State Gun Laws
Carry, permit, vehicle, and reciprocity rules for every U.S. state. Each page is paired with citations to the underlying statute, attorney general guidance, court opinion, or ATF document.
Browse by state
Alabama
Constitutional carry since 2023
Alaska
Constitutional carry since 2003
Arizona
Constitutional carry since 2010
Arkansas
Constitutional carry since 2013
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Constitutional carry since 2023
Georgia
Constitutional carry since 2022
Hawaii
Idaho
Constitutional carry since 2016
Illinois
Indiana
Constitutional carry since 2022
Iowa
Constitutional carry since 2021
Kansas
Constitutional carry since 2015
Kentucky
Constitutional carry since 2019
Louisiana
Constitutional carry since 2024
Maine
Constitutional carry since 2015
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Constitutional carry since 2016
Missouri
Constitutional carry since 2017
Montana
Constitutional carry since 2021
Nebraska
Constitutional carry since 2023
Nevada
New Hampshire
Constitutional carry since 2017
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Constitutional carry since 2017
Ohio
Constitutional carry since 2022
Oklahoma
Constitutional carry since 2019
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Constitutional carry since 2024
South Dakota
Constitutional carry since 2019
Tennessee
Constitutional carry since 2021
Texas
Constitutional carry since 2021
Utah
Constitutional carry since 2021
Vermont
Constitutional carry since 1903
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Constitutional carry since 2016
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Constitutional carry since 2011
Concealed Carry Statistics by State
Active permits, year-over-year change, and per-capita rate for all 50 states, each linked to its official source.
How these pages are sourced
Every quick-answer flag and prose statement on a state page is paired with a citation to the controlling statute, attorney general or state police guidance, court opinion, or ATF document. We don't use summaries from advocacy organizations as primary sources. Recent changes are pulled from the actual session-law or public-chapter PDF, not bill-page summaries.