I'm planning to take a road trip to Disney with a Utah ccw. I plan on taking a night in north carolina. What should I be prepared to do in each state. I know that md, sc I can't carry but where do I store my gun while driving? And what do I do in florida?

Unless you re a Utah Resident your permit is not recognized by Florida.

So you cant do anything.

 

 

http://licgweb.doacs.state.fl.us/news/concealed_carry.html

 

QUESTION 5. I have a concealed carry permit from one of the states with which Florida has reciprocity, but I am not a resident of that state. Can I carry legally while visiting a Florida?

 

No. Florida, like Michigan and New Hampshire, has a residency requirement in its reciprocity law. Florida does not recognize non-resident concealed carry permits from other states.

I believe in Florida you can keep the gun in the glove box without a valid CCW and keep it in your hotel room. Utah nonresident is definitely not valid there.

 

I'm not 100% sure on this but this is what the statutes seem to indicate.

 

In SC you can lock the gun in your glove box. Yes, it can be loaded. If pulled over just tell the officer that you have a gun in the glove box if your license/registration is there before reaching for it. Never been pulled over in SC and I drive fast there (speed limit is 70mph in parts of 95).

 

In MD it should be just like NJ - in the trunk, unloaded, ammo separate and in a case.

Damn....that's quite a bit to remember......at what point does someone just say "fugg it" and leave it in the trunk or at home?

Damn....that's quite a bit to remember......at what point does someone just say "fugg it" and leave it in the trunk or at home?

 

Never! Be fastidious and current in your knowledge of the state laws and always travel well armed.

Never! Be fastidious and current in your knowledge of the state laws and always travel well armed.

 

I hear you but I like to keep things simple....If I have to stop at just about every state border and attempt to comply with some vague carry and transportation law just so I can say I carried, it's not worth it IMHO. Yeah, yeah I know it's a dangerous world out there and It's my right as an American.... but I've driven to the Keys perhaps 30 times without incident, so I think I can make it there again in one piece without having to have an encyclopedic knowledge of each state laws in order for me to drive there once again and remain in one piece.

If I was to sweat having to go on any trip without a firearm either in my shorts,center counsel,glove box or trunk...I'd never leave the frigging house.

Damn....that's quite a bit to remember......at what point does someone just say "fugg it" and leave it in the trunk or at home?

 

Yeah..... I dont get that crazy.....

 

If I am allowed to CCW in the particular state, then I do.... If not, then it is cased, and in the trunk. I dont want to deal with the Glovebox stuff....

Yeah..... I dont get that crazy.....

 

If I am allowed to CCW in the particular state, then I do.... If not, then it is cased, and in the trunk. I dont want to deal with the Glovebox stuff....

Pretty much. I get the impression that some of these gentlemen with all the various CCW permits go out of their way both in distance and effort just to say they carried or justify their time and expense. If I was allowed to carry in north bumfuck but north bumfuck has nothing to interest me....why the hell would I go there? Just to boast I carried? Sometimes the man don't out grow the boy.......

It's really not a lot to remember.

 

Pack your gun in your trunk unloaded in NJ and ammo separate. Put on your holster to make things easier.

 

Hit the road headed south.

 

You will briefly pass through Delaware where you can legally carry but it's not worth it just to stop to carry there.

 

Once you clear MD/DC and hit VA, take a stop for fuel or a snack. Load your pistol, strap on and hit the road.

 

Once you are about to hit SC, put the gun in the glove box or console. Don't worry you will know with the bazillion south of the border signs.

 

Once you pass SC, and are in GA you can take the pistol out and put it back on. Stop at a rest stop if you feel comfortable. When you are about to hit the gunshine state put it back in the glove box.

 

Easy.

....then you do the hokey pokey,,,,and that what it's all about.... All together now.....

Yeah well it sucks that we don't have national ccw. Can't do anything about that yet, if ever. Really, it's not much more than what you'd do on a normal road trip.

Yeah driving to FL with a carry is just as simple as stopping after MD at whatever rest stop you're eating or pissing at and moving the firearm from the trunk to the holster. Then throw it in the glovebook for SC, no stop necessary. [edit: I realize now that OP doesn't have the FL non-res permit]

 

Driving west from NJ is even easier. Once you're on the PA turnpike, load up at whatever rest stop you were already going to stop at

 

The only trip with an annoyance factor is driving to New England thru the SAFE state

 

As for permits, you can bang them all out in one fell swoop. Especially if you go to GFH since they have a C.O.P. available to sign off on those applications that require it. Can't be more than a couple hundred bucks for 5+ permits that last an average of 4 years (off the top of my head). It used to seem silly to get permits from multiple states but that strategy has been validated by the changes in PA reciprocity.

 

Personally I am out of state a few months out of the year so it's a no brainer for me. I have permits from a lot of states and I always carry without even thinking about it. I dunno who these people are that travel somewhere just because they can carry there but that does seem a little dopey. The only thing I'd do that is remotely similar to that is using a down day in Vegas to get qualified for a non-res NV permit and stop by the Sheriff's office to submit the application.

 

My $0.02

Just be aware of the 'duty to inform' laws in North Carolina http://www.handgunlaw.us/states/northcarolina.pdf'>http://www.handgunlaw.us/states/northcarolina.pdf and South Carolina (if passing through there) http://www.handgunlaw.us/states/southcarolina.pdf'>http://www.handgunlaw.us/states/southcarolina.pdf .

 

http://www.handgunlaw.us/

If you really want to play it safe just keep it in the glovebox from VA southwards.

 

My main reason for a firearm in the car when on a road trip is a potential last resort safeguard for a road rage encounter. If someone decides to ruin my day and come at me with a tire iron or even another firearm I want to be prepared. And I really do mean LAST resort.