The
Wyoming Attorney General's Office recently completed examination of the
other 49 states statutes for the purpose of honoring concealed firearms
permits issued by another state, or reciprocity. Pursuant to Wyo. Stat.
Ann. § 6-8-401(a)(iii), Wyoming will recognize a permit from another
state that "has laws similar to the provisions of this section, as
determined by the attorney general . . .."
The Wyoming
Attorney General has determined that with the exception of 8 states,
presently all the others concealed firearm permit statutes are not
sufficiently similar to Wyoming's. Specifically, Wyo. Stat. Ann. §
6-8-104(b)(v) prohibits
issuance of a permit to any person who has been convicted of a
controlled substance violation, felony or misdemeanor in any
jurisdiction. Most other states' analogous statutes do not.
The
Wyoming Attorney General holds that if a misdemeanor drug conviction
disqualifies a Wyoming resident, is also needs to disqualify an
out-of-state permit holder. Due to the difference in how each state
handles controlled substance convictions, Wyoming is also limited in
our ability to maintain reciprocity with states we may have previously.
Accordingly,
as of March 1, 2009, Wyoming can only honor concealed firearm permits
issued by the following states: Connecticut, Ohio, Georgia, Oklahoma,
Maryland, Oregon, Massachusetts and Utah.
Update May 2010
Permit Honored:
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Wyoming
Permit Not Honored:
California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington, West Virginia, Guam, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, District of Columbia
Note Colorado, Florida, Michigan, New Hampshire & South Carolina require that your Wyoming permit be issued to a resident or they will not honor it.
We now have a relationship with a Wyoming NFA Gun Trust Lawyer® who can provide NFA Trusts for Wyoming residents. If you live in Cheyenne, Laramie, Sheridan, Casper, Rawlins, Buffalo, Gillette, Evanston, Riverton, Cody, Jackson Hole or anywhere in Wyoming, contact a Gun Trust Lawyer® to find out more about a Wyoming Gun Trust. 
