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2/15/2026 - New Jersey and New York State Pages Updated. . . New York Has Removed Restrictions on Non-Residents Needing Employment or Other Ties to New York Before They Could Apply. . Rutgers University no Longer Host New Jersey Statutes. All New Jersey Statutes Links Updated. No Longer Direct Links to Each Statute. Major Documents With New Jersey Statute Links Updated Also.
2/7/2026 - Wisconsin and Wyoming State Pages Updated.
2/1/2026 - Colorado Now Honors the Minnesota Resident Permit. Minnesota Already Honored the Colorado Permit …Minnesota and Colorado State Pages Updated. . . St. Honoring My Lic. and Lic. My State Honors Documents Updated.
1/25/2026 - Links on All Major Documents Checked and Repaired if Needed. .
1/22/2026 - Documents Long Guns in Vehicles, Non-Resident Permits, RV Car Carry, State Restrictions, Tribal Gun Laws Part 1 & 2, Permitless Carry States and FAQs. All Links Checked and Repaired if Needed. On This Date All Statutes Quoted Checked and are Latest Version of That Statute on These Documents.
1/20/2026 - Oklahoma State Page Updated. . . All Links Checked and Repaired if Needed and On This Date All Statutes Quoted Checked and are Latest Version of That Statute on the Following State Pages. AL, AK, AZ.AR, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NYV, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC. SD, TN, TX, USA, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands. . . Stand Your Ground/Brandishing and Must Inform Officer Documents Updated. The Other Major Documents will be Checked in the Near Future.
1/1/2026 - Arkansas, California, Illinois, Montana, New Mexico and Puerto Rico Pages Updated. . . Permitless Carry States Document Links Checked and marked as Up to date as of 1/1/2026. . . On a Side Note. On February 6, 2025 Handgunlaw.us Will Mark 20 Years Being Online Providing Information on the Carry Laws of the 50 States, DC, NYC
and the US Possessions. Steve, Daniel & Gary Wish Everyone a HappyNew Year and "Stay Safe" Out There!12/12/2025 - Oregon State Page and State Restrictions Document Updated. Link to Report from the Crime Prevention Research Center Concealed Carry Permit Holders Across the United States: 2025 Added to Main Page.
12/1/2025 - North Carolina State Page Updated.
11/14/2025 - Flying With Handguns Added to CCW/Carry Related Links in the Left Column of the Index and Update Pages. . . Fly/Ship Pepper Spray and Fly/Ship Stun Guns Information Link Added in Travel Links in then Drop Down Menu at the Top of the Index and Updates Page.
11/1/2025 - Oklahoma State Page Updated.
10/24/2025 - Nevada no Longer Honors Michigan License to Carry. . . Michigan and Nevada State Pages Updated. . . St. Honoring My Lic. and Lic. My State Honors Documents Updated.
10/20/1025 - New York, Massachusetts, New York City, DC, America Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, U.S.A., and Virgin Islands Pages Updated. . . Documents Updated. . Long Guns in Vehicles, Must Inform Officer, State Restrictions, Non-Resident Permits, Stand Your Ground/Brandishing, Site FAQs, Permitless Carry States, RV/Car Carry and Tribal Laws Part 1 Documents Updated. All External Links to Quoted Statutes/Admin Rules/Documents Have Been Checked and Show or Point to the Most Up to Date Edition of the Statute/Admin Rule/Document.
10/15/1025 - All External Links to Quoted Statutes/Admin Rules/Documents Have Been Checked and Show or Point to the Most Up to Date Edition of the Statute/Admin Rule/Documents on the Following State Pages. Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii. Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming The Rest of the State Pages and Major Documents Will to be Checked in the Coming week/s.
10/1/2025 - Alabama, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Oregon State Pages Updated.
9/15/2025 - Tennessee State Page Updated.
9/12/2025 - Florida State Page Updated.
9/7/2025 - New Jersey State Page Updated. . . Non-Resident Permits and State Restrictions Documents Updated. . . FYI - Nevada.gov was hit by ransomware 2 weeks ago and some Nevada
information is still not available.9/1/2025 - Texas Now Honors All Other States Permit/Licenses. . . Delaware, DC, Idaho, Maine, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Oregon, Puerto Rico and Texas State Pages Updated. . . Lic. My State Honors, States Honoring My Lic. and Non-Resident Permit Documents Updated.
8/8/2025 - Pennsylvania State Page Updated. Link to Massad Ayoob's "Self Defense Brief Statement" Added under "CCW/Carry Related Links Header" in the left column of the Main Page.
8/1/2025 - Louisiana, New Jersey, North Dakota and Ohio State Pages Updated...... The Documents: States That Honor My Lic. and Lic. My State Honors have been updated. Due to my error I uploaded those 2 files to the wrong folder on Handgunlaw.us on June 12, 2025 and that left the May 4, 2025 version opening when either of those links was accessed. The update that wasn't shown was, "Pennsylvania Now Honors the Virginia Resident Permit" on those two documents. That error has been corrected.
7/20/2025 - South Dakota State Page Updated.
7/1/2025 - South Dakota and Wyoming Now have Campus Carry There are Some Restrictions and A permit is Required in Some Instances. Read the Laws for More Information. . . . Wyoming Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Maryland, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, West Virginia and Wyoming, State Pages Updated. . . . Age to Carry Document Updated. . . All Links Checked and Repaired if needed on All State Pages Including the Possessions, Tribal Gun Laws, Long Guns in Vehicles, Must Inform Officer, State Restrictions, Non-Resident Permits, Stand Your Ground/Brandishing, Permitless Carry States, FAQs, State RKBA Orgs and RV/Car Carry Documents. .... Document link to all Local Issuing Authorities found on State Pages "How to Apply" or "Non-Resident Permit" Sections on AL, CA, CO, CT, GA, ID, IA, MI, MN, MO,MT, NV, NY, NH. NC, OH, OR, PA, RI, VA, WA, WV and WY Checked and Repaired if Needed. There are over 1600 Links to Local Issuing Authorities Listed in those 23 Documents.
6/12/2025 - Pennsylvania Now Honors the Virginia Resident Permit. . . . Pennsylvania and Virginia State PagesUpdated. . . Lic. My State Honors and States Honoring My License Documents Updated.
6/1/2025 - Florida and Oklahoma State Pages Updated. . . Stand Your Ground/Brandishing Document Updated.
5/20/2025 - Oklahoma State Page Updated.
5/16/2025 - Tennessee State Page Updated.
5/8/2025 - Utah and Iowa State Pages Updated. . . Non-Resident Permits and RV/Car Carry Documents Updated.
5/4/2025 - Minnesota Now Honors Permits from Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New York, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia. Some of the listed states permits were honor for those over 21 but now honors Permits for those 18 and up. All of those states listed plus Minnesota State Pages were updated. . . . Lic. My State Honors, States Honoring My Lic., RV/Car Carry, Quirks in How States Honor Each Other, Non-Resident Permits and Age to Carry Documents Updated.
4/23/2025 - Minnesota State Page, Age to Carry and Non-Resident Permit Documents Updated.
4/20/2025 - DC, New Jersey and USA Pages Updated.
4/16/2025 - New York and New York City Pages Updated.
4/12/2025 - Colorado and New Jersey State Pages Updated.
4/10/2025 - Kansas State Page and US States That Honor My Permit Updated.
4/6/2025 - Ohio and U.S, Virgin Islands Pages Updated.3/21/2025 - Michigan and USA Pages Updated.
3/7/2025 - This Past Week All Links Checked on All the States, US Possessions, New York City, District of Columbia Pages. . . . Links Checked on Must Inform Officer, State Restrictions, Permitless Carry States, Long Guns in Vehicles, SYG/Brandishing, Non-Resident Permits and RV/Car Carry Documents. There are over 7,000 links on all those state pages and documents.
3/1/2025 - Iowa State Page Updated.
State CCW Pages
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Update History
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