caverjamie
Sharpshooter
I stopped posting on here after getting negative reputation for agreeing with a police officers blog entry. I still visit and read posts periodically though. Just before that happened I had asked about Arizona permit training requirements and had gotten what turned out to be incomplete information. I don't really care about my reputation in the electronic world, but I figure I ought to let other Hoosiers know about this stuff for the real world. I searched and did not see any reference to the revised AZ regulations...
I'll try to not make this too confusing but there are so many possible combinations. I am all about getting the most bang for my buck - in this case, as much reciprocity as possible for effort and cash. I have a Utah non-resident permit. This gives me several states - but not NM or KS. Now the FL permit will give you those for a price. I want them, but I don't want to pay for a FL permit. Instead, you can pay $60 and get an AZ permit without too much trouble. Several types of training can suffice, including(!) any NRA basic pistol training (which is what I'm using to get one). This recently changed from their old requirement of having a AZ approved training conducted in AZ. The regulation covering this is located at:
13-3112 - Concealed weapons; qualification; application; permit to carry; civil penalty; report; applicability
Specifically 13-3112 (N) 4
"4. Completion of any national rifle association firearms safety or training course."
I still intend to keep my UT permit active. The funny thing is, the UT permit includes WA and MN but not KS or NM. The AZ permit is the exact opposite! So here's the cut and dry. To renew my AZ AND UT permit will cost a total of $53 every five years. The FL permit will cost $117 every 7 years for the same states, except you still won't be able to carry in MN. It is definitely a rediculous patchwork of regulations to sort through. I like this site to do it graphically:
Concealed Carry Permit Reciprocity Maps
Hope this helps some travelling Hoosiers...
I'll try to not make this too confusing but there are so many possible combinations. I am all about getting the most bang for my buck - in this case, as much reciprocity as possible for effort and cash. I have a Utah non-resident permit. This gives me several states - but not NM or KS. Now the FL permit will give you those for a price. I want them, but I don't want to pay for a FL permit. Instead, you can pay $60 and get an AZ permit without too much trouble. Several types of training can suffice, including(!) any NRA basic pistol training (which is what I'm using to get one). This recently changed from their old requirement of having a AZ approved training conducted in AZ. The regulation covering this is located at:
13-3112 - Concealed weapons; qualification; application; permit to carry; civil penalty; report; applicability
Specifically 13-3112 (N) 4
"4. Completion of any national rifle association firearms safety or training course."
I still intend to keep my UT permit active. The funny thing is, the UT permit includes WA and MN but not KS or NM. The AZ permit is the exact opposite! So here's the cut and dry. To renew my AZ AND UT permit will cost a total of $53 every five years. The FL permit will cost $117 every 7 years for the same states, except you still won't be able to carry in MN. It is definitely a rediculous patchwork of regulations to sort through. I like this site to do it graphically:
Concealed Carry Permit Reciprocity Maps
Hope this helps some travelling Hoosiers...
You noticed the same thing I did...the wording is:
