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📖November 2026New

Big news! Rabbi Shay Tahan is preparing two new ספרים for print: Shaf Veyativ (שף ויתיב), The Laws of Carrying Weapons, one volume in English and one in Hebrew.

May one carry on שבת? What is the Torah's view of self-defense? Many of the שאלות these volumes answer began as your questions right here on 2A613.

Flip through the sample pages now, and see the sponsorship opportunities to help bring them to print.

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🗺️November 2026New

Where can you carry? Now you can see it at a glance! Pick where you live, tick the permits you hold, and the map colors every state where you can carry.

Also new: Duty to Inform, Magazine Limits and Rest Stops for all 50 states plus DC, with colored tags and the source for every rule. Tap any state for its full rules, and always verify before you travel.

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✨November 2026New

The whole site got a makeover! The homepage now has a What's New box and quick cards for everything you need, and the Forms & Downloads page keeps every form in neat boxes.

The FAQ is now searchable, and there's a brand-new 2A Glossary. Same free guides, just much easier to use on your phone.

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🧭November 2026New

Want to carry beyond New York? Every non-resident permit on the site now has its own step-by-step guide: Arizona, Connecticut, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Washington DC, all compared side by side.

Closer to home, the Nassau County guide walks you through the current online process, and there's a new NYC Renewal Guide. Every training class now has its own page too, with a Class at a Glance card and one Sign Up button.

ArizonaConnecticutMarylandPennsylvaniaTexasUtahVirginiaWashington DCNassau CountyNYC RenewalTraining Classes

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🙏October 2023

Due to the current situation in Israel, I have been inundated with requests for assistance with various applications. I strongly recommend that you invest the time to thoroughly review the entirety of this website, including the Q&A section.

While I understand that it involves a significant amount of information, it is likely to address most, if not all, of your questions and concerns.

Additionally, I encourage you to take a moment to recite some Tehillim or perform an extra act of Chesed for a fellow Yid, for the Zechus of the safe return of all the hostages and for the welfare, security of the entire Klal Yisroel worldwide.

📝October 16, 2023

Edited 10/16/2023 / NYC / NYPD / Concealed Carry Application

I am receiving conflicting reports of WHEN to take the training course. Some people were informed that they need to take over their training because they took the class PRIOR to when they applied and got fingerprinted.

If you have been informed by your investigator that you need to redo your course, please reach out to me ASAP; I can help you avoid doing it again.

According to the NYPD, you can take the course prior to the Fingerprinting, or after. This assumes it is completed within a reasonable time after the application is submitted.

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