Permitless Carry States and Those Trying Info

Getting a lot of questions about Permitless Carry With Montana, Utah and Tennessee having bills to do just that. Not guaranteed passage but things do look promising. Other states are talking about it but haven’t put in a bill as far as I can tell. People seeing our listing and asking in an email to conform that it is correct with some even stating that Permitless Carry in XYZ State is not legal and we are going to get people thrown in jail. Have also seen this question on some firearm forums. So thought I would post some information and places to find info.

Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Vermont and West Virginia have “Permitless Carry.” Anyone who can legally possess a firearm may carry concealed in these states without a Permit/License

North Dakota and Wyoming have “Permitless Carry” for their Residents only.

Some of these states require U.S Citizenship for their Permitless Carry statute to apply and a couple have restrictions on those carrying under Permitless Carry that those with a permit don’t have. You need to check out a state if you are going to carry under Permitless Carry. You can view a listing with a short synopsis of their law for Permitless Carry and a link to that statute at
https://handgunlaw.us/documents/Permitless_Carry_States.pdf This listing also makes each states name a link to that states page at https://www.handgunlaw.us which will give you more information. The link for Permitless Carry states is also available in the left column at https://www.handgunlaw.us

Link for Montana Bill
https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billhtml/HB0102.htm

Link for Tennessee Bill
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB0018.pdf

Link for Utah Bill
https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0060.html

Missouri does have preemption. Anyone 18 or older that can legally possess a firearm can carry a CONCEALED Firearm anywhere in the state it is legal to carry. That includes St. Louis. As the Missouri Preemption statute below states local authorities can have no ordinance that is more strict than State Law when it comes to Concealed Carry. They can require a permit to Open Carry. But they can have no ordinance covering Concealed in any local jurisdiction.

http://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=21.750&bid=455&hl=

Title III 21.750. Firearms legislation preemption by general assembly, exceptions--limitation on civil recovery against firearms or ammunitions manufacturers, when, exception.

1. The general assembly hereby occupies and preempts the entire field of legislation touching in any way firearms, components, ammunition and supplies to the complete exclusion of any order, ordinance or regulation by any political subdivision of this state. Any existing or future orders, ordinances or regulations in this field are hereby and shall be null and void except as provided in subsection 3 of this section.

2. No county, city, town, village, municipality, or other political subdivision of this state shall adopt any order, ordinance or regulation concerning in any way the sale, purchase, purchase delay, transfer, ownership, use, keeping, possession, bearing, transportation, licensing, permit, registration, taxation other than sales and compensating use taxes or other controls on firearms, components, ammunition, and supplies except as provided in subsection 3 of this section.

3. (1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, nothing contained in this section shall
prohibit any ordinance of any political subdivision which conforms exactly with any of the provisions
of sections 571.010 to 571.070, with appropriate penalty provisions, or which regulates the open
carrying of firearms readily capable of lethal use or the discharge of firearms within a jurisdiction,
provided such ordinance complies with the provisions of section 252.243. No ordinance shall be
construed to preclude the use of a firearm in the defense of person or property, subject to the
provisions of chapter 563.

(2) In any jurisdiction in which the open carrying of firearms is prohibited by ordinance, the open
carrying of firearms shall not be prohibited in accordance with the following:

(a) Any person with a valid concealed carry endorsement or permit who is open carrying a firearm
shall be required to have a valid concealed carry endorsement or permit from this state, or a permit
from another state that is recognized by this state, in his or her possession at all times;

(b) Any person open carrying a firearm in such jurisdiction shall display his or her concealed carry
endorsement or permit upon demand of a law enforcement officer;

(c) In the absence of any reasonable and articulable suspicion of criminal activity, no person carrying
a concealed or unconcealed firearm shall be disarmed or physically restrained by a law
enforcement officer unless under arrest; and

(d) Any person who violates this subdivision shall be subject to the penalty provided in section
571.121.