It happened. I’m the owner of the elusive New York State Non-Resident Concealed Carry Permit. Still Unrestricted.

By Brandon Curtis

They said it couldn’t be done.

Well, what they really said is that it couldn’t be done easily. As a matter of fact, it was easier than I ever thought.

Here’s the back story.

I grew up in New York and received my concealed carry permit there in 2010. Some years later, I wised up and moved to Florida to continue the business. Let’s face it; it’s a lot easier to run a business in the firearms industry from Florida.

When I changed residency, I never surrendered my NY permit. During this time, one requirement from the SAFE Act was coming due. Permit holders needed to ‘re-certify’ their permit to continue to legally carry. I had missed the deadline for my permit, but I submitted everything anyway. I called the State Police (who handle the re-certification) as well as the county clerk in my county of issuance, just to make sure I was doing everything properly.

I was told that it wouldn’t be any problem to keep my permit as an out-of-state resident since I already had the permit, and also because I didn’t surrender the permit once I became a Florida resident.

Now that my re-certification has been processed, I will head to the …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation