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

By Jacob Paulsen | June 3, 2015 |

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 Stops Recognizing Utah’s CCW Permit

By Jacob Paulsen | May 21, 2014 |

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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