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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.
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.
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…
Colorado Georgia and Maine Now Honor Virginia
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.
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.
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.
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.
Virginia Reciprocity Changes are Delayed Pending Legislation
Back in December 2015 the Virginia Attorney General announced that they would cease honoring the permits from 25 states that they previously did honor. Now it seems that the legislature has come to an agreement between parties to pass a new law that would have the effect of…
Concealed Carry Options for Travelers to Virginia
If you live in one of those states, or a state that has never had reciprocity with Virginia this article will outline your options.
Clarifying the Impact of Virginia’s Change to Permit Reciprocity
Last week the Attorney General in Virginia made national headlines when he announced that on Feb 1st, 2016 Virginia will stop honoring permits from 25 states. The purpose of this article to to clarify those implications more completely.
