conceal carry question

[tonyc1857]

I'm new to Pa and have obtained my CCP. I have a question that I can't seem to find an answer to. I am allowed to carry a gun that is registered to my wife. All of my guns are full size and hard to carry easily, but she has a compact 40 that is alot smaller.

[Curmudgeon]

Yes

18 Pa.C.S. § 6115: Loans on, or lending or giving firearms prohibited


(a) Offense defined.--No person shall make any loan secured by mortgage, deposit or pledge of a firearm, nor, except as provided in subsection (b), shall any person lend or give a firearm to another or otherwise deliver a firearm contrary to the provisions of this subchapter.
(b) Exception.--
(1) Subsection (a) shall not apply if any of the following apply:
(i) The person who receives the firearm is licensed to carry a firearm under section 6109 (relating to licenses).

[donm]

Firearms aren't registered in PA (there's actually a law forbidding it), but the State Police maintain a "record of sale database" of all handgun transfers in the state that its treated like a "registry" by some cops.

PA law forbids borrowing (or providing a loan on) a handgun, but there is an exception if you have a License to Carry Firearms (LTCF). Also, handgun transfers of ownership between spouses, parent/child and grandparent/grandchild require no paperwork at all assuming that both are PA residents and the transferee is not prohibited.

[mpan72]

I'm new to Pa and have obtained my CCP. I have a question that I can't seem to find an answer to. I am allowed to carry a gun that is registered to my wife. All of my guns are full size and hard to carry easily, but she has a compact 40 that is alot smaller.

Welcome. Hope you like it here. PA and the forum.

[tonyc1857]

Thank you all for the info. Obviously, I must have skimmed right past the info myself....of course reading the gun law book is like reading a dictionary. Guess I should drink a pot of coffee and suck it up to really read all the laws though.

[Curmudgeon]

Thank you all for the info. Obviously, I must have skimmed right past the info myself....of course reading the gun law book is like reading a dictionary. Guess I should drink a pot of coffee and suck it up to really read all the laws though.

It can be pretty dry reading. Ask questions. It keeps us awake.








....well, some of us.

[knight0334]

As the gentlemen above pointed out - yes.

And transfers between spouses, parent/child, and grandparent/grandchild are except of any paperwork. So a temporary transfer(loan) between those familial relations is legal regardless as to whether you have a license to carry or not.

[AS70]

I'm new to Pa and have obtained my LTCF..

fixed it for you

[elweasel]

Yes, it is normally referred as License to carry firearm or LTCF here in PA.
Fla it is CCW. So where is it called CCP?
And Welcome.

[normanvin]

What has been discussed here is true. But it does not mean you will not be hassled about carrying a gun that does not check out to be yours.

There is a handout here somewhere that was developed from the laws in place. It will help you along on understanding the laws. Some will carry a copy in case they do get stopped about carrying.