Nevada Expands Concealed Carry Permit Reciprocity

Nevada has added ten states whose permits it will recognize, dropped Michigan and New Mexico, and will recognize both permits from Idaho and North Dakota instead of only their enhanced permit.   Here is the list of states that Nevada will recognize, as of June 18th, 2015. 

From Nevada Division of Public Safety(pdf):

Pursuant to SB 175 and AB 488 of the 2015 Legislative Session, the State of Nevada will recognize concealed weapons permits from the following states:

Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
Delaware
Idaho (both types of permits)
Illinois
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Minnesota
Montana
Nebraska
North Carolina
North Dakota (both types of permits)
Ohio
Oklahoma
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Tennessee
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

In 2014, Nevada recognized the permits from these states.  I do not know how  long the link will be good, because the policy has changed

• Alaska
• Arkansas
• Idaho “Enhanced” Permit*
• Illinois
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Michigan
• Nebraska
• New Mexico
• North Carolina
• North Dakota “Class 1″ Permit*
• Ohio
• South Carolina
• Tennessee

It is unknown why Michigan and New Mexico were dropped from the list, or why more states were not added. 

Nevada has a very unusual qualifier for its reciprocity list.  It requires the Nevada Sheriffs’ and Chiefs’ Association to approve of any state on the list compiled by the Department of Public Safety.   This is a very strange delegation of considerable power to a non-elected entity that is by nature, private.  It seems a poor precedent to give an organization of law enforcers the ability to decide what the law is.