Paper or plastic? With or without?

[Retired LTC USAR]

Is your "Carry" license made of plastic, similiar to your drivers license, or is it paper? Do you have to list weapons you have qualified with or are going to carry?

In Kentucky, our license is similiar to a drivers license....plastic, picture, name, address, birth date, license number, expire date and address. We do not have to list weapons on our CDWL. These are generated by the State Police.

 

[vigil617]

In North Carolina, our licenses are issued by the sheriffs' offices in our county of residence, but are of course good throughout the state, even if we move. We renew every five years. Mine came laminated, but I live in a populous county with a sheriff's office that has plenty of resources. I don't know if all sheriffs' offices are able to do it this way; maybe some other Tar Heels can throw in on that.

Otherwise, they're plain vanilla. No pictures, and no list of weapons. Being a license holder does allow me to purchase handguns without having to apply for a pistol permit every time, which is a nice benefit.

 

[petepeterson]

In PA, they are issued through the sheriff, as well. Allegheny County issues a laminated card with no listed weapons.

 

[David R]

Plastic card with my drivers license picture on it. Firearms owned are listed on the back of the card and the second card.

County judge has to sign (approve) the permit. The judges secretary or a Civil officer will take care of the paper work.

In MY county I am allowed 16 hand guns of any kind and I can carry any one I want. It must be concealed.

Also in My county I get a purchase coupon, so if I walk into a gunshop, I can leave with the firearm. There are only 2 counties that do that in this state. The rest, you take the invoice for the gun and get it on the permit. Once that is done, they get the purchase coupon to pick up the gun.

David

 

[Ranger17]

just got my WI card which was issued by the state, plastic with my general info but no photo and no gun listing (no strict qualification needed at the class). It's good for 5 years then renewable with a payment, actually got my card in less than 2 weeks from when i sent in my paperwork.

 

[Arik]

In PA, they are issued through the sheriff, as well. Allegheny County issues a laminated card with no listed weapons.

Same in Bucks Co Pa. Laminated, no list. When I first got mine in 2001 it was just a piece of paper. The sheriff photocopied your DL and cut out your picture to paste on your LCF.

Philadelphia used to be like a drivers license. In fact it could be mistaken for a police officer ID card.

 

[Voyager28]

Florida: Plastic with DL type photo. Issued by the State Department of Agriculture. Good for 7 years, no weapons listed. Reciprocal agreements, last time I looked, with 35 states.

Bob

 

[sw1834]

Plastic without weapons here. But I voted I do not need a license. In the state of Wyoming, if you can legally own a gun, you can carry here without a permit. I have a permit so I can carry in other peoples states that aren't as free.

SWCA #1834

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

Ohio's CCW is like Kentucky's, Plastic with a photo and without a weapon listed. However Ohio's certification for retired LEOs is specific to revolver or automatic. If you want to carry both you have to Qualify for both and get separate I.D.s. I believe these persons still qualify for LEO status and can carry in all the LEO only locations (and drink while armed, off duty of course). Licensed civilians can carry but not consume is restaurants & bars. Ivan

 

[one eye joe]

Is your "Carry" license made of plastic, similiar to your drivers license, or is it paper? Do you have to list weapons you have qualified with or are going to carry?

In Kentucky, our license is similiar to a drivers license....plastic, picture, name, address, birth date, license number, expire date and address. We do not have to list weapons on our CDWL. These are generated by the State Police.[/QUOTE

OURS ARE SIMILAR IN THE STATE OF RI. THEY CARRY A FINGERPRINT AND A SIGNATURE AS WELL. YOU CAN CARRY ANY CALIBER WEAPON BELOW THAT WHICH YOU QUALIFY WITH--WHICH IS ALSO NOTED .……..

 

[Biggfoot44]

Somebody. Jump in if I'm mistaken , but I think listing specific weapons by S/n on the physical Lic is just an NY thing. In general there would be an implied requirement that one be legally in posesion of said weapon(s) , which may or may not involve a seperate paper trail and/ or data base in a particular state.

 

[12string]

Florida's CCW is Plastic with photo, no weapon specified

 

[DGT]

Oklahoma has plastic cards. The card lists the "type" of weapon the carrier is approved to carry. Oklahoma recognizes 3 types of handguns; derringers, revolvers and semi automatics. It you quality with a derringer, that is all you are approved to carry. If you qualify with a revolver, you are approved for derringer or revolver. If you qualify with a semi auto, you can carry any of the three.

 

[LedFowl]

In Washington State it's a paper card, which you can have laminated if you like. No photo. No list of handguns.

 

[REM 3200]

In Kentucky, our license is similiar to a drivers license....plastic, picture, name, address, birth date, license number, expire date and address. We do not have to list weapons on our CDWL. These are generated by the State Police.

It is the same way in Mississippi.

 

[NCW Ray]

I second what LedFowl said. In my case I don't need a CPL since I'm a RLEO, but if I did I'd want one made the cheapest way possible...paper is cheap...plastic is not so cheap.

 

[Comrad]

In NJ we don't need a license, just a painful process to get a handgun purchase permit.

 

[Houser52]

I'm in Gaston Co., North Carolina and mine was paper but laminated after I signed it. It has no weapons listed or picture. Renewed every 5 years.

 

[Mainsail]

Difficult to answer accurately given the choices. I don't need a license to carry, only to conceal. My CPL merely allows one more carry option, concealed, but does not require it. It is a paper license but it's laminated with plastic. It's a good stiffness for carding a door if you're locked out.

A list of weapons with which you're qualified?! That made me throw up a little.

 

[NCW Ray]

Difficult to answer accurately given the choices. I don't need a license to carry, only to conceal. My CPL merely allows one more carry option, concealed, but does not require it. It is a paper license but it's laminated with plastic. It's a good stiffness for carding a door if you're locked out.

A list of weapons with which you're qualified?! That made me throw up a little.

Whether they are laminated or not is up to the issuing agency. My county does not, nor does my local PD.

 

[RobzGuns]

In TX, it's Plastic, like a Driver's License, with picture and other DL type info. No list of weapons.

Several new modifications to the Carry laws in the works here, including College Campus carry and Open Carry.

 

[madmikeb]

My ME license is paper, my AZ and NH licenses are plastic with no firearms listed on any of them.

 

[Biggfoot44]

Wowsa ! I am amazed at Okla , having a classification for Derringers ! As a former derringer owner , I am filled with awe at the thought of someone being able to pass a Qualification course with one ! Even if you went downscale in cal for better control the idea of getting hits with the nonexistant sights and 10-20lb trigger pulls. And then all that rapid reloading on the clock with an upsidedown breakopen with that little funky extractor. And to get hits in vaguely the same direction , you'd probably have to single load to always use the same bbl.

Back in the day I had the chance to observe Jerry Barnhart and Cpl Jack Magruder shoot in competion , and my jaw dropped each time. But anyone who could qualify with a Derringer would truely be a Mystic Warrior of the Gun. They should be thusly qualified to carry an lesser mortal handgun.

 

[307-Niner]

As mentioned earlier, no license is required in Wyoming. But my wife & I have ours for when we travel to neighboring states.

It is plastic, and looks very much like the states driver license. No list of weapons...

 

[Jessie]

My county in Va. is county issued, paper, no pic or weapons listed. Good for 5yrs.

 

[4896worker]

Hope I don't spoil mainsails lunch . But in the land of fruits and nuts "California" it is controlled by local law enforcement agency. Most likely the sheriff either cheap rice paper or card always a list of guns you have qualifided with and I have never seen more than 3 allowed.
Since we can only buy one new handgun a month from a ever shrinking list of "safe approved handguns" big brother doesn't think you need anymore on your permit .
Just thankful that we have had some positive court decisions that has made getting a ccw possible . It may take along time I applied in may 2014 just got the call to pick it up .
Hope the rest of the country does not become California.

 

[kennyb]

when I retired from police work I was issued a lifetime permit...I go each year and qualify with the dept.which gives me the same carry option as a sworn officer,meaning all 50 states

 

[Kifaru]

In Colorado at this time, county sheriffs issue permits, and they shall approve or deny (with cause) the application within 90 days. If the finger print results haven't come back within 90 days, they still have to issue the permit if the applicant meets the other criteria. You need to provide proof of an approved firearms class. For example, I believe NRA basic pistol is approved while Colorado hunter's safety is not. We do not have to list or qualify with our actual carry guns. The permit holder has to notify the sheriff before or immediately after changing address, especially if the new address is in a different county from which the permit was originally issued. There is also a provision for a 90-day emergency permit that does not require a class. I don't know any details on that one, paper, plastic, etc. Finally, I'm going by memory here, so if you have specific questions, according to the back of my permit you can look up CRS 18-12-203 to find the actual statute.

 

[BAM-BAM]

In PA, they are issued through the sheriff, as well. Allegheny County issues a laminated card with no listed weapons.

Back in the 70s and 80s they were thin paper and you were not suppose to laminate them (why?)....by the end of the 5 years they would almost fall apart at the folds

...I seem to recall having to list weapons when I first got mine in 78-83? (Somerset and Butler counties)

 

[mustangman]

In TX, it's Plastic, like a Driver's License, with picture and other DL type info. No list of weapons.

Several new modifications to the Carry laws in the works here, including College Campus carry and Open Carry.

Exactly. Easy to mistake one for the other. When I got fingerprinted they took a new pic, but CHL showed up with the same pic as DL.