Which is the best state to get CCW

[pullnshoot25]

Utah and Florida best permits, however, if you want to carry in Nevada you will need to get Nevada permit as they no longer recognize Utah or Florida!

You can always OC in Nevada....

[pullnshoot25]

You don't need to get a Pennsylavnia ccw if you have a Florida or New Hampshire ccw as Pennsylvania recognizes both!

FYI West Virginia now recognizes Florida Non-Resident ccw and will soon recognize Utah. They used to only recognize resident ccw, however that changed on 7/10/09.

You do need to already have a CCW from your home state to get Pennsylvania's non-res permit, just FYI.

[MP301]

There's two for out of state CCW:

• Utah
• Florida

3 - Now Nevada doesnt recognize the first two, Nevada is a must have...I say, collect them all!

[press1280]

Just to clarify Kansas now(like WV) will accept non-resident reciprocal permits.
FL or UT are the way to go. UT is cheaper but you'll need to take a UT-certified course, FL accepts NRA classes.
The states with the best reciprocity, like MI and TN, universally recognize permits from all states. That should be a goal of all states to get max reciprocity.
PA and NH are easy but won't get nearly the coverage of the others.

[yellowfin]

You do need to already have a CCW from your home state to get Pennsylvania's non-res permit, just FYI.

Unless you're from a non-issuing state. I wonder if they can classify CA as a non-issuing state because for most folks it is.

[1923mack]

Does Nevada recognize the Oregon CCW (I know they do not recognize Utah)?

[gunn]

Q: When you applied for a Pennsylvania CCW, what county did you approach?
Not all of them seem to do it by mail.
Regards,
-g

[gunn]

Well, I took it upon myself to call a random PA county's sherrif's office that a) had a history of issuing out of state CCWs and b) had some information online about applying for a non resident CCW.

http://www.pafoa.org/counties

I settled on Centre County:

http://www.co.centre.pa.us/sheriff/license_application.asp

As I suspected, CA is considered an "issuing" state so you MUST have a CCW from your home state in order to apply. Even if no-one is issued a CCW in your home county (like SF for example), you are doubly screwed [no CA CCW, no PA CCW].

Oh well, if this had worked, this would have been a super economical option.
-g

[Glock30]

Washington, don't even need to take a course, just go in and pay $55.

[gunn]

WA non-resident: gets you 18 states = $55 but must apply in person.

I originally thought that you could combine this with the NH non-resident CCW application for $20 more (just paperwork, no course) but apparently, the cost has just jumped to $100 effective July 1st. That would have been cost effective to add another 8 states (10 minus CO and FL who do NOT honor non-resident CCW licenses)....

I fly to WA for work so this may be something to consider. Thanks for the heads up, Glock30!

Now, is anyone else awrea of other minimal fuss non-resident CCW issuing states?

Ideally, I would like coverage in TX, NV, and CO as these are the states I visit most regularly but seeing as how CO does not honor non-resident CCW permits and NV allows LOC, this may be more of a thought exercise vs. anything else for me personally.
-g

[Rem222]

Does Nevada recognize the Oregon CCW (I know they do not recognize Utah)?

Out of State Carry Concealed Weapon Permit Recognition

Effective July 1, 2009

In accordance with NRS 202.3689 (effective October 1, 2007) the State of Nevada will recognize the following States' CCW permit holders:

Alaska
Arkansas
Kansas
Louisiana
Michigan
Missouri
Nebraska
Ohio
Tennessee
West Virginia

http://www.nvrepository.state.nv.us/ccw_changes.shtml