MS to Honor All States! Quirks in Who Honors Who!

[Gary Slider]

We have added a Notice Page when you click on Create a Map at www.handgunlaw.us It explains the quirks in how states honor each other. Not a big fan of these type pages but I believe it works the best to warn people about quirks in how some states honor each other. To see those quirks click on Create a Map in the left column at Handgunlaw.us

There is another quirk I am trying to get info on. NC states they will honor all other states permit/licenses. They have listed NH as resident permits only. This is not them stating that NH will only honor NC’s Resident permit. I have a copy of the agreement they signed. NH States that their Non Resident is not covered in the agreement and for NC not to honor it. Since NC’s law has changed to honoring all since they signed the agreement they should honor the NH Non Resident now. Trying to get them to remove that note from their website.
http://www.ncdoj.com/About-DOJ/Law-...ment-Liason/Concealed-Weapon-Reciprocity.aspx

Mississippi Governor signed House Bill No. 695. Come July 1, 2012 Mississippi will honor all other state permit/licenses. Here is a breakdown of just how many states honor other states permit/licenses to carry.

Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, and Vermont will honor any Permit/License to Carry a Concealed Firearm from any state. Come July 1, 2012 Mississippi will honor all other states Permit/Licenses. That is 15 states that honor all others.

Arkansas Honors 38 other states.
Colorado Honors 30 other states.
Florida Honors 34 other states.
Louisiana Honors 38 other states.
Montana honors 41 other states.
Nebraska honors 35 other states.
North Dakota honors 36 other states.
Texas honors 41 other states.
Wisconsin honors 31 other states.
Wyoming honors 32 other states.

8 other states honor at least 20 but less than 30 other states.
8 other states honor at least 8 but less than 20 other states.

8 states do not honor any other states permit/license.

Then we have Illinois and DC that don’t even have permit/licenses.

Been doing this for almost 17 years now and many years back if you would have told me that all those states would honor all those other states you would have most likely gotten a very big laugh from me. The NRA/GOA and other national Org’s have been working on this but I believe it is the State Level Orgs that have lead the charge in getting most of these changes made. I highly recommend if you are not a member of your States RKBA’s Org you should join. They are doing wonderful work and need all the assistance you can give them. If you don’t know who in your state is leading the charge you can find a list of state orgs Here: http://www.handgunlaw.us/documents/state_rkba_orgs.pdf
If your state org is not listed drop me an email and I will list it if it meets the requirements as set forth on the list.

 

[Midwest]

Gary, thanks for the update. Quick question, is Washington State the oldest 'shall issue' carry permit state?

 

[Gary Slider]

Midwest, I don't know. I did find this:

Georgia joined a handful of other states allowing concealed carry, including Vermont, where no license is required; New Hampshire, with a 1923 law; Washington, which made issuance almost mandatory in 1961; and Connecticut, where in 1969 a Handgun Review Board was established to minimize arbitrary denials.

Here: http://www.txchia.org/history.htm

Sorry I can't be of more assistance but I just don't know.

 

[Midwest]

Thanks for the info and excellent link. I been studying gun control laws for some time. I was looking for the history of 'shall issue' states and was curious of who were the early 'shall issue' states before Florida 'paved the way' in 1987.

If I come across additional information, maybe I will do a write up here on THR...unless someone does an article first and that would be OK too.

I found a link about early laws against concealed carry in the U.S. My state, Kentucky has very good gun laws. But Kentucky might have been the first state in the U.S. to outlaw conceal carry...in 1813. (later found unconstitutional but later approved again and written into the state constitution about 1850) .http://concealedguns.procon.org/sourcefiles/concealedhistory.pdf



Thanks again, and thanks for your hard work with your site.

 

[MedWheeler]

Just as a note to anyone interested, New Mexico dropped Florida from its list just last month, citing differences in requirements between the two to get a carry license. The only thing that had recently changed in Florida was the addition of qualified veterans and active-duty service members under the age of 21 to the list of those able to apply. Though Florida's carry laws aren't quite "politically popular" right about now, there is nothing to indicate that that had anything to do with New Mexico's decision.
In response, Florida has dropped New Mexico from its list as well.