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Idaho – (Effective 7/1/2024) The Governor has signed SB 1374 which put restrictions on those using State Property for events. Unless they charge admission etc they can't stop those legally carrying. You need to read the bill at...

South Carolina – The Governor has signed Bill 3594 making South Carolina the 29th state to pass Permitless Carry. It lowers the age to apply for a permit and to carry under permitless carry to 18. Though Louisiana Governor signed his bill first (28th state) the South Carolina Bill went into...

Louisiana - Not Effective until July 4, 2024 the Governor has signed SB 1 making Louisiana the 28th State to have Permitless Carry. Louisiana did have limited Permitless Carry for Active/Retired Military who were residents of Louisiana only. This bill also lowers the age to 18 to carry under...

Connecticut – Governor has signed File No. 841 which is the substitute for HB 6667. Effective date is October 1, 2023. Open Carry will be banned. There is a safe storage law and other changes. You can read the bill at https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023HB-06667-R000841-FC.PDF Florida and...

Kansas – Effective July 1, 2023. The Governor has signed SB 116 which cut the price of a Kansas Carry Permit from $132.50 to just $32.50 and on renewal only a fee for Fingerprints will be charged. The State just cut out their $100 dollar charge and just left the $32.50 for the Sheriff. The...

Arkansas – The Governor has signed SB 480 which ands a new section that states Arkansas is a Permitless Carry State. (Bill goes into effect late July) but that really doesn't matter. They just clarified things. First in 2013 a law was passed that some said allowed Permitless Carry while other...

West Virginia – The Governor has signed SB 10 Campus Carry Act. The law does not take effect until July 1, 2024. A Permit WV issues or honors will be required to carry on campus. Even though West Virginia is a Permitless Carry State they do not honor all other states permit/licenses. No Open...

Florida – FL Supreme Court Ruled that their Preemption Law means exactly what it says. If local authorities pass ordinance concerning firearm etc That the Local Officials can be held responsible. You can read the decision at...

I have been missing the boat on updates in the last 6 months. Handgunlaw.us is a two man operation. Steve keeps it online and I updated the information. Steve and I have both had some medical issues and I spent all my time just keeping the pages updated. I apologize for not keeping up posting...

Louisiana – SB 143 passed and goes into effect August 1, 2022. It allows Louisiana Residents with Military Service to carry without a permit. https://legis.la.gov/legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1290223 RS 14:95 Illegal Carrying of Weapons Not Effective until 8/1/2022 M. The provisions of...

Hawaii – Maui County has added information on how to apply for a carry permit. We can’t see where any of the other counties have posted anything about the recent SCOTUS ruling. Hawaii is made up of 5 counties which the main islands are one county. Permits issued are only valid in the county of...

20-843 New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. Bruen (06/23/2022) Both New Jersey and California DOJ have put out Directives/Legal Alerts instructing the Issuing Authorities in their respective states that the Good Cause no longer applies. That will make it less difficult in these two...

SCOTUS has overturned New York’s May Issue laws. It will be awhile before NY and most likely the other May Issue states update their laws and issuing regulations for issuing Permit/Licenses. All the states that are May Issue have very limited places off limits and will most likely follow what DC...

Georgia – The Governor has signed SB 319, “Georgia Permitless Carry.” The law becomes effective immediately. Those 21 years of age or older or Active Military or Honorably Discharged Veterans 18 or older who can legally possess a firearm can carry without a permit. See entry below as Georgia at...

Nevada has now added Florida back on the list of states it honors. They removed them just about a year ago. As you can see by the link below their list was updated 1 Apr. 2022 and the only difference was Florida added to the list https://rccd.nv.gov/uploadedFiles/gsdnvgov/content/Resources/2021...