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hometheaterman the restrictions would fully depend on the state. Virginia offers both resident and non-resident CHP, so anyone who is not otherwise barred from obtaining a CHP may get one regardless of residency status. Virginia residents however mustmake their application to their circuit court presiding over their residential area, but in any case the court must issue the permit if the state mandated requirements are met. Arizona, Utah, Florida, Nevada, Pennsylvania and various others do the same. In some states like Connecticut and Massachusetts, it's actually generally easier for a non-resident to receive a permit to carry or conceal a handgun, since the non-resident permits go through a state bureau that may be less restrictive in their permitissuance than the counties or cities that some residents would have to go to.
Note here thought that both Connecticut and Massachusetts are, "may issue" states where the issuing officials have wide lattitude for approval and rejection of permit requests and there is no statewide minimum requirement that must be met that would force the issuing body to issue a carry permit. That is to say someone in the rural areas of Massachusetts may have a sheriff that will issue a firearm carry permit to just about anyone, except for those legallybarred from owning a firearm, but a police agency chiefnear Boston may only issue permits to political cronies or no-one at all because they can pick and choose who will and won't get a permit.