I just sent a letter to the PA attorney general highlighting a great idea to make some extra revenue in this cash strapped recession. As you know, PA is "shall issue" and will give a non-res a concealed carry permit to a non-res if the applicant first has one from thier home state, if thier home state issued one to them first.. I suggested ammending the clause to read must have one from home state if the home state is also "shall issue" or issues then reasonably OR has a permit from a state that has reciprocity with PA. By doing so, the state could take in hundreds of thousands of extra revenue via permit fees from people who would otherwise qualify for them anyway, but are hung up on a technicality.
So, basically, if your home state does not issue any CCP at all , you could qualify for PA non-res no problem. If our state does issue them, you gotta get one here first and we all know that aint happening in NJ.
Yet, a NJ resident could obtain a CCP from Florida ,as I have done, and legally carry in PA, but cant get a PA faced permit. And to make it better, the PA state police were ignoring the reciprocity with FLA permits by NJ residents until the [same] attorney general specfically adressed the issue and told the PASP on the official AG site, adressed to the PA state police specifically ,that they are valid, no matter where the permit holder resides.
So ,they [ PA,AG's office]are definitly on our side, so It doesnt hurt to try and suggest that why not iron out that technically, and let PA collect all that permit revenue that FLA has been capitalizing on. Nothing beats a failure but a try. It only took a few letters in the past to get the FLA issue clarrified.
And why try to obtain a PA one while the FLA is just as good ? Because alot of Philly PD are biased and ignorant to the carry laws and reciprocity and will hassle the hell out of you anyway.
Here's the link if anyone else may be interested in shooting them an E-mail on the subject. http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/crime.aspx?id=184
The Ag in charge of firearms laws is George Zaiser and is a great guy. I spoke with him personally in the past and he flat out said that his office wrote the carry laws and signed the agreements and He doesnt know what the Philly PD's mindset is, but they are WRONG in denying the validity of a FLA by NJ resident.
So, basically, if your home state does not issue any CCP at all , you could qualify for PA non-res no problem. If our state does issue them, you gotta get one here first and we all know that aint happening in NJ.
Yet, a NJ resident could obtain a CCP from Florida ,as I have done, and legally carry in PA, but cant get a PA faced permit. And to make it better, the PA state police were ignoring the reciprocity with FLA permits by NJ residents until the [same] attorney general specfically adressed the issue and told the PASP on the official AG site, adressed to the PA state police specifically ,that they are valid, no matter where the permit holder resides.
So ,they [ PA,AG's office]are definitly on our side, so It doesnt hurt to try and suggest that why not iron out that technically, and let PA collect all that permit revenue that FLA has been capitalizing on. Nothing beats a failure but a try. It only took a few letters in the past to get the FLA issue clarrified.
And why try to obtain a PA one while the FLA is just as good ? Because alot of Philly PD are biased and ignorant to the carry laws and reciprocity and will hassle the hell out of you anyway.
Here's the link if anyone else may be interested in shooting them an E-mail on the subject. http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/crime.aspx?id=184
The Ag in charge of firearms laws is George Zaiser and is a great guy. I spoke with him personally in the past and he flat out said that his office wrote the carry laws and signed the agreements and He doesnt know what the Philly PD's mindset is, but they are WRONG in denying the validity of a FLA by NJ resident.
