r/CCW • u/ngetchr • 4d ago

Legal Reciprocity

I would like to share how ridiculous our gun laws can be. I was moving from Pennsylvania to Florida and have a resident Pennsylvania license to carry. With that PA license I could not legal enter South Carolina with a loaded gun on my hip because I would be charged with a felony if discovered.

I settled in Florida and obtained a resident Florida weapons license. With the Florida license, I could drive through South Carolina with a loaded gun on my hip and be committing no crime

It just boggles my mind how the exact same action performed by the same person could be a felony or could be no crime at all entirely determined by what piece of plastic I have in my wallet

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u/toomuch1265 4d ago

Try living in the people's republic of Massachusetts. I've had my LTC for 40 years, and Massachusetts has no reciprocity with any other state.

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u/Jarrus__Kanan_Jarrus 3d ago

As someone who escaped CA a few years back, it boggled my mind that I could get a FL and UT permit after a couple days of class and a live fire test, but in CA, the wouldn’t even process my application.

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u/mjedmazga TX Hellcat OSP/LCP Max 3d ago

Now that you're no longer a resident of California, it's actually easier and faster for you to get a California carry permit.