Finally did its!

[jabatam]

I finally got off my ass and mailed in my application, with all supporting documentation, to the Florida Department of Agriculture for my non-resident Florida CCL! It was nearly a year ago when I took the required handgun safety course. I just haven't done anything with it because I live in Indiana and already have a lifetime Indiana handgun carry license. Now I play the waiting game...

 

[applessshch]

Good for you.
What was your reasoning for getting one in Florida when you don't live there, might I ask?

 

[RJ_Whitlock]

Good for you.
What was your reasoning for getting one in Florida when you don't live there, might I ask?

It's allows you to carry in more states. I plan on getting my Utah permit, I can carry in 24 states with my resident MN permit. If I get a Utah non-resident permit combined with my MN permit I can carry in 33 states.

 

[jabatam]

Good for you.
What was your reasoning for getting one in Florida when you don't live there, might I ask?

Allows me to carry in more states, the most important being Indiana's neighbor to the east...Ohio. My Indiana permit isn't reciprocated there but Florida's is

 

[eagleeyes]

glad i live in florida Link Removed

 

[jabatam]

glad i live in florida Link Removed

Nope! The only clean beaches I've seen were outside the US in the Cayman islands and Mexico

 

[nofrets1]

Do you travel to all those states?

 

[Stan45]

I live in Colorado and have a Florida out of state CCW.
I have family in states that Colorado permit does not have reciprocity with.

 

[jabatam]

Three weeks to the day! Just got it in the mail today!

 

[K7lvo]

Three weeks to the day! Just got it in the mail today!

Nice! I'll be sending my app in soon. What safety course did you take?

 

[jabatam]

Nice! I'll be sending my app in soon. What safety course did you take?

This one here...Florida Non-Resident Permit | Defensive Handgun Training. It made for a really long day (3 hour drive there, 12 hour courses, and a 3 hour drive backs) but the guy knew his stuff

 

[jabatam]

Do you travel to all those states?

Most of them no but you never know when I might get a wild hair up my ass and decide to take a road trip. No I mostly got it for those few times a year when I want to go to Cincinnatti because, like I said, Ohio doesn't reciprocate Indiana's license

 

[Numenor]

I really wish we had national reciprocity. My parents live in NY, but given the stupidity of the firearm laws up there I can't even take my pistol into the state. That and I'd have to drive through Maryland which is also rather crappy when it comes to pistols.

 

[K7lvo]

This one here...Florida Non-Resident Permit | Defensive Handgun Training. It made for a really long day (3 hour drive there, 12 hour courses, and a 3 hour drive backs) but the guy knew his stuff

Thanks for the reply. That's a little out of my range from Oregon.
However, I was digging through their site and saw (again) that they accept ID card for current Military and DD214s for prior military. While I can't locate my DD 214, I did find one of my expired ID cards. I'll call them Monday and see if that will work. Hey, it don't hurt to ask.

 

[jabatam]

Thanks for the reply. That's a little out of my range from Oregon.
However, I was digging through their site and saw (again) that they accept ID card for current Military and DD214s for prior military. While I can't locate my DD 214, I did find one of my expired ID cards. I'll call them Monday and see if that will work. Hey, it don't hurt to ask.

Yeah that's what the website says but I've been told that they don't. Either way, I found out after I took the course so I sent in both the course certificate and my DD-214