Bill No.: SF0047                     Drafter:  JHR

LSO No.:   11LSO-0024                 Effective Date:  7/1/2011

Enrolled Act No.:    SEA0070

Chapter No.:         84

Prime Sponsor:       Senator Jennings

Catch Title:         Concealed weapons.

Subject:   Carrying concealed weapons without a permit.

Summary/Major Elements:

· Current law requires that a person who carries a concealed deadly weapon must first submit an application and be issued  a concealed weapons permit.

· The act allows a person to carry a concealed weapon without a permit if the person:

o Is a resident of the United States and has been a resident of Wyoming for not less than six (6) months prior to filing the application;

o Is at least twenty-one (21) years of age;

o Does not suffer from a physical infirmity which prevents the safe handling of a firearm;

o Is not ineligible to possess a firearm pursuant to federal law;

o Has not been:

§ Committed to a state or federal facility for the abuse of a controlled substance for at least one year;

§ Convicted of a felony violation of the Wyoming Controlled Substances Act or similar laws of any other state or the United States; or

§ Convicted of a misdemeanor violation of the Wyoming Controlled Substances Act or similar laws of any other state or the United States relating to controlled substances within one (1) year.

o  Does not chronically or habitually use alcoholic liquor and malt beverages to the extent that his normal faculties are impaired.

o Is not currently adjudicated to be legally incompetent; and

o Has not been committed to a mental institution.

· The act creates a felony for a second or subsequent offense of illegally carrying a concealed weapon.