If you are traveling from state to state and carrying, you need to know the situation in each state you are entering or you could get into trouble. For certain states or if you have any doubt at all, keeping moving through the state (reference the McClure-Volkmer Act to only stop for gas and emergencies) towards your final destination state. Your destination state must have acceptable laws for your stay. We make some generalities with our color map here for ease of use so you should always look up the current details of the laws. Handgun laws are where it usually varies the most. This is a controversial issue but which ever side you are on, it is better to have informed people out there. The green shaded states are mostly friendly to firearms, while the red shaded states are either not-friendly or have some serious restrictions you need to know about before crossing the state line. You can also download an easy to print version with all states and details.
More tips related to RV travel with guns
Is your RV a vehicle or a residence?
What to know about traffic stops while carrying
Places to avoid in your RV while carrying
Carrying through restricted states in your RV
Here are our individual state breakdowns. Please feel free to discuss and add your experiences. We will update these pages as things change.
Alabama Gun Laws Travel Guide
Alaska Gun Laws Travel Guide
Arizona Gun Laws Travel Guide
Arkansas Gun Laws Travel Guide
California Gun Laws Travel Guide
Colorado Gun Laws Travel Guide
Connecticut Gun Laws Travel Guide
Delaware Gun Laws Travel Guide
Florida Gun Laws Travel Guide
Georgia Gun Laws Travel Guide
Hawaii Gun Laws Travel Guide
Idaho Gun Laws Travel Guide
Illinois Gun Laws Travel Guide
Indiana Gun Laws Travel Guide
Iowa Gun Laws Travel Guide
Kansas Gun Laws Travel Guide
Kentucky Gun Laws Travel Guide
Louisiana Gun Laws Travel Guide
Maine Gun Laws Travel Guide
Maryland Gun Laws Travel Guide
Massachusetts Gun Laws Travel Guide
Michigan Gun Laws Travel Guide
Minnesota Gun Laws Travel Guide
Mississippi Gun Laws Travel Guide
Missouri Gun Laws Travel Guide
Montana Gun Laws Travel Guide
Nebraska Gun Laws Travel Guide
Nevada Gun Laws Travel Guide
New Hampshire Gun Laws Travel Guide
New Jersey Gun Laws Travel Guide
New Mexico Gun Laws Travel Guide
New York Gun Laws Travel Guide
North Carolina Gun Laws Travel Guide
North Dakota Gun Laws Travel Guide
Ohio Gun Laws Travel Guide
Oklahoma Gun Laws Travel Guide
Oregon Gun Laws Travel Guide
Pennsylvania Gun Laws Travel Guide
Rhode Island Gun Laws Travel Guide
South Carolina Gun Laws Travel Guide
South Dakota Gun Laws Travel Guide
Tennessee Gun Laws Travel Guide
Texas Gun Laws Travel Guide
Utah Gun Laws Travel Guide
Vermont Gun Laws Travel Guide
Virginia Gun Laws Travel Guide
Washington Gun Laws Travel Guide
West Virginia Gun Laws Travel Guide
Wisconsin Gun Laws Travel Guide
Wyoming Gun Laws Travel Guide
Do you have any experiences that you care to share with other travelers?
great guide. Not the most detailed but it’s simple to get a feel for it and then read the mumbo jumbo if you want. Looks like you added more state links since I first looked at it.
Thanks for the information. Just what I was looking for to think about my travel plans. It makes a difference if you want to carry a gun for certain reasons but can avoid certain states.
Would you please add a date to these pages. So often it is difficult to tell when the pages were originally published or updated. this is a great website. Thank you.
The bottom grey bar on each post actually has the original publish date. That is the original date that the page was first posted. I took off the update date marks just because I do so many typos and minor things and they make up most of the corrections. January 2009 is the original date in the case of the entire Gun Laws and Travel Guide I did here after realizing my own travels with a handy shotgun were naive. Most of these gun laws posts have been updated since then but you are right, I should put the update mark back in to note when changes are made in the content.
Adam