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hirundo82 wrote:

Keith B wrote:The Utah bill passed. So, as of May 10, 2011 you will be required to have a valid concealed handgun license from your state of residence before Utah will issue you a non-resident permit.

That's unfortunate for those who are unable to get a permit from their home state--both those like the Texans who are excluded for some reason other than a conviction, and those in states who rarely issue carry permits. Shame on those instructors whose tactics have led to this change.

I forsee Florida's CWP permit program getting a lot more business now.

I personally see more states moving to not accept non-resident permits. Colorado changed their laws in 2007 to not accept a non-resident license (that is if you are not a resident of the state the license was issued in.) Florida also doesn't honor a non-resident permit, even though they issue them. I personally think we will see this and other measures aimed at preventing non-resident permits from being used/issued if some of those instructors that are out to just make a buck don't stop using deceptive marketing methods and abusing the system.

EconDoc wrote:I saw somewhere that the Utah legislature was also thinking about changing their law to require that non-residents have a CHL or equivalent from their own state of residence before Utah would issue a non-resident permit to them. It has to do with protecting Utah's reciprocity agreements with other states. At least, that was the justification cited. I don't remember where I saw that. Maybe on the NRA-ILA website. If Utah passes that law, then it will moot anything that Texas does for Texas residents. Does anybody know about that?

The Utah bill passed. So, as of May 10, 2011 you will be required to have a valid concealed handgun license from your state of residence before Utah will issue you a non-resident permit.

After December 31, 2011 those that currently have a non-resident Utah permit will be required to send a copy of their state's resident permit to renew their Utah non-resident permit.