Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday reestablished concealed carry reciprocity with the Commonwealth of Virginia, ending a 7-year moratorium on recognizing Virginia concealed handgun permits (CHPs).

The memorandum of agreement was signed on June 9, 2025 between Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday and Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares, overturning former PA Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s decision to unilaterally end Pennsylvania’s recognition of Virginia CHPs in April of 2018.

Gun Owners of America’s (GOA’s) Pennsylvania Director Dr. Val Finnell and legal counsel Gilbert Ambler, Esq. met with Attorney General Dave Sunday in April of this year. Part of the discussion at that meeting was to inform the Attorney General of the errors in then-AG Shapiro’s reasoning for unilaterally revoking concealed carry reciprocity with Virginia.

“This is great news for the 718,000 CHP holders in the Commonwealth of Virginia. No longer will Virginians be treated as second class citizens when they travel to Pennsylvania. They will be able to exercise their constitutional right to keep and bear arms once more,” said Dr. Val Finnell, Pennsylvania Director of Gun Owners of America.

Gun Owners of America was joined by the Virginia Citizens Defense League in the effort to reestablish concealed carry reciprocity between the two states.

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