Does Nevada Accept Online Concealed Carry Classes?

UPDATE: The below article was written prior to Jan 1st, 2021 and at the time it was written one could take an online class and apply for a Virginia non-resident permit. That is NO LONGER TRUE. This article is outdated and the reader should note that Virginia no longer accepts online training. The main takeaway? In Nevada you need to take an in-person class to qualify for the permit and there is no longer any loophole to get around that.

There has been an influx of companies that have appeared on the internet offering online video only concealed carry classes. In addition to our own in-person training network and online store, we also offer an online concealed carry course.

If you have been researching trying to understand the implications for Nevada and online concealed carry training, this article will serve as a guide to navigating all the state specific laws and will help clarify what you need to know.

The first thing to be clear on is that ONLY Virginia will issue a permit to any person in the country, who has taken an online only concealed carry class, and mails paperwork in remotely. None of the other 49 states will do that. Now, that doesn’t necessarily mean that there are no implications for Nevada as we will clarify below.

The Online concealed carry classes have become popular nationwide because the Virginia Non-Resident permit is valid in 29 states of the country. So, while an online only class only qualifies a person to get a Virginia permit, that Virginia permit is still valuable in 28 states other than Virginia.

Now, the map below represents the states that honor the Virginia Non-Resident permit and while Nevada is green, this can be deceiving. At first you might assume that because Nevada honors the Virginia Non-Resident permit that you could obtain that permit instead of our Nevada permit but you in fact cannot.

This is because Nevada requires that residents of our state MUST obtain a Nevada permit in order to carry concealed here. So, if you were hoping you could take an online concealed carry class and forego taking a local in-person class to get the Nevada permit I’m afraid that won’t work. Because you live in Nevada , you need to obtain the local permit.

Regardless of all that it is also worth noting, (independent of the Virginia Non-Resident permit being an option for the local carrying of a concealed firearm or not) a lot of people choose to obtain it in addition to a local permit since it can also expand the number of states where you can legally carry.

Specific to Nevada, if you have our local permit and also choose to take an online concealed carry class and obtain a Virginia Concealed Carry permit then you would add Georgia to the list of states where you can now carry. That is the state that does not honor the Nevada permit but does honor the Virginia Non-Resident Permit.

So if you are interested in expanding your reciprocity via the Virginia Non-Resident permit you can learn more about our Online Concealed Carry Class here.

6 Comments

  1. Ira Schwartz on August 24, 2019 at 5:35 pm

    I live in Las Vegas Nevada and can you straighten this out for me?? Can I get a CCW online or do I have to take the class?? Everyone is telling me that I MUST TAKE THE CLASS can you clear this up for me ??
    Thank You

  2. Rafael on April 4, 2020 at 12:01 pm

    hi i am cuban i live in las vegas i am a permanent resident and i would like to know if i can get the ccw

    • Karen on December 10, 2020 at 8:12 am

      No. Online classes are not valid and when you go to the Sheriff’s Office with your training paperwork to apply for the CCW you will be denied. There are several online scammers offering online CCW. Unfortunately the Internet is not policed and consequently the scammers get away with it, but the student doesn’t because the CCW must be obtained on the local level and that’s when you find out you’ve been scammed.

  3. David Adams on June 12, 2020 at 11:18 pm

    From what I can see it says that you cannot do online course without the in-person training as well if you do the in person training here in Nevada and get the CCW and then you do the online course on top of that it gives you extra states that you can legally carry in I believe that’s what it’s saying

  4. Susan Westmoreland on June 20, 2020 at 3:12 pm

    I am a new Nevada resident . I did have a concealed weapons permit in Ga but it has expired . Can I take this class you offer online and get another ? Or do I have to take a class here in Nevada ? Thank you for your help on clearing this up .

  5. Peggy hawthorne on June 7, 2021 at 8:53 am

    I applied for a concealed to carry on line from a Nevada online course. Its been six weeks and I’ve not gotten anything from them. Please help!

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