Kansas Reciprocity?

[jbirds1210]

I ran into this on another forum. I have not had time to verify any of the information. Thanks.
Jason


http://www.accesskansas.org/ksag/Concea ... states.htm

Kansas ' Recognition of other states' Conceal Carry Licenses

On July 1, 2006 Kansas joined 47 other states allowing qualified citizens to carry handguns in a concealed manner. In addition to licensing qualified residents, the Kansas Personal and Family Protection Act (KPFPA) granted authority to the Attorney General to determine which other states' concealed carry licenses would be recognize in the state of Kansas, and to authorize a licensed non-resident to carry a concealed handgun within the borders of Kansas. The KPFPA, found in S.B. 418 (as amended by H.B. 2118), will be codified as K.S.A. §75-7c01 et seq.

According to K.S.A. § 75-7c03(c), the determination of the states recognized is accomplished through an “equal to or greater than� standard. The Attorney General determined that if a state's concealed carry laws contains the following requirements, that state meets the “equal to or greater than� standard;

the state requires a national fingerprint-based background check on its applicants;
a pending arrest/charge for a disqualifying act would subject an applicant/licensee to denial/suspension pending the outcome of that arrest/charge;
formal training on legal issues and the safe handling of firearms is required prior to licensure;
a live fire exercise must be completed to determine an applicants firearm handling and shooting capabilities; and
that the applicants must be at least 21 years of age at the time of application.
Based on a review of the applicable state laws and conversations with officials from each of the respective states, the following 22 states satisfy the requirements listed above:

Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
Colorado
Florida
Hawaii
Kentucky
Louisiana
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
Nevada
New Jersey
New Mexico
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
West Virginia
There is one (1) additional state Wyoming that is pending a determination of whether it will meet the criteria for recognition.

A review of applicable state laws and discussions with state officials from each of the respective states, the following 24 states do not meet the minimum requirements as outlined above:

Alabama - Does not meet age, training, live fire, or pending charges requirements
California - Does not meet the age requirement
Connecticut - Does not have a live fire requirement
Delaware - Does not meet age requirement
Georgia - Does not have either training or live fire requirements
Idaho - Does not have a live fire requirement
Indiana - Does not meet age requirement
Iowa - Does not meet age requirement
Maine - Does not meet age requirement
Maryland - Does not meet age requirement
Massachusetts - Does not have a formal shooting requirement
Mississippi - Does not have a training requirement
Montana - Does not meet age requirement
New Hampshire - Does not meet age or background requirements
New York - Does not meet training requirement
North Dakota - Does not meet age requirement
Oregon - Does not meet the live fire requirement
Pennsylvania - Does not meet training or live fire requirements
Rhode Island - Does not meet training requirement
South Dakota - Does not meet age requirement
Utah - Does not meet live fire requirement
Vermont - Essentially, no requirements at all (no license is issued)
Virginia - Does not meet live fire requirement
Washington - Does not meet training or live fire requirements

[AggieMM]

Yup, Kansas beat us to it. :)

http://www.texasshooting.com/TexasCHL_F ... highlight=

Ryan

[AggieMM]

Updated the map....

http://www.texasshooting.com/TexasCHL_F ... highlight=

Ryan

[tomneal]

The Kansas AG's site MAY have been spoofed.

[tomneal]

Ok.
My mistake.

The Kansas AG's office uses a *.org web site

[Crossfire]

From the DPS website: http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/administra ... htm#kansas

January 30, 2007 Kansas
Effective immediately, Governor Perry has issued a proclamation that allows persons with valid concealed handgun licenses from Kansas to carry in Texas. All Kansas license holders will be required to follow Texas law while carrying concealed in this state including age restrictions and type of weapon permitted. The Kansas Attorney General's office has determined that the Texas Concealed Handgun License Standards meet "the equal to or greater standard" for recognition. Therefore, Texas residents with valid Texas Concealed Handgun Licenses may carry concealed while traveling in Kansas and will be required to follow Kansas law while carrying concealed in that state.

PLEASE NOTE: NON-RESIDENT TEXAS CONCEALED HANDGUN LICENSEE’S WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO CARRY IN KANSAS

[nitrogen]

What is considered a "texas non-resident permit"?
As far as I know, texas only has one kind of permit, do they actually have a non-resident one as well? Or is it as simple as a permit with a non-texas address on it?

[GlockenHammer]

What is considered a "texas non-resident permit"?
As far as I know, texas only has one kind of permit, do they actually have a non-resident one as well? Or is it as simple as a permit with a non-texas address on it?

TX will offer a TX permit to a non-TX resident if their own state does not offer a CHL. States other than TX (KS in this case) may honor TX permits for TX residents (e.g, have a TX DL to go with it) but may choose not to honor the TX permits for non-TX residents. There are other states that do this as well. If you are a Texan, you're okay to carry in KS.