Thread: Concealed carry in Or. & Wa.?

Oregon residents can go to any police or Sheriff office in Washington state and apply for a CPL. $55.25, fill out the form, provide your prints and in 30-60 days it will arrive. No training or classes are required.

Originally Posted by m1gunr

Oregon residents can go to any police or Sheriff office in Washington state and apply for a CPL. $55.25, fill out the form, provide your prints and in 30-60 days it will arrive. No training or classes are required.

Shall issue state

I need answers, My wife and I are planning to get our CPL, I wanted to take the Utah w/ 4 hr Oregon class to get the Oregon, we are Washington residents, a co worker told me the Utah is no good in Washington if you are a resident of Washington?, is this true?, if so I will have to get a seperate Washington also?, I travel Wa.,Or., & Idaho, Utah mainly; thanks in advance for help on this.

Originally Posted by bardahl

I need answers, My wife and I are planning to get our CPL, I wanted to take the Utah w/ 4 hr Oregon class to get the Oregon, we are Washington residents, a co worker told me the Utah is no good in Washington if you are a resident of Washington?, is this true?, if so I will have to get a seperate Washington also?, I travel Wa.,Or., & Idaho, Utah mainly; thanks in advance for help on this.

Washington is a Shall issue state.Just go down and sign up for one,nothing else to do.
Well pay the man the money.

Oregon is still my problem,but I guess I just have to go east to get it.

Originally Posted by bardahl

I need answers, My wife and I are planning to get our CPL, I wanted to take the Utah w/ 4 hr Oregon class to get the Oregon, we are Washington residents, a co worker told me the Utah is no good in Washington if you are a resident of Washington?, is this true?, if so I will have to get a seperate Washington also?, I travel Wa.,Or., & Idaho, Utah mainly; thanks in advance for help on this.

Looks like a Utah permit is good in Washington.
http://www.handgunlaw.us/states/washington.pdf

Originally Posted by Binder

Looks like a Utah permit is good in Washington.
http://www.handgunlaw.us/states/washington.pdf

Only thing I can think of is that some states do not recognize an out of state permit if you are not a resident of that state. (I.E. Colorado recognizes a UT Permit, but ONLY if you are a resident of UT) I have no idea if WA is that way or not.

Thats my question to the law guys on here, will Wa. recognize my Utah CPL if I am a Washington resident without buying Washingtons state permit?

I was thinking along the same lines and a month or so while trying to research it I ran across a website showing concealed carry reciprocity and the chart they had indicated that the out of state permits that were honored excluded WA residents - I don't recall seeing any state that would honor an out of state permit if you are a resident of that state.

Edit: Here is the section of WA law that applies -

RCW 9.41.073
Concealed pistol license — Reciprocity.


(1)(a) A person licensed to carry a pistol in a state the laws of which recognize and give effect in that state to a concealed pistol license issued under the laws of the state of Washington is authorized to carry a concealed pistol in this state if:

(i) The licensing state does not issue concealed pistol licenses to persons under twenty-one years of age; and

(ii) The licensing state requires mandatory fingerprint-based background checks of criminal and mental health history for all persons who apply for a concealed pistol license.

(b) This section applies to a license holder from another state only while the license holder is not a resident of this state. A license holder from another state must carry the handgun in compliance with the laws of this state.

(2) The attorney general shall periodically publish a list of states the laws of which recognize and give effect in that state to a concealed pistol license issued under the laws of the state of Washington and which meet the requirements of subsection (1)(a)(i) and (ii) of this section.

This was found here: RCW 9.41.073: Concealed pistol license ? Reciprocity.

Originally Posted by bardahl

Thats my question to the law guys on here, will Wa. recognize my Utah CPL if I am a Washington resident without buying Washingtons state permit?

NO. As a resident you must obtain your Washington CPL.

Originally Posted by mjbskwim

Where is Grant co?
OK eastern Oregon.What's the county seat?

County Seat is Canyon City and is two miles south of John Day on HWY 395.

http://www.northwestfirearms.com/mem...lenn-E.-Palmer

He's a member here. You should be able to get it touch with him this way.

Originally Posted by orygun

County Seat is Canyon City and is two miles south of John Day on HWY 395.

http://www.northwestfirearms.com/mem...lenn-E.-Palmer

He's a member here. You should be able to get it touch with him this way.

Thank you sir.Now just need to get over that way.

Originally Posted by mjbskwim

Thank you sir.Now just need to get over that way.

Send him a message. He often comes to the Vancouver area just for this kind of thing.

I noticed the link appeared to cut the G off of Glenn....

Yeah still 3 4 hours away from Vancouver.This spring I will get going on this.
Thanks again

Another +1 for Grant County OR. I went there, Sheriff Palmer and all of his staff are awesome, friendly, and helpful. He accepted my NRA Basic Pistol as training, and I had my permit in a few weeks.

I also appreciated the irony since I live in Grant County WA

Cool little town too.


Also, NRA Basic Pistol is sufficient to get your Arizona or Florida permit, and if you have a WA CPL, that is more effective for 'nearly nationwide' carry than Utah.

Arizona is $60, is recognized everywhere Florida is (Except WA and FL, both of which are covered by your WA CPL), and doesn't require passport photos, notarization, etc. They'll send you the kit for free, just email them and ask:

Arizona DPS

I'm still gonna get FL eventually because it's more well known, but AZ is all I need. No plan to get Utah at all.