Non Resident Permits

[Shinesintx]

Yup, Utah had to watch out for their own residents (read: voters) ahead of the interests of non-residents.

With reciprocity lost in several states, and several more states that were considering dropping them, they had to do what they had to do. It's nice that they only required a home state permit in states with reciprocity. The requirement was narrowly-tailored to fix the problem at hand and not do any more harm than necessary.

Personally, if you live in TX, I'd say get a TX CHL. Sure, it's legal to get another state's permit or CHL, but I've seen first hand some of the hassles you can get in when a police officer doesn't know carrying on another state's permit is legal for TX residents. Same for New Mexico. DPS doesn't have a legal leg to stand on to require NM residents to get a NM CHL, but they interpret the law creatively to make hassles for those who do otherwise.

Saving $100-200 can start getting pretty expensive if you get yourself arrested, even if the charges are dropped.

Personally, I have shown my Utah license several times to Texas and Oklahoma LEO's...no issues.

I received my Utah permit before Utah changed the law. Some of yall might not realize it, but Florida is actually a better state for Texans to get their permits from....especially if one is a Texan and does not want to get a Texas license.

[Jumping Frog]

The whole reason that NV came up was that I had a meeting to go to in LV. So while I was there I was going to get my NV, OH, and FL permits because they have a couple folks with combined classes.

Just a clarification, in case I am misunderstanding you. But no-one can get an OH Concealed handgun License unless they are an Ohio resident. Ohio does not offer non-resident licenses.

If you meant acquire a non-resident license from AZ or FL or UT to get reciprocity with Ohio, that is fine.