Heading to Yellowstone. Carrying through multiple states question.

[Cool Breeze]

This summer I'll be taking the family out west for a few weeks. I'm much more familiar with traveling east with a firearm. Can anyone comment on issues I need to know of?

I'll basically be going out on 90 and back on 80. So:

Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
South Dakota
North Dakota
Montana
Wyoming
Idaho
Utah
Nebraska
Iowa

I will only stop in Illinois for gas at most. I'm familiar with the laws there.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Wstar425]

You don’t say what state you reside in and whether you heve a license/permit/permission slip from where. (Unless I missed that) That will be your first step in this process. Quite a few CC states there.

Having recently moved from Wisconsin, you can open carry there just about everywhere except court house, cop shop schools, PO, the usual list. HOWEVER, you cannot open carry in your vehicle as that is considered concealed unless it is on the dash or hanging from the rear view.

Minnesota is a no go for OC or CC unless you have reciprocity with whatever state you’re from.

I think you’d be better off to go thru each state on one of the online sites versus relying on individual intel here, so I’m recommending against taking my own advice.

 

[Cool Breeze]

Woops, I have an Indiana LTCH.

 

[Timjoebillybob]

Woops, I have an Indiana LTCH.

Here is the site I use to check. Although I've never seen it be wrong, I always follow the links and check the state's code directly as well.

Handgunlaw.us

The Internets Premier database for Concealed Carry Handgun and Firearms Law.

handgunlaw.us

Some of the states that don't honor the IN LTCH may allow unlicensed open carry, for that I use this site. And again follow up check with the state code in question.

OpenCarry.org

“A Right Unexercised is a Right Lost”

opencarry.org

 

[Mgderf]

Here is the site I use to check. Although I've never seen it be wrong, I always follow the links and check the state's code directly as well.

Handgunlaw.us

The Internets Premier database for Concealed Carry Handgun and Firearms Law.

handgunlaw.us

Some of the states that don't honor the IN LTCH may allow unlicensed open carry, for that I use this site. And again follow up check with the state code in question.

OpenCarry.org

“A Right Unexercised is a Right Lost”

opencarry.org

^^^this

 

[ditcherman]

I’d add two things to what’s already been said, 1. USCCA has their own app as well, pretty user friendly, and
2. KNOW the laws of any reservations you may be going through. Not researched as far north as where you’re going, but south of there they mean business and have the teeth in the law to enforce it. What’s more they don’t always make it clear, possibly intentionally.

 

[KittySlayer]

I check handgunlaw.us before I travel and make a cheat sheet for each state:

Must Inform Officer by Law: ?? good to know in case you get pulled over for a traffic violation
Permits Honored: IN move to trunk and comply with transport laws if necessary
Places Off-Limits: Schools, etc... ?? look for those unusual items you take for granted in Indiana
Rest Areas: ?? make sure you can hold more than your **** when you stop
No Gun Signs - Force of Law: ?? can't always ignore like in Indiana
Open Carry: ?? while I don't generally open carry, sometimes I am sloppy about how well I conceal, do I need to be careful not to print?
Applebees/Bar: ?? distinguish how you are treated in Applebees family area vs. the bar area vs. a real bar

I quickly scan the rest of the state laws in advance and decide if I need any special notations as well as check for updates since the last time I traveled.

 

[nonobaddog]

Are you talking handguns, long guns or both?

 

[Cameramonkey]

I'll basically be going out on 90 and back on 80. So:

I will top off at the last gas station in Indiana and not stop until IA only stop in Illinois for gas at most. I'm familiar with the laws there.

Thanks in advance!

FIFY

 

[Cool Breeze]

Thanks guys! I'll do some digging. Yes, just a handgun. And yes, I'll aim to not stop at all in IL. My kids have gone 5 hours without a potty break.

 

[two70]

I used to travel out that way somewhat frequently and off of the top of my head, Nebraska is the major problem state for CC other than Illinois on the most direct route.

 

[cg21]

https://www.usconcealedcarry.com/resources/ccw_reciprocity_map/in-gun-laws/

 

[Sailor]

Nice, I am leaving Saturday. Boondocking in the Black Hills then on to Yellowstone.

 

[Timjoebillybob]

Thanks guys! I'll do some digging. Yes, just a handgun. And yes, I'll aim to not stop at all in IL. My kids have gone 5 hours without a potty break.

Go ahead and stop for potty breaks, you can leave **** in that **** hole. Most just try to avoid leaving cash to help fund that **** hole.

 

[xwing]

Go ahead and stop for potty breaks, you can leave **** in that **** hole. Most just try to avoid leaving cash to help fund that **** hole.

If you stop for potty brakes in Illinois, you have to disarm. Their partial recognition of carry on any out-of-state license starts and ends in your car.

And another option to the OP:

CCW – Concealed Carry 50 State Guide
for iPhone
for Android

 

[nonobaddog]

If you stop for potty brakes in Illinois, you have to disarm. Their partial recognition of carry on any out-of-state license starts and ends in your car.

So you can carry in your car in Illinois but have to lock it up when you leave your car?

 

[Timjoebillybob]

So you can carry in your car in Illinois but have to lock it up when you leave your car?

Yes.

 

[04FXSTS]

So you can carry in your car in Illinois but have to lock it up when you leave your car?

In Illinois interstate rest areas the buildings are posted no carry even for Illinois residents with a CCW.

 

[xwing]

In Illinois interstate rest areas the buildings are posted no carry even for Illinois residents with a CCW.

That is correct as well. There are many broad categories of places that are statutorily posted in Illinois, even for Illinois CCW holders. But specifically I am speaking about non-Illinois residents who have a CCW from their home state, but not from Illinois. They can follow 430 ILCS 66 / 40 (e) and carry in their car. But if they leave their car for any reason (e.g. to pump gas, go to the restroom), they have to lock the gun in the car.

Please realize this is specific to Illinois; in most states who do not recognize your CCW, you can't carry in your car either. Instead you must follow U.S. 926A which is much more restrictive.

 

[BroodXI]

Nice, I am leaving Saturday. Boondocking in the Black Hills then on to Yellowstone.

if you have time, devils tower and rushmore are right there close, then crazy house on the otherside of rushmore