Washington Begins to Recognize Kansas Permits Again

Earlier in June of 2015 Washington stopped recognizing the concealed carry permits from Kansas claiming that Kansas failed to recognize the Washington permits in a meaningful way. They understood the Kansas law to only recognize the Washington permit if it was in the hands of a Kansas resident. Apparently they have recognized their error and have…

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Washington No Longer Honoring Permits From Arkansas, Kansas, Mississippi and Missouri

Washington has a no nonsense approach to permit reciprocity. Their state law (RCW 9.41.073) states that Washington will honor permits issued by states that meet the following three conditions: Recognize Washington concealed pistol licenses; Not issue concealed pistol licenses to persons under age 21; Require a mandatory fingerprint-based background check for criminal and mental health history.…

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Pennsylvania 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…

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Dynamic CCW Permit Reciprocity Map Generator

We are excited to announce the release of another tool to help and support gun owners in the US. The release of this tool is meant to address a few common problems: It can be frustrating to keep track of changes to states that honor or don’t honor your state’s permit. If you have multiple…

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Ohio Now Recognizes Valid Permits From All States

On March 23rd, 2015 a new Ohio law goes into effect. Ohio House Bill 234, signed into law by Governor John Kasich Dec. 19, 2014, amends a number of the state’s previously standing gun statutes. The change that effects the greatest number of people is that Ohio will now recognize any valid permit from any US state…

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Pennsylvania 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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