Reciprocity Guidelines for Wyoming

The State of Wyoming honors non-resident permits/licenses of the states they honor. For Permits/Licenses, Wyoming honors the following states below:

Effective July 1, 2011, Wyoming residents who meets all the requirements under Wyoming Statute 6-8-104 can carry concealed handgun anywhere in the state. It is no longer necessary to have any type of permit/license from the state to exercise their 2nd Amendment rights. This law is applicable to all the legal residents of Wyoming.

For non-residents, they must have a permit/license that Wyoming honors to carry.

Wyoming Statute 6-8-104
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(i) Is a resident of the United States and has been a resident of Wyoming for not less than six (6) months prior to filing the application. The Wyoming residency requirements of this paragraph do not apply to any person who holds a valid permit authorizing him to carry a concealed firearm authorized and issued by a governmental agency or entity in another state that recognizes Wyoming permits and is a valid statewide permit;
(ii) Is at least twenty-one (21) years of age;
(iii) Does not suffer from a physical infirmity which prevents the safe handling of a firearm;
(iv) Is not ineligible to possess a firearm pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 922(g) or W.S. 6-8-102;
(v) Has not been:

(A) Committed to a state or federal facility for the abuse of a controlled substance, within the one (1) year period prior to the date on which application for a permit under this section is submitted;
(B) Convicted of a felony violation of the Wyoming Controlled Substances Act of 1971, W.S. 35-7- 1001 through 35-7-1057 or similar laws of any other state or the United States relating to controlled substances and has not been pardoned; or
(C) Convicted of a misdemeanor violation of the Wyoming Controlled Substances Act of 1971, W.S. 35-7-1001 through 35-7-1057 or similar laws of any other state or the United States relating to controlled substances within the one (1) year period prior to the date on which application for a permit under this section is submitted

(vi) Does not chronically or habitually use alcoholic liquor and malt beverages to the extent that his normal faculties are impaired. It shall be presumed that an applicant chronically and habitually uses alcoholic beverages to the extent that his normal faculties are impaired if the applicant has been involuntarily committed, within the one (1) year period prior to the date on which application for a permit under this section is submitted, to any residential facility pursuant to the laws of this state or similar laws of any other state as a result of the use of alcohol;
(vii) Is not currently adjudicated to be legally incompetent; and
(viii) Has not been committed to a mental institution.

Starting on November 1, 2012 is the date wherein the residents of Wyoming can bring their defensive handgun in the state of Oklahoma without any type of license or permit. They must bring only their ID’s when carrying their firearms in the said state.