# Regional Conversations **URL:** https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/c/regional-conversations/19.md [Latest](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/tags.md) --- ## [About the Regional Conversations category](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/about-the-regional-conversations-category/700)
**Author:** [@Dawn](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/Dawn)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2019, 1:32am UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/about-the-regional-conversations-category/700 "2019-08-01T01:32:19Z")
Want to meet people in your area? Talk about political issues that are close to home? This is the place for you! As the Community grows this will break down to the state level, but we are starting with regions of the cou… --- ## [Chapter in SW Ohio](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/chapter-in-sw-ohio/134585)
**Author:** [@James1765](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/James1765)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2026, 7:08pm UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/chapter-in-sw-ohio/134585 "2026-10-17T19:08:57Z")
I have been looking for a USCCA chapter in SW Ohio and unable to locate any unless I overlooked it. If I have let me know, if not is anyone interested in getting one started? --- ## [Re-up time in CA](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/re-up-time-in-ca/130490)
**Author:** [@John292](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/John292)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2026, 10:18pm UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/re-up-time-in-ca/130490 "2026-07-29T22:18:43Z")
Last night I read the required USAA articles and signed up for the CCW class, testing & range quals for tomorrow and selected my ammunition (Magtech blue box 45s and 38s.) It’s not my first rodeo but I’m getting kind o… --- ## [Phoenix & SAR show Dec 6-8](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/phoenix-sar-show-dec-6-8/109983)
**Author:** [@jnojr](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/jnojr)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2026, 11:56pm UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/phoenix-sar-show-dec-6-8/109983 "2026-07-22T23:56:23Z")
Want to get into this show for free? Volunteer for the AZCDL table for a little while. Spend a morning or afternoon talking guns, signing up new members, etc. and then wander all you like! Reply or DM me here with any… --- ## [I quit the USCCA](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/i-quit-the-uscca/131058)
**Author:** [@John292](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/John292)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2026, 3:32am UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/i-quit-the-uscca/131058 "2026-07-14T03:32:16Z")
…and joined again through my local indoor range—the new membership comes with unlimited range time. :grin: This could get expensive, ammo-wise! :smiling\_face\_with\_sunglasses: --- ## [Oregon? Not California!](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/oregon-not-california/129713)
**Author:** [@Todd30](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/Todd30)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2026, 4:23am UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/oregon-not-california/129713 "2026-06-11T04:23:13Z")
Oregon is facing a ballot initiative, IP28, that could criminalize hunting, fishing, and other animal-use practices if it qualifies and passes, but it has not yet become law. affecting not only recreational hunters and a… --- ## [Stopping the anti-gun laws in Virginia](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/stopping-the-anti-gun-laws-in-virginia/46520)
**Author:** [@Kent](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/Kent)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2026, 11:54pm UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/stopping-the-anti-gun-laws-in-virginia/46520 "2026-05-31T23:54:18Z")
For anyone living in Virginia. Please help. We’ve managed to stop quite a few gun ban related laws. This is coming and we are trying to stop it before it goes to the floor: Delegate Simon’s Gun Ban would outlaw every… --- ## [Tucson Arizona groups?](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/tucson-arizona-groups/128633)
**Author:** [@Joe260](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/Joe260)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2026, 2:55am UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/tucson-arizona-groups/128633 "2026-05-12T02:55:48Z")
Is there a group that gets together for conversation, possible trips to the range? New firearm owner in the area. I purchased a Glock 19 and have put a few rounds through it. Just went through the proceed for my CCW and … --- ## [Country music play list; let's have it](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/country-music-play-list-lets-have-it/122694)
**Author:** [@deactivated](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/deactivated)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2026, 5:18pm UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/country-music-play-list-lets-have-it/122694 "2026-05-04T17:18:15Z")
Please share some “country” music favorites (songs). Much obliged. Inspiration from Todd30. Livin’ on Borrowed Time – Breaking Rust --- ## [Best place to move to?](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/best-place-to-move-to/127068)
**Author:** [@S\_R](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/S_R)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2026, 12:01am UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/best-place-to-move-to/127068 "2026-04-23T00:01:43Z")
I am currently in Alabama. Highly considering moving as people pile into my rural community, subdivisions being built in phases, farmland disappearing, big city creeping to my area, traffic 10x what it was 5-10 yrs ago, … --- ## [Anybody won any of the daily contests?](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/anybody-won-any-of-the-daily-contests/51776)
**Author:** [@Ryan101](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/Ryan101)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2026, 2:25pm UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/anybody-won-any-of-the-daily-contests/51776 "2026-04-18T14:25:59Z")
Just curious as to how many people have actually won anything from the daily contests. I really want to win one! --- ## [California's open carry ban... can i open carry in CA now?](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/californias-open-carry-ban-can-i-open-carry-in-ca-now/122591)
**Author:** [@namtab\_cowboy](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/namtab_cowboy)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2026, 9:21pm UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/californias-open-carry-ban-can-i-open-carry-in-ca-now/122591 "2026-03-22T21:21:03Z")
:police\_car\_light::united\_states: BREAKING: 9TH CIRCUIT STRIKES DOWN CALIFORNIA’S OPEN CARRY BAN AS UNCONSTITUTIONAL via @the\_bayarea\_life In another blow to Governor Gavin Newsom Attorney General Rob Bonta, the Ninth … --- ## [Southern weather UGH!](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/southern-weather-ugh/125887)
**Author:** [@S\_R](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/S_R)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2026, 3:43pm UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/southern-weather-ugh/125887 "2026-03-22T15:43:40Z")
Southern weather: AC today, tornadoes tonight through AM (second time in less than a week), then freezing UGH!! Anyone else feel my pain? --- ## [Looking for a Beretta specialist in California](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/looking-for-a-beretta-specialist-in-california/122605)
**Author:** [@John292](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/John292)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2026, 7:44pm UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/looking-for-a-beretta-specialist-in-california/122605 "2026-01-05T19:44:34Z")
The extractor on my shotgun is wonky and needs to be repaired. My search for a local Smith hasn’t inspired much confidence so far. --- ## [Lake City, Florida](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/lake-city-florida/121959)
**Author:** [@Todd30](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/Todd30)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2025, 6:35pm UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/lake-city-florida/121959 "2025-12-11T18:35:35Z")
I have been looking to get out of Washington State for years now. I am a chef, and I was looking at homes for sale around the Lake City area of Florida. Can anybody tell me about this area and if they think I should or s… --- ## [New Mexico talk](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/new-mexico-talk/121297)
**Author:** [@BigHickory357](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/BigHickory357)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/new-mexico-talk/121297 "2025-11-29T00:00:57Z")
Just looking to see the New Mexico folk… and chat about issues in the State. Also other info and stories locally --- ## [Scam alert – national Association for gun rights](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/scam-alert-national-association-for-gun-rights/793)
**Author:** [@Skeebo](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/Skeebo)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2025, 5:13pm UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/scam-alert-national-association-for-gun-rights/793 "2025-11-21T17:13:07Z")
Listening to Armed American Radio on the ride home and heard a warning for Alabama that DJ Patton of the national Association for gun rights is moving into Alabama. Based only on what I heard on armed American radio, t… --- ## [California Glock ban is a vote and signature away](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/california-glock-ban-is-a-vote-and-signature-away/119120)
**Author:** [@John292](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/John292)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2025, 6:40pm UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/california-glock-ban-is-a-vote-and-signature-away/119120 "2025-10-20T18:40:06Z")
….and it don’t look good California’s “Glock Ban” Just One Vote Away From Governor’s Desk - Survival World --- ## [Self Defense. Things happen fast](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/self-defense-things-happen-fast/118749)
**Author:** [@Jimmy\_Lee1](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/Jimmy_Lee1)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2025, 4:38pm UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/self-defense-things-happen-fast/118749 "2025-09-06T16:38:09Z")
Man on Facebook Live Stream is Robbed. One shot and he is dead. CAUTION: Unedited Reddit Video. Loss of Life A guy gets robbed on live : ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ --- ## [Any recommendations on good instructors in the North Virginia / DC area?](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/any-recommendations-on-good-instructors-in-the-north-virginia-dc-area/118810)
**Author:** [@Paul646](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/Paul646)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/any-recommendations-on-good-instructors-in-the-north-virginia-dc-area/118810 "2025-08-18T21:46:46Z")
Hi, I am a new USCCA member and am looking for recommendations on good instructors that can help with technique/fundamentals/CQB in North Virginia. Extra brownie points for a veteran with a military or SF background … --- ## [Is there a legal way for a California resident to buy and own a Taurus Judge?](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/is-there-a-legal-way-for-a-california-resident-to-buy-and-own-a-taurus-judge/118274)
**Author:** [@MITM](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/MITM)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2025, 11:54pm UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/is-there-a-legal-way-for-a-california-resident-to-buy-and-own-a-taurus-judge/118274 "2025-07-31T23:54:55Z")
I’m intrigued by the Taurus Judge line of pistols that can use .410 shotgun shells, as an alternative to a regular shotgun for home defense. But they are not on the California register of guns that can be purchased new, … --- ## [Lawsuit against FDLE](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/lawsuit-against-fdle/117810)
**Author:** [@Carlos108](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/Carlos108)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2025, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/lawsuit-against-fdle/117810 "2025-07-11T18:50:36Z")
On June 14th I purchased a firearm at Nexus Shooting in Davie Florida after paying for it I paid the $5.00 for the background check I have been on a decision pending since, it’s now July 10th and no change. Since 2015 I … --- ## [Any North Carolina Members?](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/any-north-carolina-members/111100)
**Author:** [@J.Boyette](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/J.Boyette)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2025, 7:43pm UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/any-north-carolina-members/111100 "2025-06-27T19:43:43Z")
Hello, I wanted to say hi to any North Carolina members. I am down in Southern Pines, You? --- ## [Shooting Competition Events In MI This June](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/shooting-competition-events-in-mi-this-june/116659)
**Author:** [@Julie32](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/Julie32)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2025, 5:26pm UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/shooting-competition-events-in-mi-this-june/116659 "2025-06-01T17:26:33Z")
Hi all! I wanted to share some opportunities for shooting events going on in Michigan this June as part of the Meijer State Games of Michigan. Disciplines include Air Rifle, BB Gun, Pistol, Skeet, SBR, and Trap. I figur… --- ## [Mass nonresident permit interview](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/mass-nonresident-permit-interview/106955)
**Author:** [@Timothy330](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/Timothy330)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2025, 3:51pm UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/mass-nonresident-permit-interview/106955 "2025-04-01T15:51:07Z")
I’m going to my interview with Mass State Police in a few weeks for my out of state carry permit. Does anyone have any idea what kind of questions they will ask!? Would prefer not to be surprised. Thanks and wish me lu… --- ## [I’m about to take the “ Views” attitude](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/i-m-about-to-take-the-views-attitude/114524)
**Author:** [@Mark712](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/Mark712)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 6:14pm UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/i-m-about-to-take-the-views-attitude/114524 "2025-03-20T18:14:16Z")
I’m at the point to where I’m taking the same attitude as the sea-hags on the View, meaning I just can’t have any respect or can I befriend anyone who associates themselves with the Democrat party, or let me say today’s… --- ## [CCW up for renewal](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/ccw-up-for-renewal/104349)
**Author:** [@John292](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/John292)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2025, 1:20pm UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/ccw-up-for-renewal/104349 "2025-03-12T13:20:52Z")
A longer class this year with lots of changes and apparently more restrictions with no thanks to Gruesome Newsum. I’m not sure how much ammo I’ll need for the quals, but I think I have enough for both Little Roscoe (.3… --- ## [Is anyone in the Show Low area?](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/is-anyone-in-the-show-low-area/91952)
**Author:** [@jnojr](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/jnojr)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 12:07am UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/is-anyone-in-the-show-low-area/91952 "2025-02-24T00:07:43Z")
I’m looking for AZCDL members (https://azcdl.org ) to go to gun shows for free, talk guns, and sign up new / renewing members! Show Low gun show June 9 & 10 https://gunshowtrader.com/gun-shows/showlow-gun-show/ Snowfl… --- ## [How did you feel?](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/how-did-you-feel/82988)
**Author:** [@John292](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/John292)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2025, 4:53pm UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/how-did-you-feel/82988 "2025-02-19T16:53:17Z")
Since I’ve read ammo is more readily available in other States outside California I thought I’d post this here. Not to promote paranoia or anything, I’m just curious especially since the DHS cautions the coming summer o… --- ## [REAL ID in CA](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/real-id-in-ca/112688)
**Author:** [@John292](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/John292)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2025, 6:12pm UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/real-id-in-ca/112688 "2025-02-01T18:12:45Z")
I had to renew my Driver’s License, so I applied for a REAL ID. There’s no written test for those over 70, so all I had to pass was the vision test, which I did. Now with a REAL ID driver’s license I can buy ammunition… [Next page](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/c/regional-conversations/19.md?page=1)