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Dealing with the State Police is the easy part of the process -it is just basically "here is my paperwork", "give me my license" kinda deal. The courts, theres just luck of the draw on what judge/DA is gona handle your case - as you go to criminal court to make your case (the appeal's court is pretty good and fast though, so I say you have a pretty good chance in the process).
If you have other CONUS destinations you can go to, go there before thinking about PR. Hawai I think is worst than us at this time, as the Chief of Police has the last sayso on the permit issue. Alaska you only need a drivers license if I'm not mistaken - you just haveto deal with the extreme cold weather.I would visit PR instead of a foreign country because you are protected by the US Constitution here and, even though is hard, you could actually have a good chance of geting a carry license - Iwas stationedin Panama for a few years, and there you needed to be at least a legal resident alien to get a carry permit ($200,000 bond to be a legal resident alien - you can buy a house with that kind of money).
Visit the tourism links over at defensivecarry.com and decide if you want to come down here/how often you want to do it (there are $99 air round trip tickets from Florida every once in a while at travelocity.com). Theres a lot of crime down here on the metro areas, but this place is rich in culture and places to visit - old forts, caves, rainforests, waterfalls, arrid zones, luminescen bays, blue flag beaches, pro fishing/surfing/deep SCUBA/skydiving, eco trips, and the list keeps going. We are only 100 miles long by 35 miles wide, so you can move around the whole island and visit quite a few attractions/offerings pretty quickly. You probably won't need a firearm on guided tours, but if you want to venture out on your own - wich you of course will... well you know what you have to do now. When you start looking into the no passport needed, medical facilites are at par with CONUS, decent LE/Rescue... do the math. I personally don't wana go no where I lose my constitutional rights. Here you geta foreign style "flavor" trip without really leaving theUS legal system and its protections.