PA now honors VA CCW

[ZeSpectre]

Full article here... http://www2.vcdl.org/webapps/vcdl/vadetail.html?RECID=1024934



Pennsylvania and Virginia have now signed a reciprocity agreement!

Effective immediately any person with a valid Virginia concealed
carry permit can carry concealed in Pennsylvania.

Here is a link to Pennsylvania's reciprocity web page:

http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/crime.aspx?id=184

Their reciprocity map hasn't been updated yet, but scroll down and
you will see that Virginia has been added to the reciprocal list.

Here is a link to the actual agreement:

http://tinyurl.com/y27lun

NOTE: Virginia has NOT YET posted the equivalent document on the
Virginia State Police web site. For anyone who has a Pennsylvania
CHP and wishes to carry using that permit in Virginia, I strongly
suggest that you print out a copy of the signed reciprocity agreement
and carry it with you until the VA State Police update their web site.

The agreement has been a long time coming and this is a very
important agreement for both states.

Pennsylvania has over 575,000 permit holders and Virginia has almost 140,000.

Thanks to EM and newsletter editor, Andrew Amarine, for the link.

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[gdvan01]

Excellent!

 

[Aguila Blanca]

The way I read the memorandum, there is no mention of "resident," so it appears that each state will recognize non-resident permits issued by the other. Which is good news for me, because I have a PA non-resident permit.

 

[Shovelhead]

Now if we could only get the politicians in Maryland to pull their head out.....
We could drive through MD to GET to PA.

from packing.org
Date updated: Aug 26, 2005 @ 9:30 pm

Maryland:
Article 27 SEC. 36B.

Any person who shall wear, carry, or transport any handgun, whether concealed or open, upon or about his person, and any person who shall wear, carry, or knowingly transport any handgun, whether concealed or open, in any vehicle traveling upon the public roads, highways, waterways, or airways or upon roads or parking lots generally used by the public in this State shall be guilty of a misdemeanor

 

[wdlsguy]

Now if we could only get the politicians in Maryland to pull their head out.....
We could drive through MD to GET to PA.

You know about the federal peaceable journey law, right?

 

[Shovelhead]

Yes I have heard of it.
But if you look at Packing.org's Maryland page, under peaceable journey, it links to the Carry Without A Permit page that I quoted.
Does the "US Code" trump the Maryland state law?
And are you willing to spend some time with Maryland's "finest" to find out?

From your link:

Notwithstanding any other provision of any law or any rule or regulation of a State or any political subdivision thereof, any person who is not otherwise prohibited by this chapter from transporting, shipping, or receiving a firearm shall be entitled to transport a firearm for any lawful purpose from any place where he may lawfully possess and carry such firearm to any other place where he may lawfully possess and carry such firearm if, during such transportation the firearm is unloaded, and neither the firearm nor any ammunition being transported is readily accessible or is directly accessible from the passenger compartment of such transporting vehicle: Provided, That in the case of a vehicle without a compartment separate from the driver’s compartment the firearm or ammunition shall be contained in a locked container other than the glove compartment or console.

 

[wdlsguy]

Does the "US Code" trump the Maryland state law?

In this case, yes.

And are you willing to spend some time with Maryland's "finest" to find out?

Shouldn't be necessary, since the Maryland State Police seem to understand 18 USC 926a:

Q. Can I legally transport firearms interstate?
A. Yes, under Title 18, Section 926A, of the United States Code, a person
who is not prohibited from possessing, transporting, shipping, or receiving
a firearm shall be entitled to transport a firearm for any lawful purpose
from any place where he may lawfully possess and carry such firearm to
any place where he may lawfully possess and carry such firearm if, during
such transportation the firearm is unloaded, neither the firearm nor any
ammunition being transported is readily accessible or is directly accessible
from the passenger compartment. In the case the vehicle does not have a
compartment separate from the driver's compartment the firearm or
ammunition shall be contained in a locked compartment other than the
glove compartment or console.

http://www.mdsp.org/downloads/Licensing_Faq.pdf

"notwithstanding = "in spite of".

 

[Norton]

That's excellent. More and more reason that I need to get my VA non-resident permit. I wish WV would recognize the VA non-resident permit so that I could CCW while down there.

 

[Shovelhead]

Thanks for that clarification.
I'll have to dust of the thesaurus once in awhile I guess.