State Friendly to Guns?

[Orkan]

The only bad thing about Oregon that I just recently learned is they don't honor any other state's concealed carry permits. Wanna CC in Oregon, gotta have an Oregon permit.

When the hell did they do that?

I was just there last september and they honored my SD permit then.

 

[HorseSoldier]

Ok. In Alaska, can you carry into bars, schools, and universities?

In AK you cannot carry a loaded, concealed firearm in a bar. If the weapon is clear and a magazine is in your pocket, you are in compliance with the law.

Campus carry is determined by individual schools. I'm not sure how UA Fairbanks or UA SE treats things, but the UAA campus is ostensibly gun free (though the university police maintain a gun vault where students can store weapons and access them 24 hours a day).

Carry in schools is currently being debated and wending its way through the legislature. As is a nullification bill banning state and local LE from enforcing any new firearms laws from the federal government.

How does alaska compare with cost of living?

Cost of living is higher, though just how much higher depends on where you are in the state (ranging from fairly unremarkable in Anchorage to mind boggling out in some of the Bush villages off the road net). This is partially offset by the state's Permanent Fund Dividend -- rather than paying state taxes, the state pays permanent residents a share of oil industry revenue each year.

On the other hand, the petroleum industry and other natural resource based industries up here mean there are a lot more good paying blue collar jobs than where I grew up in the SE USA, so relative cost of living doesn't fall equally hard on everyone. A guy flipping burgers in Anchorage or Fairbanks will see his money go quite a bit less than it might elsewhere, but a mechanic working two weeks on and two weeks off on the North Slope oil fields will be making more than most, if not all, his counterparts in the contiguous United States.

What about having 1800 miles of canada separating it from the rest of the united states?

I guess that kind of depends on your relatives and in-laws . . .

 

[janedoedad]

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Originally Posted by KAS1981
The only bad thing about Oregon that I just recently learned is they don't honor any other state's concealed carry permits. Wanna CC in Oregon, gotta have an Oregon permit.

When the hell did they do that?

I was just there last september and they honored my SD permit then.

You got lucky. Been that way in OR for some time. There was some unpassed legislation in 2011 to honor some states and have reciprocity with others. Attempts to change this go back to 1999. (Probably farther back than that, but 1999 is what I found in state records here: http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/pages/rules/index.html Interesting reading/research if you have the time.

OC is allowed without a permit under state law. Local and Municipal governments can regulate OC in their jurisdiction.

 

[leadcounsel]

It's not JUST about the state. Also consider the surrounding states...

NH may be awesome. But it's burried on the E. Coast, and I have serious concerns that it can fall because all the Mass people moved there to avoid the high taxes and laws that are created by their liberal policies... I fear NH may fall, like Colorado just fell due to the influx of the Californians that moved there, to avoid the ruin they created in Cali.

So, in picking a state, look also at the surrounding states; those that influence and that you may drive through...

 

[Kiln]

Arkansas is pretty gun friendly. Unfortunately lots of people here have been swayed by the "you don't need that many shots to hunt derp" argument.

 

[Orkan]

You got lucky. Been that way in OR for some time. There was some unpassed legislation in 2011 to honor some states and have reciprocity with others. Attempts to change this go back to 1999. (Probably farther back than that, but 1999 is what I found in state records here: http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/pages/rules/index.html Interesting reading/research if you have the time.

I remember now... there was an exemption for if you were on your way to, or on your way from a hunting trip.