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I am thinking of visiting Wyoming later this year, and wanted to brush up on the laws dealing with open carry and concealed carry. I have a concealed carry permit issued by a state with which Wyoming has reciprocity.
From reading recent threads on this forum, I would understand that the only places in Wyoming that are off limits to OPEN carry are jails, penal institutions, mental hospitals, posted private property, and federal property. Is that really the case?
I am particularly concerned about school properties, including institutions of higher education. Aside from the question of state law, I'd like comments on the following: It appears to me that a FEDERAL law would prohibit a nonresident like me from carrying either openly or concealed inside of a school or within 1,000 feet of any school. The law is 18 U.S.C. Chapter 44, Section 922 (q), usually referred to as the Gun-Free School Zone law (this is NOT the law that the Supreme Court struck down in the Lopez case, but the replacement law enacted later), which provides in part:
"(A) It shall be unlawful for any individual knowingly to possess a firearm that has moved in or that otherwise affects interstate or foreign commerce at a place that the individual knows, or has reasonable cause to believe, is a school zone. (b) Subparagraph (A) does not apply to the possession of a firearm . . . if the individual possessing the firearm is licensed to do so by the State in which the school zone is located or a political subdivision of the State, and the law of the State or political subdivision requires that, before an individual obtains such a license, the law enforcement authorities of the State or political subdivision verify that the individual is qualified under law to receive the license . . ."
The law defines a "school zone" as "(A) in, or on the grounds of, a public, parochial or private school; or
(B) within a distance of 1,000 feet from the grounds of a public, parochial or private school."
Comments?
I am thinking of visiting Wyoming later this year, and wanted to brush up on the laws dealing with open carry and concealed carry. I have a concealed carry permit issued by a state with which Wyoming has reciprocity.
From reading recent threads on this forum, I would understand that the only places in Wyoming that are off limits to OPEN carry are jails, penal institutions, mental hospitals, posted private property, and federal property. Is that really the case?
I am particularly concerned about school properties, including institutions of higher education. Aside from the question of state law, I'd like comments on the following: It appears to me that a FEDERAL law would prohibit a nonresident like me from carrying either openly or concealed inside of a school or within 1,000 feet of any school. The law is 18 U.S.C. Chapter 44, Section 922 (q), usually referred to as the Gun-Free School Zone law (this is NOT the law that the Supreme Court struck down in the Lopez case, but the replacement law enacted later), which provides in part:
"(A) It shall be unlawful for any individual knowingly to possess a firearm that has moved in or that otherwise affects interstate or foreign commerce at a place that the individual knows, or has reasonable cause to believe, is a school zone. (b) Subparagraph (A) does not apply to the possession of a firearm . . . if the individual possessing the firearm is licensed to do so by the State in which the school zone is located or a political subdivision of the State, and the law of the State or political subdivision requires that, before an individual obtains such a license, the law enforcement authorities of the State or political subdivision verify that the individual is qualified under law to receive the license . . ."
The law defines a "school zone" as "(A) in, or on the grounds of, a public, parochial or private school; or
(B) within a distance of 1,000 feet from the grounds of a public, parochial or private school."
Comments?