5 Hurdles That Concealed Carriers Face

By Brandon

By Luke McCoy via USA Carry

There are problems concealed carriers have to worry about that most everyone else doesn’t. Police officers are covered under the Law Enforcement Officer Safety Act (LEOSA), which allows them to carry their handguns just about anywhere. People who don’t carry guns in the first place never have to pay attention to signs for state lines, “gun free zones”, or anything of the sort. They just merrily stroll where-ever they please (until danger strikes, but that’s a topic for another article).

In this article, we’re just dealing with the hurdles concealed carriers have to deal with.

The Concealed Carry Licensing Process Itself

Often the biggest hurdle to becoming a concealed carrier is the permitting process. While many states have tried to make the process as simple as possible, there’s still plenty of arguably needless parts that can turn off many potential carriers.

In one recent instance, the State of Utah realized that a few hundred of their licensees had illegible fingerprint data. It’s a common thing. A slight smudge or smear makes the fingerprint illegible to the scanner. Hundreds of concealed carriers had to go back and get their fingerprints …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation