Today, Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane, pursuant to 18 Pa.C.S. 6109(k)(2), published the required annual report on license to carry firearm (LTCF) reciprocity agreements for 2015. You can find a copy here.
Interestingly, although I am acutely aware that Idaho has been reaching out to the Attorney General’s Office for purpose of entering into a reciprocity agreement and I wrote an article last year on whether AG Kane was misleading the General Assembly by failing to disclose the contact with Idaho in her report, once again, this year the Report is silent about Idaho.
Hopefully, the General Assembly will inquire of her as to why we do not have a reciprocity agreement with Idaho.
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With our 2nd Amendment rights being attacked at both the Federal and State level, and the ATF (Burea of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives) trying to close down FFLs (Federal Firearms Licensees) for minor infractions while making FFLs the scapegoat when the ATF's records are inaccurate, I want to take this opportunity to introduce myself. I am one of only a handful of attorneys across the US that practices in the niche area of law known as firearms law. I decided to concentrate my legal practice on firearms law not only because I am a shooter and firearms enthusiast, but also to ensure that our inalienable Right to Keep and Bear Arms is never encroached upon.
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In following my love for firearms and firearms law, I have taught several Continuing Legal Education (CLE) seminars on Firearms in Estates and Trusts and Firearms Law 101 for several Bar Associations, including Berks, Cumberland, and Dauphin Counties. I also planned and taught several Firearms in Estates CLE classes for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (PBI).
While at Widener Law School, I was a member of the Widener Law Journal. I wrote an article on the Inaccuracy of the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record (NFRTR). I also had an article published on Fee Disputes in Workers Compensation cases in the Widener Law Journal, Volume 18, No. 2.
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Examining the language of Section 6109 (k) (1), it really could go either way on the question of whether Kane had the authority to limit recognition of out of state permits the way she did. One the one hand, the subsection does not specifically say the licenses must be only of residents of the issuing state. On the other hand, the subsection says that the Attorney General is “authorized to negotiate”, which may be interpreted to include negotiation as to which types of permits from the other state will be honored.
I’m not posting this comment because I like the situation. I’m just saying that is the way the situation looks to me.
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You may want to review my testimony to the House State Government Committee on this – https://blog.princelaw.com/2014/05/05/press-release-attorney-joshua-prince-to-testify-before-house-of-representatives-on-impeachment-of-attorney-general-kane/
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Knowing Kate, she probably made an honest mistake when she forgot to mention Idaho. Between grinding petty axes and trying to stay out of federal prison, I could see how something like this might fall through the cracks.
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