Concealed permit application question...

[Arubagirl2000]

Where can hubby get a picture taken to put on his concealed permit application that meets their requirements? We are new here and not sure where to go or how much.

[elevatorman]

Walgreens, Walmart or anyplace a passport photo is taken.

[John_W]

I got mine at CVS for $10 about a month ago, just tell them you want a passport photo and they'll give you two prints.

[scrapperonce]

If you belong to AAA they do it for free.

[asianthree]

sams club

[Papa]

Where can hubby get a picture taken to put on his concealed permit application that meets their requirements? We are new here and not sure where to go or how much.

I just went to Tampa, gave then my NRA training certificate, old MA concealed carry license, and they took fingerprints, photo, and I filled in the application online right there. Took about 15 minutes. You should just call and set up an appointment. Got my concealed carry license in the mail 3 weeks later.

[Figmo Bohica]

A word of advice to all of you who get your concealed carry permit without taking a class on the laws of Florida concerning concealed carry. The money spent on a good class of the requirements and laws is well worth the time and money. Florida is easy to get a concealed license but it is also easy to violate the concealed carry law and spend time in jail. Go take a good class. You will be glad that you did.

Then find a range and practice with our concealed carry firearm.

Anyone can PM me for information on a class or where to find a good range.

[blue72]

As a retired LEO who worked in NY, MD, and Fla, I can promise you, the laws are different in many states relative to carry. Florida has many restrictions on the carry laws which you may not be USED TO. Other states have free carry thoughout. Don't get arrested due to not being schooled on the Florida stautes. :ohdear:

[getdul981]

I just went to Tampa, gave then my NRA training certificate, old MA concealed carry license, and they took fingerprints, photo, and I filled in the application online right there. Took about 15 minutes. You should just call and set up an appointment. Got my concealed carry license in the mail 3 weeks later.

Why did you go to Tampa?

[wendyquat]

We went to Tampa also vjust for the convenience of getting it all done in one place.

[Figmo Bohica]

Why did you go to Tampa?

Sending in the application can take between 60 and 90 days. Doing all the paperwork in Tempa, usually you will have your permit in hand within 2 ot 3 weeks. Besides, Tempa has some really good shopping areas. Wife enjoyed the trip, got to shop, I got processed quickly and got to see some new parts of Florida. BTW, there are also some really great eateries there.

[Joaniesmom]

A word of advice to all of you who get your concealed carry permit without taking a class on the laws of Florida concerning concealed carry. The money spent on a good class of the requirements and laws is well worth the time and money. Florida is easy to get a concealed license but it is also easy to violate the concealed carry law and spend time in jail. Go take a good class. You will be glad that you did.

Then find a range and practice with our concealed carry firearm.

Anyone can PM me for information on a class or where to find a good range.

Thank you, Figmo.

The voice of reason. It's still beyond me why people seem to feel the need to carry concealed weapons in Paradise. Next we'll see mounted cannons on the golf cars.

BTW I promise to attend one of your classes when get down there. It's only fair.

[Figmo Bohica]

Thank you, Figmo.

The voice of reason. It's still beyond me why people seem to feel the need to carry concealed weapons in Paradise. Next we'll see mounted cannons on the golf cars.

BTW I promise to attend one of your classes when get down there. It's only fair.

I guess those folks at the Empire State Building thought they were in Paradise also. Seems that the ones that were suppost to protect us are the ones that shot all those by-standers. Interesting enough, you are more likely to get shoot by the police, 11% chance, as shoot be a concealed permit holder, 2% chance. GunFActs 6.0, google it. Really interesting reading. Remember no place is paradise. Bad things happen everywhere, just some place bad things happen more often. No place is absolutely safe.

Be looking forward to seeing you in one of our classes. You will learn a lot and have fun doing it.

[gerryann]

Packing heat may backfire. People who carry guns are far likelier to get shot – and killed – than those who are unarmed, a study of shooting victims in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has found.

It would be impractical – not to say unethical – to randomly assign volunteers to carry a gun or not and see what happens. So Charles Branas's team at the University of Pennsylvania analysed 677 shootings over two-and-a-half years to discover whether victims were carrying at the time, and compared them to other Philly residents of similar age, sex and ethnicity. The team also accounted for other potentially confounding differences, such as the socioeconomic status of their neighbourhood.

Despite the US having the highest rate of firearms-related homicide in the industrialised world, the relationship between gun culture and violence is poorly understood. A recent study found that treating violence like an infectious disease led to a dramatic fall in shootings and killings.

Overall, Branas's study found that people who carried guns were 4.5 times as likely to be shot and 4.2 times as likely to get killed compared with unarmed citizens. When the team looked at shootings in which victims had a chance to defend themselves, their odds of getting shot were even higher.

While it may be that the type of people who carry firearms are simply more likely to get shot, it may be that guns give a sense of empowerment that causes carriers to overreact in tense situations, or encourages them to visit neighbourhoods they probably shouldn't, Branas speculates. Supporters of the Second Amendment shouldn't worry that the right to bear arms is under threat, however. "We don't have an answer as to whether guns are protective or perilous," Branas says. "This study is a beginning."

Daniel Webster, co-director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research in Baltimore, Maryland, thinks it is near-sighted to consider only the safety of gun owners and not their communities. "It affects others a heck of a lot more," he says.

Journal reference: American Journal of Public Health, DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.143099

[Arubagirl2000]

I guess those folks at the Empire State Building thought they were in Paradise also. Seems that the ones that were suppost to protect us are the ones that shot all those by-standers. Interesting enough, you are more likely to get shoot by the police, 11% chance, as shoot be a concealed permit holder, 2% chance. GunFActs 6.0, google it. Really interesting reading. Remember no place is paradise. Bad things happen everywhere, just some place bad things happen more often. No place is absolutely safe.

Be looking forward to seeing you in one of our classes. You will learn a lot and have fun doing it.

How do I find out about your classes for my hubby?

[wendyquat]

I can assure you if our Right to Bear Arms is revoked, those who would do evil will STILL be able to find a weapon when they want to commit a crime!

[Figmo Bohica]

Packing heat may backfire. People who carry guns are far likelier to get shot – and killed – than those who are unarmed, a study of shooting victims in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has found.

It would be impractical – not to say unethical – to randomly assign volunteers to carry a gun or not and see what happens. So Charles Branas's team at the University of Pennsylvania analysed 677 shootings over two-and-a-half years to discover whether victims were carrying at the time, and compared them to other Philly residents of similar age, sex and ethnicity. The team also accounted for other potentially confounding differences, such as the socioeconomic status of their neighbourhood.

Despite the US having the highest rate of firearms-related homicide in the industrialised world, the relationship between gun culture and violence is poorly understood. A recent study found that treating violence like an infectious disease led to a dramatic fall in shootings and killings.

Overall, Branas's study found that people who carried guns were 4.5 times as likely to be shot and 4.2 times as likely to get killed compared with unarmed citizens. When the team looked at shootings in which victims had a chance to defend themselves, their odds of getting shot were even higher.

While it may be that the type of people who carry firearms are simply more likely to get shot, it may be that guns give a sense of empowerment that causes carriers to overreact in tense situations, or encourages them to visit neighbourhoods they probably shouldn't, Branas speculates. Supporters of the Second Amendment shouldn't worry that the right to bear arms is under threat, however. "We don't have an answer as to whether guns are protective or perilous," Branas says. "This study is a beginning."

Daniel Webster, co-director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research in Baltimore, Maryland, thinks it is near-sighted to consider only the safety of gun owners and not their communities. "It affects others a heck of a lot more," he says.

Journal reference: American Journal of Public Health, DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.143099

Google Gun FActs 6.0 The study you mentioned is flawed, as most of those that were shot were gang members, not ordinary citizens. Flawed study, flawed information.

[gerryann]

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[QUOTE]

You are obviously an expert regarding handgun safety. I do not want to turn this political. I hope that every person that is in need of instruction become instructed properly.

[2 Oldcrabs]

I have guns to protect my home but, why would you carry when you are inside the bubble? TV is not New York, Philadelphia or other high crime area. I know people will say "outsiders" can come in but, have we had any instances? What are you going to do , shoot a Drunk or someone who cut you off while driving?:duck:

[paulandjean]

Google Gun FActs 6.0 The study you mentioned is flawed, as most of those that were shot were gang members, not ordinary citizens. Flawed study, flawed information.

You stated flawed study,by who? "Gun Facts"? Seem to believe the University of Penn as more reliable......

[Down Sized]

I just went to Tampa, gave then my NRA training certificate, old MA concealed carry license, and they took fingerprints, photo, and I filled in the application online right there. Took about 15 minutes. You should just call and set up an appointment. Got my concealed carry license in the mail 3 weeks later.

I am doing the same thing. Less hassle & I want to see Tampa. First appointment was 9/29 though.

[Texan]

Can you share the name of location, address and contact info in Tampa?

[Down Sized]

Tampa Regional Office - Division of Licensing, FDACS (http://licgweb.doacs.state.fl.us/staff/tampa.html)

[OpusX1]

I have guns to protect my home but, why would you carry when you are inside the bubble? TV is not New York, Philadelphia or other high crime area. I know people will say "outsiders" can come in but, have we had any instances? What are you going to do , shoot a Drunk or someone who cut you off while driving?:duck:

It is far better to carry and not need than it is to need and not have.

[gerryann]

It is far better to carry and not need than it is to need and not have.

But....carrying it around in TV? When you socialize, do you carry it? When drinking do you carry it? Under what circumstance in TV would you use it? What would threaten you enough here and cause you to use it? Do you tell friends at social gatherings that you are armed? Have you encountered a situation here in TV where you needed it?

I fully understand and believe in your "right" to carry it.....I just have a problem with you carrying it in a retirement community.

[EdV]

But....carrying it around in TV? When you socialize, do you carry it? When drinking do you carry it? Under what circumstance in TV would you use it? What would threaten you enough here and cause you to use it? Do you tell friends at social gatherings that you are armed? Have you encountered a situation here in TV where you needed it?

I fully understand and believe in your "right" to carry it.....I just have a problem with you carrying it in a retirement community.

Obtaining the license means that you can carry, not that you must carry or will always carry.

[gerryann]

Obtaining the license means that you can carry, not that you must carry or will always carry.

You're certainly correct...unfortunately not everyone agrees. I've seen posts here by folks who DO carry in TV......just not the place for it....that's all I'm saying.

[EdV]

The original post and subject of this thread was a procedural question concerning obtaining photographs for a concealed carry permit. And this would not be the first time that the mere mention of a CCW license elicited off topic challenges about the need to carry in TV even though the original post contained no mention of the need or desire to do so.

[Down Sized]

But....carrying it around in TV? When you socialize, do you carry it? When drinking do you carry it? Under what circumstance in TV would you use it? What would threaten you enough here and cause you to use it? Do you tell friends at social gatherings that you are armed? Have you encountered a situation here in TV where you needed it?

I fully understand and believe in your "right" to carry it.....I just have a problem with you carrying it in a retirement community.
Some of us go outside the B U B B L E

[Down Sized]

Would feel safer in Orlando with your umbrella?:confused:

[ugotme]

What would threaten you enough here and cause you to use it?

Actually, the same thing that would threaten me anywhere else. Hopefully you will NEVER need it but it certainly would be better to have if ever needed - here or anywhere else.

[gerryann]

Some of us go outside the B U B B L E

And I agree with you.

[Down Sized]

Traveled 27 states in the last two years. My car has been surrounded many times by people wanting money (of course for gas or???) MY gun never leaves the car very often. But its there if I want to put in my pocket when the need arises. I haven't shot anyone yet. But if it comes down to me or them, I'll try to make sure it is them.
This is hard times outside the BUBBLE and people are desperate. Turn on the real news not the BUBBLE paper.

[ugotme]

:agree:

[Figmo Bohica]

Please keep this thread on getting a permit and how to get a permit. Let's not stray from the OP. If you want additional information on classes, lessons or anything else related to firearms, PM me.

[Down Sized]

Please keep this thread on getting a permit and how to get a permit. Let's not stray from the OP. If you want additional information on classes, lessons or anything else related to firearms, PM me.

Shouldn't you be on a business thread???

[Figmo Bohica]

Shouldn't you be on a business thread???

No, I do this as a help for Villagers only.

[gerryann]

That's great that you offer this at no charge to villagers.

Is a license in one stae transferable if you move to another state?

[Down Sized]

That's great that you offer this at no charge to villagers.

Is a license in one stae transferable if you move to another state?

That why I'm going to Tampa to transfer my license. They want their $112:MOJE_whot:

[MLBellis]

All I have to say is "Trayvon Martin & George Zimmerman" do I have to say more??? Just saying .......

[CMANN]

You're certainly correct...unfortunately not everyone agrees. I've seen posts here by folks who DO carry in TV......just not the place for it....that's all I'm saying.

Is it fair to say that you don't believe than anyone needs to carry a gun?

[gerryann]

Is it fair to say that you don't believe than anyone needs to carry a gun?

No, I believe that as long as proper training is received and the state allows it, we all have the right to bare arms. I only question the need to carry a gun in TV. The atmosphere is not conducive to a possible "hot head" and drinking. I don't like the idea of someone sitting next to me in a restaurant or bar and possibly be armed. If you're going to Orlando or Tampa for the day and it makes you feel safer......take it with. This is a retirement community and the need for a weapon just doesn't exist.

This is a small paragraph from the article that was posted earlier from the University of Pensylvania and I believe this to be very true.

While it may be that the type of people who carry firearms are simply more likely to get shot, it may be that guns give a sense of empowerment that causes carriers to overreact in tense situations, or encourages them to visit neighbourhoods they probably shouldn't, Branas speculates. Supporters of the Second Amendment shouldn't worry that the right to bear arms is under threat, however. "We don't have an answer as to whether guns are protective or perilous," Branas says. "This study is a beginning."

[Figmo Bohica]

For those of you with out of state conceal carry permits. Once you become a Florida resident your out of state permit is not valid. If you are from a state that Florida recognizes and honors their permit, once you get a Florida Drivers License and become a permanent resident, your past home state permit is invalid. You need to get a resident Florida permit.

Your old perment can be used to obtain a Florida permit as it proves that you have had firearms training (?), along with some other prove as stated in the concealed carry statute, that you have had firearm training. That statement may or may not be valid, as some states have no training requirement what so ever. Florida also issues a non-resident Florida license, but you have to becareful as most states do not recognize a non-resident issued permit, most states require that you be a resident of the issuing state before they will recognize it.

Florida's permit is currently recognized by 35 other states, if you are a resident of Florida. Most of the 35 states do NOT recognize the permit if it is issued to a non-resident. So be sure that you know which states will recognize resident and/or non-resident permits from Florida before you travel out of Florida.

If you have specific questions PM with the question and I will direct you to the correct place to find the correct information.

[ugotme]

While it may be that the type of people who carry firearms are simply more likely to get shot, it may be that guns give a sense of empowerment that causes carriers to overreact in tense situations, or encourages them to visit neighbourhoods they probably shouldn't."

Sorry, but I don't feel any sense of empowerment and I especially would not go visit neighborhoods were I "shouldn't!"

The people that I know with a permit to carry are never out there looking for trouble. On the contrary, most would do almost anything to avoid it.

[buggyone]

Is it fair to say that you don't believe than anyone needs to carry a gun?

It is fair to say that I do not believe any private citizen needs to carry a gun while in The Villages.

The only incidents I remember in the past 3 years (since I lived here) involving guns in The Villages were two times that citizens flashed their concealed weapons in an aggressive manner at other people. Both of these resulted in the person being arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon. Both had permits to carry a concealed weapon. The one other time was a domestic dispute where the wife shot her husband and created a several hour standoff with the police.

But, this thread is not about reasons to carry or not to carry. It is a person's right to own guns and to carry them if they have a permit.

[OpusX1]

For everyone that thinks our slice of paradise is completely safe.
Villages murder suspect enters a guilty plea | Ocala.com (http://www.ocala.com/article/20071208/NEWS/212080349)
Bad things can and do happen here.

[buggyone]

For everyone that thinks our slice of paradise is completely safe.
Villages murder suspect enters a guilty plea | Ocala.com (http://www.ocala.com/article/20071208/NEWS/212080349)
Bad things can and do happen here.

Let's put everything into the proper perspective with this. The murder was in 2006. The killing was by drug dealers from Ocala and they were friends of the daughter of the woman who was killed - who was also living at the house. It was a planned home invasion. This is a planned event and very likely was co-planned by the daughter even though she had been portrayed as a victim. It was not a random event.

Also, no one on this forum is disputing someone's right to own a gun but the dispute is whether a pistol is NEEDED to carry in The Villages. That planned home invasion has nothing to do with concealed weapon carrying.

Yes, our slice of Paradise is just about 100% safe.

[Moderator]

A reminder, the topic concerns the steps for obtaining a concealed weapons permit. Please refrain from getting into gun control or "need to carry in The Villages" discussions.

Thank you.

[Figmo Bohica]

Yes, our slice of Paradise is just about 100% safe.

Its that just about part that you should worry about.

[Figmo Bohica]

Thanks Mod, I think that it is time to close this thread. If anyone needs information they can now PM me. Thanks for keeping it open this long.