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Finally: West Virginia/Ohio Reciprocity Recognized! PDF Print E-mail
Written by Jeff Garvas   
Thursday, 07 June 2007

On Thursday June 7th West Virginia's HB3074, a reciprocity reform bill passed a few months ago, became law. On Friday, June 8th, Ohio and West Virginia might finally put an end to the most common reciprocity question we get:

"When will Ohio and West Virginia come to some kind of agreement with reciprocity?" For more than a year now we've been telling people that the problem was in West Virginia, not Ohio, since officials in that state would not enter into an agreement with Ohio.

To the best of our knowledge Ohio has never had a problem with West Virginia's process, but was unable to enter into an agreement. Today Ohioans For Concealed Carry has learned that Ohio and West Virginia are expected to enter into a formal agreement on Friday, June 8th, 2007. Upon completion of a reciprocity agreement the only bordering state that won't "recognize" the Ohio license will be Pennsylvania where, unlike West Virginia, a non-resident license is easily obtained by an Ohioan.

Indiana and Ohio do not have reciprocity, but Indiana technically recognizes virtually any license or permit to carry a firearm. As such, the Indiana license is not recognize or honored by the State of Ohio and will not be unless the two states enter into a mutually binding agreement.

We congratulate the amazing work of Jim Mullins and the West Virginia Citizens Defense League for their success in getting their attorney general to aggressively interpret a reciprocity bill that they once tried to have vetoed due to its restrictive nature.