Got my first one a little over a decade ago. We had to do a two day class for it, which boiled down to "don't shoot yourself, your dog, or your wife, the bullets go in this end and out that end". I wore my Plaxico Burress giant's jersey (tragically stolen since then), the off duty trooper who was the instructor got in my face and asked if I thought that was funny. I did then, still do now.
Do You Remember Getting Your First Concealed Carry Permit?
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FL CWL is good in all those yellow states as long as you are a resident of FL and didn't get your FL CWL as a resident of another state.
My Florida permit is good in multitudes of states. Sucks that a couple years ago SC changed their laws. We rode thru there a few times going to NC.
Just want to clarify that the FL CWL is good in all those yellow/gold states as long as you are a resident of FL and didn't get your FL CWL as a resident of another state.
CT in 1987/8. I picked up an application from the local cop shop and then went to a range to prove that I could shoot. Five rounds through an AMT Hardballer (range rental gun) was all the guy needed to see. He signed me off, I shot up the rest of the box of 50. Turned in the application to the local cops. When I got the town permit, I applied for the state permit. I've kept it current ever since.
Virginia became a "shall issue" state on July 1, 1995, that Fall I earned my CCW permit. I say I earned it because it was an expensive and time consuming effort at that time. $50 application fee, fingerprinting and mug shots by the local police department, plus a two day training course, I think that was $100, plus a 50 round box of overpriced ammo sold by the range.
Day one was a lecture course on proper gun handling and safety as well as Virginia's firearms and new CCW laws.
Day two was on the range to demonstrate competence with a handgun. It was an indoor range and the instructor looked at me oddly when I sent my B9 target all the way to 15 yards, the maximum distance at that facility. At the end of my demonstration of skills, my target had two holes in the 9 ring, 48 holes in the center. The instructor said nothing. I qualified using my 4 inch barreled S&W Model 19-3.
With successful completion of the course, I applied for and eventually received my permit. At the time, a court judge had 90 days to determine if the applicant had met all the requirements and had no criminal record. Most judges used all 90 days before issuing the permit and I seem to recall that a good number of them took more than 90 days to issue permits.
Day one was a lecture course on proper gun handling and safety as well as Virginia's firearms and new CCW laws.
Day two was on the range to demonstrate competence with a handgun. It was an indoor range and the instructor looked at me oddly when I sent my B9 target all the way to 15 yards, the maximum distance at that facility. At the end of my demonstration of skills, my target had two holes in the 9 ring, 48 holes in the center. The instructor said nothing. I qualified using my 4 inch barreled S&W Model 19-3.
With successful completion of the course, I applied for and eventually received my permit. At the time, a court judge had 90 days to determine if the applicant had met all the requirements and had no criminal record. Most judges used all 90 days before issuing the permit and I seem to recall that a good number of them took more than 90 days to issue permits.
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Was coming home from a visit with my twin brother. He was a deputy with Bibb County. He had given me a Stainless Steel Colt Nat. Match 1911-A1 which was lying on the passenger seat of the car. I had turned off I-75 and was driving west on 300 when I got pulled over by 153 sheriff's cars accompanied by some four wheel drive APC's. Actually it was six cars and I'm not sure how many deputies. They had shotguns and were hollering at me. Wanted to know if I had drugs, guns in the car. They had me stand at the back of the car and I told them I had my briefcase in the back seat and my pistol on the passenger seat. It was not loaded. They were shouting at me like I was a drug lord traveling incognito. A Ga. State Patrolman driving east crossed through the grass strip and pulled his cruiser up beside my car. He got out, put on his hat, walked over to my car, looked in through the driver window, walked round and looked in through the windshield and then walked around to the passenger and took a look. He walked back and told the deputies that there was no problem with the gun. They had decided I was not a drug lord, etc. and I was told I could leave.
So ... I got mad. They wouldn't tell me anything. I drove to the parsonage, dropped off my stuff and headed to the county seat. There I had a chat with the Sheriff who made a phone call. Shortly he told me that I'd been pulled over b/c it had been reported that a man had a gun in a white car. Apparently he had another conversation with the other sheriff about some of the finer points of shotguns, screaming and traffic stops. I walked over to the courthouse and applied for a carry permit. It came in the mail about two weeks later. Have had a concealed permit ever since then ... about 1999. Sincerely. bruce.
So ... I got mad. They wouldn't tell me anything. I drove to the parsonage, dropped off my stuff and headed to the county seat. There I had a chat with the Sheriff who made a phone call. Shortly he told me that I'd been pulled over b/c it had been reported that a man had a gun in a white car. Apparently he had another conversation with the other sheriff about some of the finer points of shotguns, screaming and traffic stops. I walked over to the courthouse and applied for a carry permit. It came in the mail about two weeks later. Have had a concealed permit ever since then ... about 1999. Sincerely. bruce.
Right after I passed the Bar Exam in 1978.............. renewed now 8 times.
Yup, in 1986 I was an insurance agent working in the Hilltop area of Tacoma (a very rough neighborhood at the time - read about it here Ranger Ash Street Shootout Remains Part of Tacoma's Gang Lore - SouthSoundTalk).
It wasn't unusual for people to pay an annual premium in cash. So carrying large sums of other people's money in a bad neighborhood was my justification for a permit - because IIRC at the time they were MAY issue in Washington State, so you had to give a "good reason" why you needed one.
Once you had one though you could renew it indefinitely without further "justification".
It wasn't unusual for people to pay an annual premium in cash. So carrying large sums of other people's money in a bad neighborhood was my justification for a permit - because IIRC at the time they were MAY issue in Washington State, so you had to give a "good reason" why you needed one.
Once you had one though you could renew it indefinitely without further "justification".
When I got my Washington permit in @'93 I think it was the new "Shall Issue" Yes, Hilltop was pretty rough back then. Only marginally better now. My old girlfriend's dad played a part in cleaning it up.
I got mine because getting robbed at gunpoint and pistol whipped will cause you to re-evaluate things.
Florida is looking better every single day. Maybe if my step-daughter follows through on her plan to move to Florida, my wife will be willing to move as well.
I remember it well. I was in the first available class when AZ passed the law for concealed carry. Back then you had to attend an all day class and do a range shooting and get fingerprinted. Don't remember the exact distance for shooting, but it was close. I used my 624 for the shooting as it was my most accurate gun I had. It appeared I had missed the target completely on one shot, but they accepted that I actually put one shot through the hole of another. The first time I renewed you still had to do that whole same full day thing. I again used my 624, but this time I deliberately spread my shots around on the target. I have kept my CCW renewed since that original although now you can concealed carry here in AZ without any kind of permit. The CCW still carries like one other clearance for certain establishments and it helps carry over to other states that have a reciprocal arrangement with AZ. Already have my calendar marked for renewal in Sept.
Targets Guy
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Remember it well. The wife and I took a course and got our certificate and then went to the county sheriff and got our CCW license. That was back in 2013.
MetalMan
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Got my first CCW in Arkansas in 2000.
Currently licensed in OH (resident) and CT (non-resident).
Currently licensed in OH (resident) and CT (non-resident).
BigBill
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Working nights pumping gas, I figured it was time to get mine. Right after 10 people were shot in a new Britain bakery in ct, during a robbery that's all the push I needed. I think it was 1974. Fill out the form, we get the local town permit first. Fill out the state form we automatically get the state permit.
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In the early 80's in Ashland MA. The chief at the time restricted me to 'target and hunting' even though handgun hunting in MA is not allowed and my kids played on a soccer team with his kids.
I became a NRA instructor and eventually moved to Cambridge MA in the late 80's. Ask my ex-wife why. When time to renew I wrote a required letter to accompany my application stating all the reasons why I wanted an unrestricted LTC, a list of about 10 reasons. I also included my resume (2 graduate degrees and a licensed social worker--they love that stuff in Cambridge) as well as my handgun training certs, courses I had taken and taught. Basically, I said "I dare you to reject me". So I got an unrestricted LTC.
The first time I was in a gun shop the clerk asked to see my LTC before allowing me to handle a handgun. He looked at it and showed a coworker and said "Damn, I know Cambridge cops who can't get one of these".
I became a NRA instructor and eventually moved to Cambridge MA in the late 80's. Ask my ex-wife why. When time to renew I wrote a required letter to accompany my application stating all the reasons why I wanted an unrestricted LTC, a list of about 10 reasons. I also included my resume (2 graduate degrees and a licensed social worker--they love that stuff in Cambridge) as well as my handgun training certs, courses I had taken and taught. Basically, I said "I dare you to reject me". So I got an unrestricted LTC.
The first time I was in a gun shop the clerk asked to see my LTC before allowing me to handle a handgun. He looked at it and showed a coworker and said "Damn, I know Cambridge cops who can't get one of these".
S&WIowegan
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My wife and I both got our carry permits right after 9/11/01. Permits were "may issue" at the sole discretion of county sheriffs. Urban sheriffs were anti-gun and rural sheriffs were easy. Finally, about 10years ago the NRA sent a guy to work with the legislature and governor to go shall issue. The permits are 5 year term with only a NICS check. The Des Moines Register newspaper is left-wing anti-gun and had a major fit over the permit law. When the dust cleared, it turned out only a modest percent of citizens would get a permit and carry. Most shootings are either in the ghettos or by crazy meth-heads and none of them have permits.
Dragonwing
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Got mine in WA state in 1973. They asked why I wanted one and I told them "to be legal when going to the range and hunting. I've been renewing it every 7 years since. Glad I got it when I did! I just wish Congress would get off their a_ _ and pass the Bill treating it like a driver's license, being accepted in every state.
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