A CC Q for you guys...

[Guest SingleStack45]

I am currently a Florida resident with a Florida Concealed Carry License.

I hope to move to Tenn. in the next year or so...and here is what I am wondering...

1. Do I need to be a citizen of Tenn for a certain period of time before I can apply for the Tenn. Handgun Carry Permit...or could I apply whenever? (I seem to recall that state citizenship is required...right?)

2. If I have begun the process of establishing citizenship in Tenn. (ie: obtained a DL, gotten phone service, power service, established a mailing address etc)..can I carry on my Florida license in the meantime? (assuming that I have converted it to a Florida Non-Resident license with my correct Tenn. address)

I ask...in part because it seems like it could take quite awhile to obtain my Tenn. permit...and I have carried daily for over 15 years...and also like was said in another thread...crime is everywhere...even in small town Tenn.

[BigPoppa]

Tennessee will honor your Florida credentials for up to six months after you move here.

I'd probably take the class as soon as you get a Tennessee address, so you will have some overlap while you wait on the Tennessee HCP.

http://state.tn.us/safety/handgun/reciprocity.htm

When you get here................welcome to The Volunteer State !

[Guest GLOCKGUY]

welcome to TGO

[Guest nj.piney]

welcome

[towerclimber37]

BigPoppa is correct and also makes a GREAT point! you can, if I'm not mistaken, just get it transferred to Tn without taking the class, but taking the class is a good idea since much of it is aquainting you with Tn. Handgun Carry law.

oh..and here we don't have to carry concealed

it's a HANDGUN Carry Permit..not a Concealed Carry Permit.

I would still advocate Concealed carry 90% of the time, that's just common sense though. Some folks tend to act like an ass when they see a firearm , for some reason and there's no reason to buy trouble or hassle when you don't need to.

[BigPoppa]

Thanks TowerClimber. and you're right about carrying concealed. It really saves a lot of trouble. "Just because you CAN doesn't mean you SHOULD."

if I'm not mistaken, just get it transferred to Tn without taking the class, but taking the class is a good idea since much of it is aquainting you with Tn. Handgun Carry law.

Actually, he's going to have to take the class. Florida is one of the states that TDOS says their training requirement is not substantially similar to ours, so he'll have to take the HCP course......(I know a terrific HCP instructor ) but he should only have to pay the $ 50.00 renewal fee and not the $ 115.

Edited July 13, 2008 by BigPoppa

[Guest Todd@CIS]

I know a terrific HCP instructor

Hey, thanks Buddy!

[towerclimber37]

Hey Frank, where in TN are you moving to?

[Guest SingleStack45]

Macon County area...

How difficult is it to become a HCP Instructor? I am an NRA Instructor...and am in the process of developing a concealed carry class in my current area. Here...the NRA certification is all I need...but as I understand it...there's more to it in Tn.

[BigPoppa]

PM'ed you SingleStack

[John Wall]

As far as moving to Tn from Fl with HCP.

"Applicant must complete the application and pay the applicable renewal fee of Fifty dollars ($50.00) and complete approved handgun safety course."

Cut and pasted from TCA's.