Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Idaho Concealed Carry Reciprocity Changes

The Enhanced Idaho Concealed Carry license is bearing some fruit.  This list on the Idaho State Police web page shows which states recognized both the standard Idaho concealed carry license, and the new enhanced license:

STATEDOES THE STATE RECOGNIZE ID CWL?RECIPROCITY AND DATE
ALABAMAYESALABAMA 2013
ALASKAYESALASKA 2013
ARIZONAYESARIZONA 2013
ARKANSASYESARKANSAS 2013
CALIFORNIANOCALIFORNIA 2013
COLORADOYESCOLORADO 2011
CONNECTICUTNOCONNECTICUT 2013
DELAWARENODELAWARE 2013
FLORIDAYESFLORIDA 2013
HAWAIINOHAWAII 2013
ILLINOISNOILLINIOS 2013
INDIANAYESINDIANA 2013
IOWAYESIOWA 2013
KANSASYESKANSAS 2013
KENTUCKYYESKENTUCKY 2013
LOUISIANAYESLOUISIANA 2004
MAINENOMAINE 2013
MARYLANDNOMARYLAND 2013
MASSACHUSETTSNOMASSACHUSETTS 2013
MICHIGANYESMICHIGAN 2013
MINNESOTANOMINNESOTA 2013
MISSOURIYESMISSOURI 2013
MONTANAYESMONTANA 2013
NEBRASKAYESNEBRASKA 2013
NEVADAYES (ENHANCED ONLY)NEVADA 2013
NEW JERSEYNONEW JERSEY 2013
NEW MEXICOYES (ENHANCED ONLY)NEW MEXICO 2013
NEW YORKNONEW YORK 2013
NORTH CAROLINAYESNOTH CAROLINA 2013
NORTH DAKOTAYESNORTH DAKOTA 2013
OHIOYESOHIO 2004
OKLAHOMAYESOKLAHOMA 2013
OREGONNOOREGON 2013
PENNSYLVANIANOPENNSYLVANIA 2013
RHODE ISLANDNORHODE ISLAND 2013
SOUTH CAROLINAYES (ENHANCED ONLY)SOUTH CAROLINA 2013
SOUTH DAKOTAYESSOUTH DAKOTA 2013
TENNESSEEYESTENNESSEE 2013
TEXASYESTEXAS 2004
UTAHYESUTAH 2013
VERMONTNOVERMONT 2013
VIRGINIAYES (ENHANCED ONLY)VIRGINIA 2013
WASHINGTONYES (ENHANCED ONLY)WASHINGTON 2014
WEST VIRGINIAYESWEST VIRGINIA 2013
WYOMINGYESWYOMING 2013

Note that Nevada, New Mexico, South Carolina, Virginia, and Washington State recognize only the enhanced license.  If you only have the standard license, and especially if your current license is coming up for renewal in the next few months, you might want to seriously consider taking the class required for the enhanced license.  Nevada and Washington are just a hop skip and a jump from Idaho, so even if you do not think you would ever visit those states, think real hard about it.  My friend T. Allen Hoover teaches the required class every month or two.

4 comments:

  1. I wish we had this in Arizona. Our concealed carry laws are good, but we need an enhanced permit for those of us who travel.

    And, I really, really wish Oregon would at least allow me to get an Oregon permit if they won't recognize AZ. I have family in Portland and cannot in any way carry there.

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  2. Interesting. I have a Washington State CPL, which Idaho recognizes, but Washington does not recognize the Idaho CCW. All Washington required to get the license was a background check - no classes or anything. Well, and pay the fee, of course.

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  3. Georgia isn't in the list. If ID recognizes GA then there's reciprocity.

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  4. Probably caused by Georgia not responding to a letter. I'll go talk to the guy in the A-G's office in charge of getting those letters tomorrow and find out what is holding that up.

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