West Virginia & Louisiana Recprocity
Even in these foreboding times for gun rights, we’re still getting reciprocity agreements between states worked out.
The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the State …
Even in these foreboding times for gun rights, we’re still getting reciprocity agreements between states worked out.
Countertop notes that Virginia residents can now apply for a temporary recipricol permit if they are visiting the US Virgin Islands. Why would you visit the Virgin Islands? This would seem to be a good reason.
Sorry folks, but it looks like it’s for resident permits only. West Virginia, as far as I know, generally only allows that.
There was a time when I thought that it might actually be nice if Pennsylvania passed a training requirement so that we could get expanded reciprocity with other states. I heard from people that our lack of training requirement was a real impediment to signing with states that had “substitutively similar” language in their reciprocity … Continue reading “Reciprocity with Pennsylvania”
Pro-Gun Progressive seeks some feedback on the issue of of National Concealed Carry Reciprocity: Lots of folks on our side of the issue are wary of the Feds deciding who carries and who doesn’t, which doesn’t strike me as unreasonable. I think much of this stems from the fact that shall issue CCW laws have … Continue reading “National Reciprocity”
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I hope everyone had a nice holiday. Ours was a bit of a mixed bag since Bitter’s grandfather died on Friday at age 91. Her other grandfather died when she was a year old, but both her grandmothers are still living. Enough about that, maybe I have some news I’ve been collecting. Some of it … Continue reading “Weekly Gun News – Edition 52”
Governor Terry McAuliffe signed the deal that offers Virginia near universal reciprocity in exchange a few things he wanted that don’t honestly amount to much. I guess now I can shred the applications for Utah and Virginia non-resident permits. Bitter’s family is in Nashville, and Virginia is an awfully large portion of that trip when … Continue reading “McAuliffe Signs Compromise Legislation, Bloomberg Proceeds to Shoot Himself in the Foot”
Opposition to the McAuliffe deal has been nearly universal on the anti-gun side. Even Bloomberg’s Everytown, which is generally willing to bend to reality much of the time is pretty angry about it. I don’t blame them. If I were in their shoes, I’d be pretty pissed off too if a big issue like reciprocity … Continue reading “GOA Sides With the Anti-Gunners”
When the deal between the GOP controlled Virginia legislature and Governor McAuliffe was announced, it seemed that the deal was to leave the agreements in place, rather than reminding them, but this article indicates that the deal is an exchange for near-universal reciprocity in Virginia. This article has some details: The deal also pushes back … Continue reading “The McAuliffe Deal is Better Than I Thought”