Virginia Gun Owners Forum - VGOF

I'm in the process of obtaining my Concealed Permit. One thing I've noticed is the naming schema
that I've seen used to reference a Concealed Permit. My question is, which name is correct and/or
most used:

a) CCP - Concealed Carry Permit
b) CWP - Concealed Weapon Permit
c) CHP - Concealed Handgun permit

In Virginia, only a handgun can be concealed. That's why, in VA at least, it's officially called a Concealed Handgun Permit (CHP).

Hey Alby ,if you see CCW that one is for Concealed Carry Weapon

VBshooter wrote:Hey Alby ,if you see CCW that one is for Concealed Carry Weapon

You are right. In some email back-in-forth's with the NRA, they referred to it as a CCW.

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From: "Admin, NRARange" <NrarangeAdmin@nrahq.org>
Date: Wed, March 11, 2009 2:40 pm
To: Alby
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If you took the Basic Pistol/Carry Concealed class here, then you would have
received a certificate upon completion of that class. That certificate can be used
as part of your CCW packet.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

Thank you,
Sylvia

Sylvia Schneider
NRA Range Administrative Assistant
Customer Service Specialist

OakRidgeStars wrote:In Virginia, only a handgun can be concealed. That's why, in VA at least, it's officially called a Concealed Handgun Permit (CHP).

That's why I call it a CHP

I just looked at my permit to make sure. It says "Permit to carry a handgun".
So +1 for CHP

I think it varies from state to state so if you speak to someone outside of VA they could call it any of the 3 depending on what their state calls it. I think most people know what you mean no matter which you use. CHP seems to be the most correct for VA.

Some states allow for concealing of more than just a handgun (Knives, etc), therefore, they call theirs a Concealed Weapon Permit. Since Virginia's permit only applies to Handguns, then it's a CHP.