VA permit holders can't carry in Penna?

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  • davsco

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    Oct 21, 2010
    8,607
    Loudoun, VA
    hangunlaw.us is not showing VA permits as being honored in PA. va's website says all permit holders fromother states can carry in VA. then PA says it reciprocates with states that allow PA, but isn't allowing VA permit holders to carry in PA?

    i'm going up to penna next week and was planning on carrying but this appears to say i cannot. am i missing something?


    https://www.vsp.virginia.gov/Firearms_Reciprocity.shtm

    https://www.attorneygeneral.gov/resources/concealed-carry-reciprocity/

    https://handgunlaw.us/states/pennsylvania.pdf
     

    CrueChief

    Cocker Dad/RIP Bella
    Apr 3, 2009
    2,999
    Napolis-ish
    hangunlaw.us is not showing VA permits as being honored in PA. va's website says all permit holders fromother states can carry in VA. then PA says it reciprocates with states that allow PA, but isn't allowing VA permit holders to carry in PA?

    i'm going up to penna next week and was planning on carrying but this appears to say i cannot. am i missing something?


    https://www.vsp.virginia.gov/Firearms_Reciprocity.shtm

    https://www.attorneygeneral.gov/resources/concealed-carry-reciprocity/

    https://handgunlaw.us/states/pennsylvania.pdf




    No you are not missing anything . But you could still open carry if you would like as long as you are not going to Philly.

    Virginia Resident License Holders:
    Can a Virginia license holder carry a concealed firearm in Pennsylvania?

    No
     

    welder516

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    Jun 8, 2013
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    From what i understand PA does not recognize any other states permit , but if you have your states permit you can get a PA permit with no issues . And yes PA is an open carry state .
     

    davsco

    Ultimate Member
    Oct 21, 2010
    8,607
    Loudoun, VA
    Penna does seem to be open carry. but seems that car carry is not allowed. so how do you navigate that? before getting into your car you have to unload and lock it all up?
     

    jonnyl

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    Sep 23, 2009
    5,969
    Frederick
    Penna does seem to be open carry. but seems that car carry is not allowed. so how do you navigate that? before getting into your car you have to unload and lock it all up?

    Read up on the details, but there’s a caveat on car carry If you have a valid permit from anywhere. I’ll see if I can find anything. It was a bit unusual.
     

    jonnyl

    Ultimate Member
    Sep 23, 2009
    5,969
    Frederick
    Found the paragraph I was thinking about regarding car carry.
    https://www.psp.pa.gov/firearms-information/Pages/Carrying-Firearms-in-Pennsylvania.aspx

    Jump down to the last paragraph.
    Listed below are exceptions as outlined in 18 Pa.C.S. § 6106. (2) (b) Exceptions:

    Constables, sheriffs, prison or jail wardens, or their deputies, policemen of this Commonwealth or its political subdivisions, or other law-enforcement officers.

    Members of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Coast Guard of the United States or of the National Guard or organized reserves when on duty.

    The regularly enrolled members of any organization duly organized to purchase or receive such weapons from the United States or from this Commonwealth.

    Any persons engaged in target shooting with rifle, pistol, or revolver, if such persons are at or are going to or from their places of assembly or target practice and if, while going to or from their places of assembly or target practice, the firearm is not loaded.

    Officers or employees of the United States duly authorized to carry a concealed firearm.

    Agents, messengers and other employees of common carriers, banks, or business firms, whose duties require them to protect moneys, valuables and other property in the discharge of such duties. (Individuals carrying a firearm as an incidence of their employment are required to be certified through the Lethal Weapons Training Act requirements set forth in 22 P.S. § 44(b).

    Any person engaged in the business of manufacturing, repairing, or dealing in firearms, or the agent or representative of any such person, having in his possession, using or carrying a firearm in the usual or ordinary course of such business.

    Any person while carrying a firearm which is not loaded and is in a secure wrapper from the place of purchase to his home or place of business, or to a place of repair, sale or appraisal or back to his home or place of business, or in moving from one place of abode or business to another or from his home to a vacation or recreational home or dwelling or back, or to recover stolen property under section 6111.1(b)(4) (relating to Pennsylvania State Police) or to a place of instruction intended to teach the safe handling, use or maintenance of firearms, or back to a location to which the person has been directed to relinquish firearms under 23 Pa.C.S. § 6108 (relating to relief) or back upon return of the relinquished firearm or to a licensed dealer’s place of business for relinquishment pursuant to 23 Pa.C.S. § 6108.2 (relating to relinquishment for consignment sale, lawful transfer or safekeeping) or back upon return of the relinquished firearm or to a location for safekeeping pursuant to 23 Pa.C.S. § 6108.3 (relating to relinquishment to third party for safekeeping) or back upon return of the relinquished firearm.

    Persons licensed to hunt, take furbearers or fish in this Commonwealth, if such persons are actually hunting, taking furbearers or fishing or are going to the places where they desire to hunt, take furbearers or fish or returning from such places.

    Persons training dogs, if such persons are actually training dogs during the regular training season.

    Any person while carrying a firearm in any vehicle, which person possesses a valid and lawfully issued license for that firearm which has been issued under the laws of the United States or any other state.
     

    rouchna

    Defund the ATF
    MDS Supporter
    Nov 25, 2009
    5,951
    Virginia
    hangunlaw.us is not showing VA permits as being honored in PA. va's website says all permit holders fromother states can carry in VA. then PA says it reciprocates with states that allow PA, but isn't allowing VA permit holders to carry in PA?

    i'm going up to penna next week and was planning on carrying but this appears to say i cannot. am i missing something?


    https://www.vsp.virginia.gov/Firearms_Reciprocity.shtm

    https://www.attorneygeneral.gov/resources/concealed-carry-reciprocity/

    https://handgunlaw.us/states/pennsylvania.pdf

    I go to PA for work quite frequently. When PA stopped honoring VA, I just got a PA non resident permit.
     

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