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Originally Posted by den9
theres really not a huge difference.
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there actually is a big difference between LTCF and CCW permit. the guys on PAFOA stress that
a lot. It has everything to do with the fact that other states that call it a Carry Concealed Weapons permit have certain rules and requirements that are much different than PA's LTCF, so to avoid confusion and reinforce the idea that PA's laws are different (in a good way) than other states, people make a big deal about the definition. I only mentioned it because the OP's just getting into carrying and he might as well get started right. PA has a LTCF, not CCW... and if you say anything other than LTCF to someone 'in the know', they'll scold ya for it. lol. It's just semantics, nothing more.
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that permit gives you rights to conceal it, in fact you want to conceal it to keep it a low profile.
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this is completely a matter of opinion. i happen to agree with you on it. i have nothing against open carry but i'd rather conceal. people who advocate
Open Carry have a very strong and valid argument that OC is the better way to carry and gets more accomplished. personal preference all the way.
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you can open carry it anywhere in pa though, except philly. in philly it needs to be concealed.
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this is incorrect. philly is a city of the first class, but this changes nothing about PA's gun laws except for the fact that people who choose to open carry need to have a License To
Carry Firearms (where the semantics come into play) whereas in the rest of the commonwealth, you can open carry with no license at all while on foot.