[hophead]

"Can't get a straight answer from the state police re: open carry in PA. Any Freepers are welcome to pass on info.
According to those same state police PA law does not restrict concealed carry with permit in establishments serving alcohol."

Pa is whacked. I have an out-of-state permit from Florida. The Pa Attorney Generals website has a page that says they have reciprocal agreements with Florida so I could legally carry in Pa. To be safe, I called 4 different police stations in Pa before traveling there for vacation. I called 2 State police stations and 2 Sheriffs offices. ALL told me they do not honor Florida permits. One state policeman whom I spoke to asked, after he told me my Florida permit is no good in Pa., "Why do you feel you need to bring a handgun to our state?" I answered, "for the same reason you carry one, to protect myself from criminals." After I enlightened all those I spoke to about the AG's website and the Pa reciprocal laws they became somewhat annoyed with me. I would hate to be carrying there and been questioned by these uninformed officers of the law on my short 6 day vacation. Lord knows how long it would have taken to settle the dispute. I DID print out a copy of the AG's web page ad CARRIED IT TOO!!!

[Eagles6]

Good idea. That's the problem, too few LEO know the law. Even if you're right, it could cause major hassle.

[angkor]

The easiest place to look for this stuff is on www.packing.org.

This little snippet took about 5 mouse clicks to locate:

http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/cld/Florida_reciprocity_agreement.cfm

The State of Florida will recognize valid Pennsylvania permits to carry concealed firearms by valid Pennsylvania permit holders while said permit holders are present in the State of Florida.

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will recognize valid Florida licenses to carry concealed firearms by valid Florida permit holders while said permit holders are present in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

This Reciprocity Agreement applies only to the carrying of firearms as defined and authorized by the applicable statutes of Pennsylvania by valid license/permit holders from the respective states and not to any other types of weapons.