Posted: 2/9/2008 1:02:51 PM EDT
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I have looked and looked and of course looked. I cannot find it written in any regulaion that you MUST have your blue card with you when you have your handgun with you. I know you must register the handgun but I have found nothing on keeping the blue card with the firearm at all times. I found nothing on the blue card at all for that matter. I am exhausted and would appreciate ANY link or lead. Thanks V OUT |
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V, There has never been any law requiring the carrying of a Blue Card when in possession of a handgun in Clark County. For years it was assumed that it was required, but in actuality it never was. Metro changed their website to reflect the fact that it is "recommended" but not required (see below). Hope this helps. Be Safe. Joe LVMPD Handgun Registration Registration Registration can be accomplished at any Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Substation and at any other law enforcement agency within the incorporated cities of Clark County. (North Las Vegas, Henderson, Overton, and Mesquite). Registration is quick, simple, and easy. To register simply bring your handgun (unloaded) to any police substation. You will receive a cursory background check and given a gun registration card. It's that simple; and there is no registration fee. You should carry the gun registration card (not required) whenever you are in possession of the registered firearm. Please Note: The gun registration card is NOT a permit to carry a firearm concealed. Carrying a firearm concealed without a permit issued by a sheriff in the state of Nevada, is unlawful and punishable as a felony. |
Joe beat me to it...... there NEVER was a law that said you must have your blue card with you. I don't carry them with me at all. Never did. The police dept's in Clark County just recommend it but it's not required. What are they going to do? Arrest you or cite you for a law that doesn't exist? |
| I've always seen people who stick their blue cards in their gun cases or have them in their wallets. I always saw that as another way to lose them. Why carry the card when a cop will just radio the serials in or punch them in his MDT in the car? I always had my cards back at the house. |
JH, I posted a thread here a couple of years ago about a friend of mine who was shooting in Sloan. He was by himself, and while he was shooting his Sig P245 a NHP Trooper pulled up and ordered him to put the gun down and back away. The trooper told him the reason why he was being checked-out was because Sloan was a common area where stolen cars are often dumped. When the trooper asked him if he had any other weapons with him he informed the trooper that he had a Makarov 9x18 pistol in the car and that both guns were on his CCW permit. He was then asked for his DL, CCW permit, and Blue Cards. He was able to produce the Blue Card for the Sig but not the Makarov. He looked in his car, in the gun case and in his shooting bag and he still could not find the card for the Makarov. Although the trooper ran both guns and they both showed registered he still confiscated the Makarov because he was not in possession of the Blue Card. When my friend went to NHP to retrieve his gun they wanted to see the Blue Card. He told them that he looked everywhere and he couldn't find it. When he went to Metro to get a duplicate Blue Card he was told that they could not issue a dupe without the gun. He went back to NHP and told them the situation and they still refused to give him his property back. He then went back to Metro and had them fax (on letterhead) a letter stating that the gun was indeed registered to him and that he was the original owner. NHP still wouldn't release the gun. Anyway, Metro handled it on the administrative level and after 18 days he got his gun back. Nice, huh? |
Same here..I am only going to carry what I need from now on. Too much to lose if something were to happen..  ETA: DOH! I didn't log him out! 
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Same here..I am only going to carry what I need from now on. Too much to lose if something were to happen.. ETA: Double Tap! DOH!!! |
I would be FLAMING MAD if NHP did that!  UNFUCKINGBELIEVABLE!! I don't know if NHP even called dispatch to verify it. That might of been the tipping point with your friend and the law when the administration got involved. Maybe that incident is what caught the legal dogs' attention with the blue card crap.Tell your bud I'll buy him a beer for getting screwed like that. |
First, before you ask, the blue cards have been required for decades. It is nothing new, and we are trying to get rid of them. A blue card is literally that--a small, hand-written blue card that you need for each handgun you own. You do not need it for long guns. Any hand guns you bring into Nevada must be registered with the sheriff. You take your hand guns to a sheriff station and say you just moved here and need blue cards. They will--well, goodness knows what they do, but ultimately some secretary will write out some blue cards and have you sign them. For any new hand guns you purchase in Nevada, the blue cards will be issued to you by the gun dealer. I recommend laminating them. Until you get your CCW, you can use your blue card when you purchase a new gun to avoid the federal waiting period. You still need to pay for the NICS check. If you decide to buy a new gun, bring one of your blue cards with you so you can take home your new toy that same day. That's pretty much it. "Common knowledge" says you need to carry the blue cards with your hand guns, but there is no actual law that says it is required. Your choice--your mileage may vary. Otherwise, your blue cards are just another thing to lose. We should have this topic stickied. -Caver |
If a person passes the instant NICS check and they don't possess a Blue Card there is a three day "cooling-off" period that only applies to unincorporated Clark County, not outlying incorporated areas such as Henderson. For example: If a person does not possess a Blue Card they would have to wait three days if they were to purchase a gun in the City of Las Vegas or Clark County (even if they pass the NICS check). On the other hand, if they were to purchase a firearm in Henderson, there would be no three day wait because the 'cooling-off" period doesn't apply there. The three day wait is a Clark County thing and it has nothing to do with federal law. Be Safe. Joe |