Concealed carry in Yellowstone National Park

[headshrink]

If the hotel is run by a company that is contacted as the "official" hotel of a national park, will their sign have the same legal teeth as any regular 'private' buisiness?

[pikdiesel]

Question about Nat'l Park CC?

I heard from a firearms CCW permit instructor that, you have to have a permit in the state that the Nat'l Park is in to legally carry. I have looked and tried to find something more specific that clarifies this, and I cannot.

I live in Maryland with a CCW permit issued from Utah.

If I visit a Nat'l park and the state that the park is in honors Utah's permit, can I carry, or do I have to have a permit issued from the state that the park is in?

Thanks in advance for any answers.

[chrish]

You first need to check if MD honors a non-resident permit. Are you saying you were a Utah resident now in MD, or a resident of another state, with a Utah permit, now living in MD? Each state has it's own rules about honoring (or not) non-resident permits. Many also have restrictions about honoring non-resident permits from another state...i.e. you are a legal resident of state A, you have a permit there. You also have a non-resident permit for state B, and then you travel to state C that honors B permits and not A permits. They may or may not honor your B permit since you are not an actual resident of that state. It's complicated.

USACarry.com has an interactive map that is quite helpful.

Last, regarding your park question. If you are legal to carry concealed in a state, for whatever reason (no permit required, you have a resident or non-resident permit that they honor, whatever)...AND that state's regs permit you to carry in a national park, then you are good.

In the end, you are going to be best served to contact the state police in MD and give them your specific scenario. Let them answer it.

I am not a lawyer.

[Bawanna]

Or just keep it under your shirt and drive. So far they still are not doing body cavity searches or making you walk thru a metal detector to enter a National Park, they'll probably see this and make plans for that but for now your ok.

Per SWMBO, I'm driving to Reno in June cause she wants me too. Due to time restraints I have to go through Oregon, the top corner of California and then into Nevada. I'd planned to go east and down the central route avoiding California all together.
I won't be changing a single thing in my normal attire.
No plans to stop and chat with the CHIPS, or local LE. I think I'm ok in Oregon, no idea in Nevada and I really don't care to be honest.

If bad things happen and I have to defend myself or SWMBO somebody send me a cake with a hacksaw blade inside.

[pikdiesel]

You first need to check if MD honors a non-resident permit. Are you saying you were a Utah resident now in MD, or a resident of another state, with a Utah permit, now living in MD? Each state has it's own rules about honoring (or not) non-resident permits. Many also have restrictions about honoring non-resident permits from another state...i.e. you are a legal resident of state A, you have a permit there. You also have a non-resident permit for state B, and then you travel to state C that honors B permits and not A permits. They may or may not honor your B permit since you are not an actual resident of that state. It's complicated.

USACarry.com has an interactive map that is quite helpful.

Last, regarding your park question. If you are legal to carry concealed in a state, for whatever reason (no permit required, you have a resident or non-resident permit that they honor, whatever)...AND that state's regs permit you to carry in a national park, then you are good.

In the end, you are going to be best served to contact the state police in MD and give them your specific scenario. Let them answer it.

I am not a lawyer.

Thanks for the quick response....I am now a MD resident. MD does have CCW permits, but it is very difficult to get one. They are a "may grant" state and you have to fall under specific circumstances to be considered.
I recently acquired a permit from Utah as a non resident.

Say I travel to a Nat'l park in Virginia, who honors Utah's permit, will I be able to carry concealed in that park?

Utah has recognition and/or reciprocity with 34 other states. After going to handgunlawus, it looks like my Utah permit will suffice. If the state that the park is in, honors Utah's permit, I should be legal.
Am I wrong in thinking this?

[AIRret]

Another item that is legal to carry in Yellowstone and in many, many other places it "BEAR spray". Last summer when I was out west I carried one or two guns as much as possible,
but I always (99.9%) carried my bear spray in a holster (it came with the bear spray) on my belt.
Believe it or not, you can carry bear spray in Canada!! ------ Yet when we crossed the Blue Water bridge into Canada from Port Huron MI we got delayed by almost an hour because we had pepper spray on the truck council (we keep it with us when walking the dog, just in case we run into a stray dog)!!!!!!! CRAZY!