Just found this info on PSP website....

[PottsJ11]

Learn something new every day. Never even knew the sportsman permit existed.

[OwenP]

Same. Like what’s the actual purpose or intention

[rwt1405]

This was my second LTCF (1986), which gives you an example of Protection/Sport under Reason For Carrying, and note the area for your Hunting License No.


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[gghbi]

This was my second LTCF (1986), which gives you an example of Protection/Sport under Reason For Carrying, and note the area for your Hunting License No.


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How did you keep it so clean? Those old paper permits hardly lasted the year in my wallet...

[PAMedic=F|A=]

Honestly, I would have thought more.

That is over 16.8% of the adult population of the commonwealth. Since Pennsylvania is not a desirable state for one to get an out of state LTCF for (doesn*t really allow you to carry anywhere else, unlike FL or Utah, you can safely assume more all all of them are Pennsylvania residents, with a very small, small number being people who are regular visitors.

I don*t think there is another state that has numbers as high, and just a few years ago when I ran the numbers it was only 12.5%. Simply put, more people carry here then anywhere else in the country, with perhaps the exception of Alabama.

Sure, states like Florida have more total people licensed, but 1: a Florida permits allows
More reciprocity, so it is more desirable for out of state people to get, and two, as a percentage of their population it is only 10%.

Given the number of Florida man stories, and the fact that I have had to express appreciation to my wife for never w assaulted me with Spaghetti or stabbed me with a squirrel because of florid news stories, I can only assume the only reason everyone in Florida doesn*t carry is their racist, expensive, and unconstitutional requirements for obtaining a cc permit in that state.

[rwt1405]

How did you keep it so clean? Those old paper permits hardly lasted the year in my wallet...

I know it was controversial (or at least was years later), but the Sheriff advised me I could carry a good/clear copy with me, and maintain the original for as needed, which is what I did.

[NEAHS]

I forgot I started this thread. Or I would have kept up with it. But anyway here is the latest info from the PSP Website.

LTC permits: 1,618,800; Sportsman permits: 10,154​ as of Jan. 2, 2024.

Again found here on the site: https://www.psp.pa.gov/firearms-info...nsylvania.aspx

Also I found this pdf file of the 2022 PSP Firearms Annual Report
https://www.psp.pa.gov/firearms-info...ual_Report.pdf

There is a lot of info about how many time PICS was used, total number of guns bought/transfer at FFLs, total FFLs per county ( Funny thing Philadelphia County even thou it a fairly big county only has 8 FFLs ).

I'll keep watch of the site for the 2023 Report.

https://www.psp.pa.gov/firearms-info...l-Reports.aspx

[streaker69]

This was my second LTCF (1986), which gives you an example of Protection/Sport under Reason For Carrying, and note the area for your Hunting License No.


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You have one or more boxes of cables and various walwarts in your home, right?