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Something to consider about getting a non resident carry license from another state.

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  • Mreed911

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    I did read the law on this, out of state licenses are NOT granted the same privileges in this case.

    "Licensed by the state..." has NOT been defined. While a plain-text reading would indicate the license must be ISSUED by the state you're in, it makes no leeway for states that either don't require licenses (AZ, VT, others) or accept as valid (as "licensed by the state") via reciprocity licenses from other states.

    In other words, there's a reading that allows for "if the behavior of the person is licensed by the state, e.g. via reciprocity or local license" that's never been tested in the courts but is absolutely a valid construct under current judicial views on reciprocity in general.
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    easy rider

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    "Licensed by the state..." has NOT been defined. While a plain-text reading would indicate the license must be ISSUED by the state you're in, it makes no leeway for states that either don't require licenses (AZ, VT, others) or accept as valid (as "licensed by the state") via reciprocity licenses from other states.

    In other words, there's a reading that allows for "if the behavior of the person is licensed by the state, e.g. via reciprocity or local license" that's never been tested in the courts but is absolutely a valid construct under current judicial views on reciprocity in general.

    Again I reiterate, I am not advocating against out of state licensing nor am I telling anyone what to do.

    I brought up the topic as something to consider in choosing.

    The exception states "issued by the state", and I'm not arguing whether it can be overturned in a court of law, but I certainly wouldn't want to have to be the one challenging that. It may or may not ever come to that, but complacency has hurt many people.
     

    TheDan

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    In other words, there's a reading that allows for "if the behavior of the person is licensed by the state, e.g. via reciprocity or local license" that's never been tested in the courts but is absolutely a valid construct under current judicial views on reciprocity in general.
    You're probably right, but it would cost a lot of money for the privilege to argue it.

    Your chances of getting jammed up over this is practically zero, but the law still says what it says. There's lots of people who thought a particular law would only be applied to some other person.
     
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