Posts Tagged ‘pennsylvania’
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. He has been accused of using his authority to further a political agenda while hurting law abiding citizens… which is true. Because we (USA Firearm Training) have promoted the…
Read MoreGrocery Store Employees Shoot and Kill 2 of 3 Armed Robbers in PA
I have the feeling that there is one market in Reading PA that won’t be too worried about armed robberies for awhile. They just earned a strong reputation for willingness and ability to stand and defend themselves. This November when three armed men entered the Latino’s Meat Market they fired at least once before TWO…
Read MoreMaine and Pennsylvania Cease Permit Reciprocity
We have been informed that Maine and Pennsylvania will no longer honor each other’s concealed carry permits. You may recall that recently Maine had two new laws go into effect that instituted constitutional carry in the state and extended reciprocity to any out of state permit whose state also honored Maine’s permit. Apparently something about…
Read MoreConcealed Carry Holder Saves Woman and Children From Violent Car Jacker
Here is a story unlikely to make the evening national news. In early October 2015 there was a serious disturbance at a gas station in Plymouth Pennsylvania. A man upset with a woman for not letting him into her car ran across a highway where he stopped a white Saturn and attempted to “drag” the…
Read MorePennsylvania Now Honors Ohio CCW Permits
Pennsylvania has recently added Ohio as a state whose permit will be honored in Pennsylvania. As we previously announced, Ohio’s law recently changed to honor permits from all other states and in doing so it would seem that they now meet the requirements in Pennsylvania 6106(b)(15) of the Uniform Firearms Act that grants reciprocity to certain…
Read MorePennsylvania Stops Recognizing Utah’s CCW Permit
On May 6th of this year the below letter was sent from the attorney general’s office of Pennsylvania to the office of the Utah Department of Public Safety. Apparently the state of Pennsylvania is no longer comfortable honoring the Utah permit being issued to out of state residents who do not first obtain a permit…
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