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Minnesota – The courts have ruled against Minnesota and the Supreme Court let the lower court ruling stand so 18 Years old or older can now apply for a permit in Minnesota. As of April 21, 2925 18 years olds can apply. The Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus has put out info on the ruling you can read...

Colorado – SB 25-003 has been signed by the governor and takes effect immediately. It looks like all gas operated long guns are banned for sale in the state. Looks like you can’t bring any into the states also. Doesn’t say that but if you can’t sell or buy them in the state you most likely can’t...

Arkansas – Effective on or about July 11, 2025 Arkansas will now have state Preemption on Knife Laws. You can read the new Act at; https://arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FACT161.pdf Michigan – Effective April 2, 2025 – Michigan made polling places off limits...

A few years back The Virginia Citizens Defense tried to get their state legislature to pass a law to keep Virginia From Sharing their permit information with Maryland. States can sign up to share that info with Police Departments to find out if a permit is valid or not when out of state. I am...

It is easy to create a site like Handgunlaw.us. It is a lot of work to keep such a site up to date. Things I do every day to try and keep Handgunlaw.us up to date! Look at a min of 18 Firearms News Sources more than once a day. My Browser marks every link I look Red so I know I have looked at...

New Mexico No Longer Honors the Alaska, Idaho, Tennessee and West Virginia Permits to Carry. I am not sure why they dropped them. The link below will take you to their listing. You have to scroll down the page. I have been lax in making updates here as I have been busy going through each...

Iowa – (Not Effective until 1/1/2025) The Governor has signed HF 2556 which puts some teeth in their preemption Statute: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2024/724.28.pdf Louisiana – Effective July 4, 2024 Louisiana has put Restaurant Carry in their statutes. You can read the bill at...

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...

My post above and this post are from changes per SENATE BILL No. 116 http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb116_enrolled.pdf 75-7c05 (f) No person who is issued a license or has such license renewed shall be required to pay a fee for the cost of the license or renewal except...

(2)  75-7c05 an amount of $32.50 payable to the sheriff of the county where the applicant resides for the purpose of covering the cost of taking fingerprints pursuant to subsection (c); That fingerprint charge may only apply to initial applications.

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...