cvhoss

A lot depends on if and where you ever plan to travel. One thing to remember is that almost all non-resident permits take time to receive and if you decide to take a trip someplace your not covered with your current permits, you can't pick up a Utah or Florida permit overnight. By my tally, a Utah permit would add:

Wyoming, New Mexico, North Dakota, Minnesota, Alabama, Georgia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania & Delaware

to your Washington resident and Oregon non-resident permits.

Besides my Kansas license, I also have New Hampshire and Utah non-resident licenses. Besides reciprocity, two of the best reasons I can think of for having multiple licenses are a renewal hang-up with a license or relocation. If my renewal notice were to be lost in the mail or something, my current permit may actually expire before I am able to get everything straightened out. By having multiple permits, I'm still covered, at least partially. If I were to move out of Kansas, my Kansas license would immediately become invalid. However, the state I move to may have residency requirements that I may have to live there a certain amount of time before being able to apply for a resident license from that state. By having other non-resident licenses already, I will still be covered in several locations and possibly even in the state that I moved to.

When you break down the cost of a license, it's usually pretty small considering how many years they are valid for, usually less than the cost of one box of ammunition per year.

Hoss

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tsaphah

Thanks for all the thoughts.

Having some overlap for renewal is a good thought. Somehow (perhaps wrongly) I think that if I have a permit in multiple states I'm saying "this is important to me", and increase permit holder numbers which might be of benefit later down the road making the argument that it's important to X number of people.

Money isn't particularly tight right now, so maybe I'll take the Oregon + Utah class, and also get the WA permit. The WA sheriff I talked to will issue me an non-resident before I move up there, and then charge a $5 change of address fee... at least then all will be legal once I get up there versus waiting for the Utah permit to go through.

Thanks everyone.

[edit] If anyone comes up with another reason to specifically get a Utah permit still chime in [/edit]

Amnesia Wes

Has there ever been a situation, whereby a State changes their non-resident CCW permit laws and refused to issue renewals to already existing Non-Resident Permit holders?

I understand Orange County, Ca. is having some trouble with their "new Shiriff in town".

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retsupt99

Don't...the extra $85 allows you to protect your property.

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