Washington state/ CCW permits they honor?

[S_O_Laban]

After checking Packing.org site, I see that Washington state only honors a few other state CCW license. I have both FL and PA nonresident permits which apparently leaves me out of luck. Washington seems rather gun freindly and so I was surprised to find this out. Can anyone explain why they honor so few other State's permits?

 

[AirForceShooter]

usually it's because one state has very different requirements for the issuance of a ccw ,mostly regarding the training requirements.
it's why SC and Fla aren't trading places.

AFS

 

[c_yeager]

Washington state only honors permits that are issued with a fingerprint based background check. Its kinda silly, especially when you consider that our permits are among the most lax in every other respect (no training, shall issue, etc). The idea is that we will only honor permits issued with equal or greater criteria than our own.

 

[PATH]

 

[Pilgrim]

Washington state only honors permits that are issued with a fingerprint based background check. Its kinda silly, especially when you consider that our permits are among the most lax in every other respect (no training, shall issue, etc). The idea is that we will only honor permits issued with equal or greater criteria than our own.

Interesting in that Florida and Idaho both require fingerprints and proof of training, yet Washington has not gotten around to full reciprocity. Idaho will honor a Washington permit, but the other way around.

I suspect it is more bureaucratic inertia than anything else.

Pilgrim

 

[Langenator]

Bureaucratic inertia, compounded by the fact that our former AG and current governor-fraud elect, Christine Gregoire, is a creature of the Seattle Left wing of the Democrat party.

The current AG has other major items on his plate (ie, continuing investigations into illegal ballots in last Nov's election)

 

[Bobarino]

here's a link the to the attorney general's webpage for WA. it has a list of states with reciprocity with WA.

http://www.atg.wa.gov/firearms/states.shtml

the states are:

North Carolina
Mississippi
Ohio
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Utah
Michigan


Bobby

 

[c_yeager]

Here is the list of all three criteria for a state to have reciprocity with WA.

http://www.atg.wa.gov/firearms/

 

[S_O_Laban]

Thanks for the info.

 

[beerslurpy]

FL has a fingerprint background check and training as well. I could be crazy, but reciprocity appears to have lapsed with a number of states. I could have sworn my FL CCW was valid in New Mexico last year.

 

[RRTX]

FL has a fingerprint background check and training as well. I could be crazy, but reciprocity appears to have lapsed with a number of states. I could have sworn my FL CCW was valid in New Mexico last year.

None of the states have actual reciprocity with New Mexico since they require you to be 25 to get a permit there. A few states honor NM's permits, but I don't NM recognizes any. As for Washington, I'm not sure why they don't honor TX permits. We seem to meet WA's requirements, so something in WA's issuing process must not meet our reciprocity requirements.

 

[MillCreek]

Washington’s Firearms and Dangerous Weapons statute (RCW 9.41) was amended in 2004 to allow non-Washington residents to carry concealed weapons in Washington if they have obtained a concealed weapons permit from another state that meets certain conditions imposed by Washington’s law. Those conditions are:

1. The other state must have a reciprocal statute allowing Washington residents to carry concealed weapons in the other state if the resident has a Washington concealed pistol permit; and
2. The other state does not issue concealed pistol licenses to persons under twenty-one years of age; and
3. The state requires mandatory fingerprint-based background checks of criminal and mental health history for all persons who apply for a concealed pistol license.

If the above conditions are met, the concealed weapons permit of an out-of-state resident will be recognized in Washington as long as the permit holder does not become a resident of Washington State. Additionally, the permit holder from another state must carry the handgun in compliance with the laws of Washington State. Washington concealed pistol permits will be recognized in those states which have the reciprocal agreements with Washington. Washington residents should check the laws of the state they are traveling to, in order to comply with the concealed weapons permit law of that state.

The new law requires the Office of Attorney General to periodically publish a list of states that meet the requirements for reciprocity. The list may be found by clicking here.

The office sent out surveys to all 49 states and the District of Columbia to obtain the necessary information on each state’s concealed weapons permits. 47 states have responded. Of the 47 responses we have received, seven states qualify for reciprocity; 40 states do not qualify. Connecticut, Maine and the District of Columbia have not responded to survey requests. Of the states that do not qualify for reciprocity, the most common reason is because the state does not have a reciprocity statute.

As we obtain further responses we will update the list of reciprocal states. If you have questions about a specific state you may contact the Department of Licensing, Firearms Section at (360) 664-6616.

Note that according to our AG's office, the most common reason that another state does not qualify for reciprocity in Washington is that the other state does not have reciprocity with Washington state. So no reciprocal agreement or statue with another state, no out of state carry by that state's residents here in Washington.

 

[beerslurpy]

That doenst make sense. FL meets all the requirements and has a reciprocity statute.