The Georgia Attorney General has announced that they will not be honoring the Virginia permit because Virginia will not honor Georgia permits issued to those 18-20 years of age. This doesn’t make a lot of sense since Georgia has been honoring permits from other states that have similar policies. We’ll see how this unfolds but for now Georgia will not honor ANY Virginia concealed carry permit.
We review a bunch of reciprocity changes, talk about calling 911 and share several recent examples of good guys stopping guns plus the devastating story of how one father accidentally shot and killed his son when he was distracted for a moment. Plus we talk about and address the recent police officer-involved shootings in Louisiana and Minnesota and one man’s horrific response to those in Dallas…
Those will concealed carry permits from Virginia received a little gift today. There are now three new states who have begun to honor the Virginia resident and or the Virginia non-resident permit.
In February of 2016 Virginia law makers struck a deal in the legislature that undid the attorney general’s decision while also allowing that effective July 1st 2016 Virginia would begin to honor permits from ALL other states. So congratulations to permit holders everywhere. We can now all carry concealed in Virginia.
More changes stemming from SB175 that was signed into law in 2015. Nevada has granted reciprocity to some of the most popular permits in the country… but to to bad for permit holders from one state.
On Friday something very unusual happened. South Carolina passed a law that was signed in by Gov. Nikki Haley and went into effect on Friday June 3rd. The law granted reciprocity to Georgia in South Carolina. South Carolina’s policy has been to only honor permits from states that have similar or higher training standards which did not include Georgia because Georgia does not require any training to obtain a permit.
Now, Nevada has ceased to honor the Rhode Island permit but has added reciprocity for the Virginia permit. The Virginia permit is also a very popular non-resident permit since it can be obtained with an online concealed carry course only.
We have now had multiple sources confirm that West Virginia is now honoring concealed carry permits from Indiana. West Virginia’s policy is to honor permits from states that honor the West Virginia permit and Indiana does. The WV attorney general’s website does indicate they currently honor the Indiana permit.
With that in mind New Hampshire caught on to the idea that Kansas is now honoring their permit and they returned the favor.
If you have an Illinois permit and love visiting Texas I have some great news for you. Effective April 29th Governor Greg Abbott has announced Texas will begin honoring the concealed carry permit from Illinois.
So for all you standard permit holders from South Dakota who had were so excited we are sorry to disappoint. If you travel often to Wisconsin you should consider obtaining the enhanced permit.
The Wisconsin Attorney General’s office has updated their website to reflect that they will begin honoring concealed carry permits from five states which were not previously honored. Those states include:
If you live in Idaho and travel to Nevada frequently you should obtain the Idaho Enhanced Permit so you can continue to carry concealed.
South Carolina is the latest state to begin to honor the Enhanced permit from South Dakota
Pending the new legislation the Attorney General agrees to delay his decision to March 1st to allow enough time for the new law to be signed into effect.
