Updated for 2021: Traveler's Guide to the Firearm Laws of the Fifty States

Every year, people drive to all corners of the United States and beyond, sometimes with their firearms in tow with them. Unfortunately for many responsible armed citizens, this can expose them to a complex and ever-changing environment of state gun laws, many of which vary from year to year.

Fortunately, the updated 24th edition of J. Scott Kappas’ "Traveler’s Guide to the Firearms Laws of the Fifty States" has America’s gun-carrying travelers covered for 2021. Within its 68 pages are more than 100 updates since 2020, including 50 subheads in each state’s checklist detailing ammo-carry rules and new online updates for conditional reciprocity states. This includes among other aspects:

• Carry of firearms in a motor vehicle.
• Concealed carry reciprocity.
• Firearm law preemption. 
• Concealed carry in state and national parks.
• Concealed carry in restaurants serving alcohol.
• Open carry without a permit.
• Traveling with firearms on airlines, cruise ships, buses, RVs and motorcycles.
• Firearm possession in hotels, on college campuses and school grounds.
• State laws regulating long guns, handguns, NFA items and parts restrictions.
• How to handle a traffic stop.

For those who also visit the nation’s northern and southern hemispheres, the "Traveler’s Guide" includes detailed information for trips to Canada and Mexico. The guide retails for $14.95 (including shipping), and can be purchased at gunlawguide.com.

Examples of individual state pages: