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New Hampshire Begins Recognizing the Virginia Concealed Carry Permit
New Hampshire policy is to honor resident permits from any state where the New Hampshire permit is honored. Since Virginia formally began to honor permits from ALL states back on July 1st New Hampshire has returned the favor. The update can be found on the official NH Department of Safety’s website.
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Episode 36: A Guide to Understanding CCW Reciprocity
Coming up today we go over what reciprocity is, what it isn’t, and what it means for you as a law-abiding CCWer. Jacob and I go over and discuss this at length today.
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Episode 35: 1 in 32 Homicides In The U.S. Are Justified
We talk about some interesting statistics being shared by the anti-gunner group that actually support the argument of good guys stopping bad guys with guns. Plus a conversation about the recent shooting in Baton Rouge and a justified shooter at a Waffle House in Texas.
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Georgia Changes Mind About Honoring the Virginia Permit
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.
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Episode 33: Father Accidentally Shoots & Kills Son While Distracted
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…
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Virginia Now Honors Permits From All States
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.
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South Carolina and Georgia Now Have Permit Reciprocity
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.
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Nevada Drops Rhode Island and Starts to Honor Virginia
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.
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West Virginia Now Honoring Indiana Permit
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.
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New Hampshire Now Honoring Kansas Permit
With that in mind New Hampshire caught on to the idea that Kansas is now honoring their permit and they returned the favor.
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Texas Now Honoring Illinois Concealed Carry Permit
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.
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Wisconsin Will Only Honor South Dakota Enhanced Permit
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.
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Nevada No Longer Honoring Non-Enhanced Idaho Permit
If you live in Idaho and travel to Nevada frequently you should obtain the Idaho Enhanced Permit so you can continue to carry concealed.
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Virginia Reciprocity Drama is Finally Over
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.
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Nebraska Now Honoring South Dakota Enhanced Permits
Delaware has begun to honor South Dakota enhanced concealed carry permits. So, for you SD residents who go to Delaware all the time this is great news!
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