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Pennsylvania Firearm Owners Association

Pennsylvania's Concealed Carry Reciprocity

State Honors PA? Honored by PA? Links
Alaska Yes Yes
Arizona Yes Yes, with residency restrictions
Arkansas Yes Yes
Colorado Yes Yes
Florida Yes Yes, with residency restrictions
Georgia Yes Yes
Idaho Yes No
Indiana Yes Yes
Iowa Yes Yes
Kansas Yes Yes
Kentucky Yes Yes
Louisiana Yes Yes
Maine Yes Yes
Michigan Yes Yes
Mississippi Yes Yes
Missouri Yes Yes
Montana Yes Yes
New Hampshire Yes Yes
North Carolina Yes Yes
North Dakota Yes Yes, but only Class I
Oklahoma Yes Yes
South Dakota Yes Yes
Tennessee Yes Yes
Texas Yes Yes
Utah Yes Yes, with residency restrictions
Vermont Yes No
  • No law prohibiting the carry of firearms.
Virginia Yes Yes, with residency restrictions
West Virginia Yes Yes
Wisconsin Yes Yes
Wyoming Yes Yes

After backing by anti-gun groups including Michael Bloomberg's various front-groups, Kathleen Kane became Pennsylvania's Attorney General. She quickly used this position to change the conditions and interpretations of various agreements related to the reciprocity of carry permits with various states in questionably legal ways. Significantly, she has changed Pennsylvania's policy of honoring permits from certain states only if the holder is not a Pennsylvania resident, or also holds a Pennsylvania License To Carry Firearms.

Residency Requirements

Some permits may only be honored if held by a resident of the state they are issued in.

Non-Resident Permit Restrictions

  • If you are a Pennsylvania resident with an Arizona permit only, it will not be honored in Pennsylvania after August 8th, 2013.
  • If you are a Pennsylvania resident with a Florida permit only, it will not be honored in Pennsylvania after June 7th, 2013.
  • If you are a Pennsylvania resident with a Virginia permit only, it will not be honored in Pennsylvania after August 8th, 2013.