MatthewVanitas
Member
Greetings. I'd gotten out of the habit of checking in on www.packing.org every so often to see how laws were changing. But recently, I decided to fire it up and see how useful my Florida non-resident CCW had become. Note that I have never actually been to Florida in my adult life; I just applied for an NR CCW through the mail.
To my surprise and delight, I realized that a Florida CCW permit is now good in 26 states (FL resident) or 24 states for non-residents.
States that recognize the FL CCW:
Alabama
Alaska (now VT carry anyway, but still)
Arizona
Arkansas
Colorado
Delaware
Georgia
Idaho
Indiana
Kentucky
Louisiana
Michigan (FL residents only)
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
New Hampshire (FL residents only. Future VT carry state?)
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Wyoming
[NOTE: nothing contained in this thread is legal advice, I'm just quoting www.packing.org]
So, as a FL non-resident, that's 24 states for me. Plus a WA permit gets me WA and MI.
Further, many of the states that don't recognize the FL permit have their own, easy to get, state permits. Washington and Oregon are pretty straightforward, and I imagine Virginia and West Virginia can't be too bad, to say nothing of Nevada. So, aside from CA, the Upper Midwest, and the East Coast Bastion, it looks pretty darn easy to get nationwide coverage these days.
I always did wonder why the Upper Midwest, of all places, has such strict gun legislation. Perhaps that's a question for another thread.
Forgive me if I'm behind the power-curve with this information, but I figured there had to be a few folks besides me who hadn't realized how vigorously FL has sought out reciprocity. Take care, -MV
To my surprise and delight, I realized that a Florida CCW permit is now good in 26 states (FL resident) or 24 states for non-residents.
States that recognize the FL CCW:
Alabama
Alaska (now VT carry anyway, but still)
Arizona
Arkansas
Colorado
Delaware
Georgia
Idaho
Indiana
Kentucky
Louisiana
Michigan (FL residents only)
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
New Hampshire (FL residents only. Future VT carry state?)
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Wyoming
[NOTE: nothing contained in this thread is legal advice, I'm just quoting www.packing.org]
So, as a FL non-resident, that's 24 states for me. Plus a WA permit gets me WA and MI.
Further, many of the states that don't recognize the FL permit have their own, easy to get, state permits. Washington and Oregon are pretty straightforward, and I imagine Virginia and West Virginia can't be too bad, to say nothing of Nevada. So, aside from CA, the Upper Midwest, and the East Coast Bastion, it looks pretty darn easy to get nationwide coverage these days.
I always did wonder why the Upper Midwest, of all places, has such strict gun legislation. Perhaps that's a question for another thread.
Forgive me if I'm behind the power-curve with this information, but I figured there had to be a few folks besides me who hadn't realized how vigorously FL has sought out reciprocity. Take care, -MV