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Except as authorized by a person in charge, a person is prohibited from bringing a deadly weapon into:
- A jail;
- A state penal institution;
- The Wyoming boys’ school;
- The Wyoming girls’ school;
- A correctional facility operated by a private entity;
- The state hospital;
- A courtroom, except that nothing shall preclude a judge from carrying a concealed weapon or determining who will carry a concealed weapon in the courtroom.1
Wyoming law prohibits an individual who is authorized to carry a concealed firearm from carrying a concealed firearm into any:
- Facility used primarily for law enforcement operations or administration without the written consent of the chief administrator;
- Detention facility, prison or jail;
- Meeting of a governmental entity;
- Meeting of the legislature or a legislative committee;
- School, college or professional athletic event not related to firearms;
- Portion of an establishment licensed to dispense alcoholic liquor and malt beverages for consumption on the premises, which portion of the establishment is primarily devoted to that purpose;
- Elementary or secondary school facility;
- College or university facility without the written consent of the security service of the college or university; or
- Location where the carrying of firearms is prohibited by federal or state law.2
Wyoming has no statutes prohibiting firearms in the following places, although administrative regulations may apply:
- Parks;
- Hospitals;
- Gambling facilities;
- Polling places or
- Houses of worship.3
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- Wyo. Stat. § 6-5-209.[↩]
- Wyo. Stat. § 6-8-104(t).[↩]
- A 2018 Wyoming law, effective July 1, 2018, repealed provisions at former Wyo. Stat. § 6-8-104(t)(viii), which previously stated that concealed carry was generally prohibited: “Any place where persons are assembled for public worship, without the written consent of the chief administrator of that place.” See 2018 Wy. HB 141.[↩]