for the permit, plus whatever it costs for the required class-I was able to skip that because I had an Army pistol qualification within the last 3 years. Not sure how long it's good for.

In WA, it was, IIRC, $65 for 5 years.

 

[Josh]

Washington State = $60.00 for the first 5, $32 to renew. I'm up for renewal in a few months

 

[ClonaKilty]

About $90 for NV, but this is an out of state CCW

 

[Phantom Warrior]

Minnesota

If I recall correctly, it's $100 for a new 5-year permit and $75 for a renewal. Technically those are the maximum allowable costs, but find me one department that isn't charging that much. And it used to cost only $15 per year...

 

[Ian Sean]

Pennsylvania varies a little by county, here in Berks County, $19 for the background check, $5 when approved for them to make you the permit (picture, drivers license style). Very pleasant and professional crew at the courthouse to boot. Good for 5 years.

 

[Ringer]

Michigan

$105 paid to your county of residence, good for five years and the same to renew. I paid $175 for training. My "class" was 12 hours instead of the required 8. Most people probably pay around $100 for training around here I'm guessing. Fingerprints done by your county Sheriff's office and sent to the State Police. From the day I applied (after the training) I waited 3 months almost to the day to get the call it was ready. Oh yeah you have to provide the passport size photo. Process was pretty painless for me, just had to wait.

 

[ponyexpress]

Missouri

If they ever find their way out of the courts, the cost for the first three years is $100 and then $50 for renewal. From what I've heard the classes are running around $100.

 

[cdbeaver]

In Nebraska it costs $10 for a three-year permit just to BUY a handgun. There is no concealed-carry law in this state.

 

[Airedale1]

In Nebraska it costs $10 for a three-year permit just to BUY a handgun. There is no concealed-carry law in this state.

cdbeaver

Do you mean you can't carry legally?

 

[Monkeyleg]

PAOLO721, Nebraska's not the only no-carry state. Wisconsin is, too.

If our bill passes, the maximum cost for a permit will be $113. The reason the cost is so high is that the legislators who authored the bill wanted to make it financially attractive to the sheriffs who would be issuing. Their actual cost is going to be $8 for the background check and the cost of half an hour's time for a clerical worker to handle the paperwork.

Still, only five sheriffs in the state have indicated that they would issue. Many if not most of the other 67 sheriffs want to opt out of issuing. If we get the bill passed (and I think we can), those five sheriffs are going to have the best-equipped departments in the state.

Let's see: 35,000 estimated permit holders in the first year * $113= $3,955,000. Subtract $8 for the check and maybe $12.50 for the clerk, and that's $3,237,500 in "profit." Divide by five and that's an average of $647,500 per department, just in the first year.

 

[alan]

When I last renewed my permit or license, the fee was $17.50. I believe that when I renew it again, mid 2004, it will be $19.00, that's for 5 years, as has been mentioned.

Re some of the other fees quoted, plus the cost of "training", none required in Pennsylvania, the fees smack of economic discrimination, while so far as I'm concerned, a requirement for "training" can amount to, for the person providing the training, a license to steal.

Just my opinion.

 

[Logistar]

It's been a couple of years now but IIRC....

$75 for mandatory class.
$60 to apply for permit at Sheriff's office.
$5 to take your picture at Sheriff's office.
(I spent 2 hours taking my picture to their
specs. They didn't really even look at it.
They told me THEY'D have to take one. )

Figure in around $10 for transportation to class and
Sheriff's office and you have around $150 for 5 years.
(It used to be 3.)

That's about $30/year here in Kentucky.

Logistar

 

[alan]

Could it possibly turn out that this entire permit business will or might turn out to be simply another "cash cow", like drivers licenses, that the bureaucrats, and our our "public servants" will endlessly milk? One wonders, please excuse the slight crudity, as to what might happen when or if the poor creatures titties get sore?

 

[Airedale1]

by alan... Could it possibly turn out that this entire permit business will or might turn out to be simply another "cash cow", like drivers licenses, that the bureaucrats, and our our "public servants" will endlessly milk?

In the State of Taxachusetts (where I was stuck in for awhile) the politicians have a saying there and that is, "Any avenue of revenue"

 

[nonquixote]

To clarify Phantom Warrior's statement about Minnesota, it costs $100-$200 for training to qualify, $100 for a permit ostensibly valid for 5 years, but costs $75 each year to renew it. Retraining is required every 5 years.

Nonq

 

[alan]

nonquixote:

I can hear the poor creatures moans from here, several bundreds of miles east.

 

[Russ]

Kentucky:

CDWL: $ 60 for 5 years

Class: No more than $75. The guy I took it from was $65.

Picture: Free since I knew the Sherriff and he let me bring in one of my own sorry snapshots. I think he would have charged $7 if I let him do it.

After I posted this I noticed Logistar's post. I took my class in 2003 so it hasn't really gone up. I'm sure it will like everything else as soon as they notice it hasn't changed for awhile. Anything to ream you for more fees and taxes.

 

[Bob Locke]

What a sad state of affairs that we are charged a fee in order to be able to protect ourselves and our loved ones (and that some people are totally denied that ability).

 

[alan]

Bob Locke:

I noticed that you wrote, "What a sad state of affairs that we are charged a fee in order to be able to protect ourselves and our loved ones (and that some people are totally denied that ability)".

What makes it even worse than that is the following. That the people who supposedly are paid, by the public, to protect them, in fact cannot, and more important, have been told by the courts that aren't required to so do. Courts in various jurisdictions, incliding the USSC in the 19th century as I recall, have ruled that the police owe no particular duty to the individual.

What makes this situation particularly "interesting" is that some jurisdictions act as if it were perfectly alright for them to have their cake and eat it to, as with the following. They would deny to the individual, the "right" to carry arms, since "the police are there to protect you", when in fact, they would be the very first to hide behind court rulings to the effect that the police owed no particular service or duty to the individual, which means that the police ARE NOT there to protect you.

Of course, some would claim that this situation tends to or actually does raise the following question. Exactly what then are the police there for? Lilkely that would be grist for another mill on another day, but it does seem an interesting question, doesn't it?

 

[Bob Locke]

The police are there to gather evidence after a crime has occurred and to arrest and detain the alleged criminals upon the issuing of a warrant from a competent authority.

That is all. No real mystery.

The pinnacle of all our rights is the right to our own life. Nothing else really matters beyond that. We should be free to defend our life in any manner necessary, with no initiation of force against another person.

This is so simple and natural that a child can understand it. The fact that elected officials in many parts of the country ignore it says a lot about their agendas.

 

[cdbeaver]

PAOLO:

Paolo:

In Nebraska an individual can carry a handgun in plain sight almost anywhere, even into a bar or church.

But it's a real no-no to have a pistol concealed, on your person, in your car or anywhere else except in your home. In your car, a glove compartment or center console placement is considered concealed. The pistol had better be in plain sight on the front seat or above the dash. (Do you think that might be tempting to a would-be thief?

The "open-carry" freedom might be curtailed by an over-zealous LEO who pinches you for "brandishing" a handgun in public. It's been known to happen, but I don't know how it turned out in court.

 

[Airedale1]

In Nebraska an individual can carry a handgun in plain sight almost anywhere, even into a bar or church.

CD Beaver

Do you mean there is no provision under any circumstance to carry concealed in your State?

 

[Andrew Rothman]

To clarify Phantom Warrior's statement about Minnesota, it costs $100-$200 for training to qualify, $100 for a permit ostensibly valid for 5 years, but costs $75 each year to renew it. Retraining is required every 5 years.

Not correct.

Train once, permit once for $100, then no further expenses for five years. Then train again, and $75 gets you another five years.

 

[SapperLeader]

Virginia is $50 for five years plus a one time class fee of $50. As long as I hold onto my NRA class certificate, I only have to pay $50 every five years. Thats only 10$ a year to excerise a constitutional right.