Wyoming

Wyoming has never required a permit for open carry; Wyo. Stat. §6-8-104 governs only concealed carry, which itself became permitless for Wyoming residents in 2011 and for any U.S. resident effective July 1, 2021.

Wyoming used to explicitly ban carry at 'any place where persons are assembled for public worship' without the written consent of the chief administrator, but that provision was repealed by 2018 Wyoming HB 141, effective July 1, 2018. Since then Wyoming has no state restriction on carrying in places of worship; it is governed by ordinary property-owner discretion.

W.S. 6-8-104(t)(vii) bars a person carrying concealed under a Wyoming permit, a recognized out-of-state permit or the permitless-carry provision from carrying a concealed firearm (defined in 6-8-104(y)(ii) as a single-hand pistol, revolver or derringer) into any portion of an establishment licensed to dispense alcoholic liquor and malt beverages for consumption on the premises, which portion of the establishment is primarily devoted to that purpose. Parts of a restaurant that are not primarily devoted to dispensing alcohol, such as a dining room, are outside that paragraph, but the statute does not define 'primarily devoted,' so the answer turns on the establishment's layout, and a private owner may restrict firearms on his property under W.S. 6-8-105(d)(ii).

W.S. 6-8-104(a)(iv) lets a resident of the United States without a Wyoming permit carry concealed if he meets the qualifications in (b)(ii) through (vi), (viii) and (ix), which include the age floor in (b)(ii); Enrolled Act 27 (2026) lowered that age from 21 to 18 effective July 1, 2026, and DCI's FAQ states the new age for permit applicants but does not state an age for permitless carry. A valid statewide permit from another state that recognizes Wyoming permits also qualifies under (a)(iii). The places where W.S. 6-8-104(t) bars concealed carry do not include boats or vessels, and (t)(xi) bars it wherever federal or state law prohibits firearms.

W.S. §6-8-104(t) bans carrying into a law-enforcement facility (absent consent), a detention facility, and a courtROOM specifically (with a judge's-discretion exception) — it does not ban the rest of a courthouse building. Effective 7/1/2025, the 'Wyoming Repeal Gun Free Zones Act' (W.S. §6-8-105) affirmatively states permit and permitless carriers MAY carry into any meeting of a governmental entity, any meeting of the legislature, and 'any public building not otherwise prohibited under W.S. 6-8-104(t)' — meaning a DMV office, city hall, and the non-courtroom parts of a courthouse are explicitly allowed by statute; only the actual courtroom itself is off-limits.

House Bill 172, the "Repeal Gun-Free Zones Act" (2025), lets holders of a valid Wyoming concealed carry permit carry concealed handguns in most public university/college campus facilities, but excludes areas serving alcohol (including athletic events), the early-childhood/daycare center, health-services settings, and labs with explosive/volatile materials; open carry and unlicensed carry remain barred on campus. Private institutions are not covered.

Wyoming is a highly permissive constitutional-carry state with no statewide business-signage mandate; carry is presumptively lawful absent a posted sign or a request to leave.

No WY statute requires advance owner consent; general criminal trespass law (Wyo. Stat. 6-3-303) requires notice before presence becomes unlawful (opt-out default). Constitutional-carry state.

usacarry.com's Wyoming summary describes a mid-2025 statutory change: before July 1, 2025, public airports (except secured areas) were among Wyoming's restricted locations for permitless carriers; effective July 1, 2025, Wyoming's expanded permitless-carry law explicitly allows carry in 'public airports, except where federal law restricts carry,' i.e., non-secure areas are now affirmatively permitted. I could not independently load the amended Wyoming statute (W.S. § 6-8-104 or the relevant 2025 session law) to confirm this citation and exact text, so I'm not presenting it as fully confirmed, but it is a specific, dated claim rather than a vague summary.

W.S. 6-8-104 has no vehicle-specific provision for concealed carry, so the same qualifications apply in a vehicle. Under (a)(iv), as amended effective July 1, 2021 by Enrolled Act 70 (which removed the Wyoming-residency requirement), a resident of the United States without a Wyoming permit may carry concealed if he meets the qualifications in (b)(ii) through (vi), (viii) and (ix) and possession is not otherwise unlawful. The age floor in (b)(ii) dropped from 21 to 18 effective July 1, 2026 (Enrolled Act 27); DCI's FAQ states the new age for permit applicants but does not state an age for permitless carry.

Wyo. Stat. §6-5-209 bars bringing a deadly weapon into 'the state hospital' (a specific state-operated facility) except as authorized by the person in charge. Hospitals that are NOT that specific state-operated, licensure-exempt facility have no statutory restriction. So the answer turns on which particular hospital.

Wyoming is permitless-carry. Its prohibited-place list (law enforcement facilities, detention facilities, courtrooms, on-premises alcohol establishments, school facilities for enrolled students) has no rest-area entry per the secondary summary reviewed; I was unable to independently load the primary statute text (repeated site errors).

Wyoming's concealed carry permit law requires the permit holder to possess the permit and valid ID "at all times when carrying a concealed firearm and... display both upon the request of a peace officer." Reactive display duty; exact subsection of Wyo. Stat. § 6-8-104 not independently confirmed against primary text.

Wyoming DCI's own FAQ describes the optional Concealed Firearm Permit as available to "any Wyoming resident" who meets Wyo. Stat. § 6-8-104. Since July 1, 2021, Wyoming already lets any U.S. resident who may lawfully possess a firearm carry concealed there without any permit — so the state-issued optional permit (useful mainly for reciprocity elsewhere) is resident-only.

Verified against the primary statute text (Wyoming Statutes via the official numbering, cross-checked on Justia's mirror): Wyo. Stat. §6-8-105, titled the 'Wyoming Repeal Gun Free Zones Act,' expressly lists 'any public elementary or secondary school facility' (§6-8-105(c)(ii)) among the places a person carrying under a state-issued concealed firearm permit (issued under §6-8-104(a)(ii)) may lawfully carry concealed. Athletic events are covered too, except where alcohol is sold. A 2024 law (HB 125) lets school district boards adopt rules governing (not banning) employees who carry under this authority. This is one of the most permissive states in the country on this question.

Wyoming has no statute making it a crime to ignore a firearms sign on private property, so the general criminal trespass statute applies: W.S. 6-3-303(a) makes it a misdemeanor (up to 6 months and/or $750 under (b)) to enter or remain on another's land or premises knowing you are not authorized, or after being notified to depart or to not trespass, and notice may be given by personal communication from the owner, occupant, agent or a peace officer, or by posted signs reasonably likely to come to the attention of intruders. W.S. 6-8-105(d)(ii) preserves a private property owner's right to restrict firearms on private property. The trespass statute does not mention firearms, so whether a firearms-only sign at a business open to the public is notice by itself is unsettled; a personal request to leave is unambiguous notice under 6-3-303(a)(i). A sign does not bind concealed carriers at public buildings, governmental meetings, public airport areas where federal law allows concealed carry, or (for holders of a Wyoming permit) public school and college facilities: W.S. 6-8-105(e) makes it a misdemeanor (up to 1 year and/or $2,000) to knowingly bar a lawful concealed carrier from those places, though government may still prohibit open carry under (d)(iii) and the (d)(v)-(vi) exclusions for health and human services settings and explosive or volatile materials remain.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-8-401: local governments may not restrict/ban the sale, purchase, transfer, or manufacture of firearms or ammunition. Local exceptions limited to neutral zoning, public-safety/riot ordinances, and Game & Fish hunting/trapping rules.

No Wyoming statute found prohibiting firearms at polling places. Based on MAP research; not independently verified against Wyoming's own statute.

No state-level magazine capacity restriction found.

No state ERPO/red flag law. RECENT: Wyoming enacted a 2024 law barring enforcement of any red flag order — including a hypothetical federal one — within the state, with damages liability (up to $50,000 per violation) for state/local actors who enforce one.

Wyoming imposes no state restriction on suppressors, SBRs, SBSs, or machine guns beyond completing the federal NFA process; the Wyoming Firearms Freedom Act and the absence of any state NFA-item ban confirm this, corroborated by secondary NFA-trust/dealer sources. Pre-1986 transferable machine guns are legal once federally registered. The one wrinkle is use-based, not possession-based: Wyo. Stat. §23-3-112 bars taking wildlife with a fully-automatic weapon and adds penalties for suppressor use during a hunting/game violation — hunting regulations, not a possession restriction.

Stand Your Ground by statute: Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-2-602(a), (e), (f) (2018 SF89) — no duty to retreat.

No Wyoming statute requires background checks on private firearm transfers. Confirmed via absence from Giffords' UBC list.

No Wyoming statute bans suppressor possession — Title 6, Chapter 8 (Weapons Offenses) contains no prohibition on NFA items. Wyo. Stat. §23-3-112 restricts suppressor and full-auto USE only when unlawfully taking big/trophy game (a hunting regulation, not a possession restriction).

No Wyoming statute restricts machine gun possession beyond the federal NFA process; Title 6, Chapter 8, Article 1 (Weapons Offenses) does not list machine guns among prohibited items, and secondary NFA-dealer sourcing confirms no added state licensing exists.

No Wyoming statute in Title 6, Chapter 8 restricts SBR possession beyond the federal NFA process.

Same as short-barreled rifles — no state-level restriction found in Title 6, Chapter 8.

No Wyoming statute addressing AOWs or destructive devices beyond the federal NFA process was found in Title 6, Chapter 8.