How close can we come to achieving 50-state coverage?

Editor's Note, September 2010: Laws and rules change. While the author sought to ensure accuracy at the time this article was published, it is incumbent upon the reader to verify any potential changes since then.

IMPORTANT NOTE: This article is no longer being updated by the author and will become increasingly out-dated.

Unfortunately, licensed carry in all 50 states just isn't possible, at the present time. We've seen one state (Oregon), which though it has a non-resident license, and will honor the licenses of several states, is just not accessible to a holder of an Ohio Concealed Handgun License. There also remain a handful of states we still haven't talked about, which do not honor an Ohio CHL, do not honor the available licenses from other states, and which do not offer a non-resident license of their own. They are:

CALIFORNIA (CA), HAWAII (HI) and NEW YORK (NY)

COLORADO (CO)

ILLINOIS (IL), WASHINGTON D.C. (DC) and WISCONSIN (WI)