Michigan CPL - Kahr CW9

[GPintheMitten]

Michigan became a "shall issue" state ...I think in 2001 or thereabouts. I have a Concealed Pistol License as they call them in Michigan. I carry a Kahr CW9. I would like to get a Glock 19 or S&W M&P 9 sometime down the road. The way I look at it, better to have and not need than need and not have.

[LWM]

More and more states will be going in that direction in the not too distant future.

[brendon]

Wisconsin is still in the dark ages, but at least we have constitutional open carry (albeit with MANY restrictions). I applied for my Utah permit, and assuming I pass, I should have a little more latitude with my travels this summer. Unfortunately, Colorado does not honor non-resident permits (Michigan doesn't either...), so I will still be limited while there.

[jcoulter]

I wonder if Illinois will ever become a right to carry state? Heck, who am I kidding. :(

[GPintheMitten]

Michigan honors other states concealed carry permits, while carrying a legal hand gun licensed to the person carrying. Michigan laws must be followed including honoring so called pistol free zones.

[CrunchyWizard]

When seconds count, help is minutes away...

I carry whenever and wherever I can, not because I'm paranoid but because I refuse to be a victim. I'm even looking at getting a PI license to get around most of the 'excluded' areas (and it'll allow me to freelance some computer forensic work).

[brendon]

Michigan honors other states concealed carry permits<snip>

Only if the permit holder is a resident of the state issuing the permit. There are a few states like that. Florida also honors only resident permits, yet they do provide non-resident permits to out-of-staters. I wonder if Florida honors a non-resident Florida permit?

[Sal-XK]

I wonder if Illinois will ever become a right to carry state? Heck, who am I kidding. :(
:p:p:p Hell will freez over pigs will fly and we'll be occupied by a foreign country and IL still won't let you carry a gun.

[LWM]

Arizona honors all other states, but now you do not need one to carry in Arizona.

[NeilSmith]

Virginia is a shall issue state. Open carry and concealed carry ( with permit ) is good. I have my CCP and carry a Springfield XD-45 in a Crossbreed Supertuck. Others are a Oly Arms AR15 in 5.56 , a Remington 700 in .308 with a Leupold Vari X III and bipod , Winchester model 77 .22 rifle , Ithaca LSA-55 in .257 Roberts , and a Remington 597 .22 with an Archangel stock and a Tasco red dot ( my daughters first rifle ).

[Sal-XK]

I took the classes and got my certificate but never brought it to the sheriff station. Maybe if I ever own a fire arm I'll turn it in to get my permit.

[XK N00b]

I'm glad we dont need permits to carry (even concealed) here in AZ but, my .50AE Desert Eagle is too big to lug around :P

[pjmjr508]

I have my cpl here in WA & it allows me to carry in some other states. I have 3 main different ones I use as my main carry, in the order of my fav's. H&K USP 40 Full Size, Smithfield Armory XD 45 ACP with a 4", and also my Smithfield Armory 1911 Mil-Spec 4".

I have been hearing that they are trying to push thru a new rule that if you have a CPL @ your home state that all states that allow CPL's will be honoring yours. I have not been able to confim this yet myself hopefully its true, it will make things so much easier for of us that travel via a car or in our case a Great Jeep

[Tymac]

It's good to see a thread on this topic is still going.

Last year my wife got her CCW as we call it in Ohio and for Christmas Santa left her a Beretta PX4 Storm 9mm compact with 4 clips and 4 boxes of ammo.

[pjmjr508]

It's good to see a thread on this topic is still going.

Last year my wife got her CCW as we call it in Ohio and for Christmas Santa left her a Beretta PX4 Storm 9mm compact with 4 clips and 4 boxes of ammo.

Nice. How does she like the PX4?

[WanderingTs]

In many places in CA it is next to impossible to get a concealed carry permit.

It is currently legal to open carry an unloaded firearm. (State legislators are trying to ban this as I write.) Unloaded defined as no ammunition attached to the firearm in any way (so none in the mag either). I have always wondered about why someone would open carry like this. It seems provocative - someone may choose to pick a fight with you because you are displaying the gun, but then it is not available for use because it is unloaded. An unloaded firearm is just a very expensive rock to throw at someone.

Either let people carry, or don't.

Just my .02

[brendon]

I agree about open carry in CA - why bother if it can't be loaded...

In WI we have permitless open carry (fully loaded, but with lots of restrictions to where one can go) but no means to legally conceal; although the courts have ruled repeatedly that in certain circumstances and places, personal protection trumps the ban on concealed carry. At least our current legisative branch and governor say they will support concealed carry as soon as someone actually proposes a bill. Hopefully it will be permit-less open AND concealed carry similar to Arizona, Alaska, Wyoming, Vermont, and a number of other states soon. Constitutional Carry coming soon to a state near you.

I do have a Utah permission slip which allows me to conceal in 33 other states, just not my own!