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Postby ronster19 » Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:52:45

Hello: I will be moving to the Richmond area in March from sunny and balmy New Hampshire (assuming I make it through one more winter). Lived in Fairfax when I was in the Army and decided to retire in VA to be close to my brothers. I've been around firearms all of my life and just getting back in to shooting in the past six months. Checking the internet, found this site and signed up. I'm looking forward to becoming a VA resident, being close to family, settling down to a permanent home, good BBQ, hush puppies and sweet tea, not necessarily in that order. Currently have a NH CCL and plan to apply for VA CCL as soon as I get moved in.

On question I have is in regards to my DD214. It does not reflect any weapons qualifications, will that be an issue with the CCL application?

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Re: New Member & Re-Locating to VA

Postby allingeneral » Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:37:49

DD214 is all you need. It is assumed that if you're a veteran, you've handled a firearm at some point.

So, take your DD214 to the county clerk, fill out the application, pay them $50, and wait up to 90 days. (some localities require fingerprints and a couple of other hoops, but that's the gist of it).

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Re: New Member & Re-Locating to VA

Postby Jakeiscrazy » Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:09:43

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Re: New Member & Re-Locating to VA

Postby meak99 » Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:13:37

Welcome to VGOF, Ron, and thank you for your service. :welcome:

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Re: New Member & Re-Locating to VA

Postby smltooner » Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:22:48

:welcome: to the club.
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THOSE WHO SERVE DESERVE HONOR, RESPECT, THANKS.

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Re: New Member & Re-Locating to VA

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Re: New Member & Re-Locating to VA

Postby Kory » Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:51:50

:welcome: and thank you for your service

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Re: New Member & Re-Locating to VA

Postby ronster19 » Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:07:56

allingeneral wrote:DD214 is all you need. It is assumed that if you're a veteran, you've handled a firearm at some point.

So, take your DD214 to the county clerk, fill out the application, pay them $50, and wait up to 90 days. (some localities require fingerprints and a couple of other hoops, but that's the gist of it).

Welcome aboard! :welcome:


Thanks everyone! Rick-thank you for the information.

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Re: New Member & Re-Locating to VA

Postby OakRidgeStars » Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:46:54

Welcome to VGOF! :welcome: :wave:
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Re: New Member & Re-Locating to VA

Postby rromeo » Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:01:14

Welcome aboard.
You say Richmond area. If it's Henrico County, the process is painless and I got mine in 20 days.

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Re: New Member & Re-Locating to VA

Postby ronster19 » Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:30:54

rromeo wrote:Welcome aboard.
You say Richmond area. If it's Henrico County, the process is painless and I got mine in 20 days.

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Rromeo: thanks for letting me know-that is good to hear!

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Re: New Member & Re-Locating to VA

Postby mk4 » Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:10:29

:welcome: to vgof and thanks for serving!

@Rick... 90 days? don't scare the poor guy away from va! ;-)
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Re: New Member & Re-Locating to VA

Postby ronster19 » Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:45:38

mk4 wrote::welcome: to vgof and thanks for serving!

@Rick... 90 days? don't scare the poor guy away from va! ;-)


mk4: thank you! 90 days? No worries, I'm re-locating from NH and will gladly take a 90 day wait over another NH winter! :mrgreen:

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Re: New Member & Re-Locating to VA

Postby allingeneral » Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:14:57

OOPS! up to 45 days!
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Re: New Member & Re-Locating to VA

Postby Palladin » Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:19:25

:welcome: a coupla days late!
Now is the time for all good men to get off their rusty dustys...

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Re: New Member & Re-Locating to VA

Postby ronster19 » Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:29:21

No worries-that's good news but I'll still be glad to take a 90 day wait over another winter here!

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Re: New Member & Re-Locating to VA

Postby Jakeiscrazy » Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:39:47

Jakeiscrazy wrote::hysterical:

Opps I meant to hit the welcome smilie!
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