§ 6-8-105 — Exceptions for state issued concealed carry permits; penalty

Wyoming § 6-8-105

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 06: Crimes and Offenses
• Ch. 8: WEAPONS
• Art. 1: WEAPONS OFFENSES

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(a) This section shall be known as and may be cited as the
"Wyoming Repeal Gun Free Zones Act."
(b) Persons lawfully carrying concealed weapons in Wyoming
under W.S. 6-8-104(a)(ii) through (iv) may carry a concealed
weapon in the following places:
(i) Any meeting of a governmental entity;
(ii) Any meeting of the legislature or a committee
thereof;
(iii) Any public airport in areas of the airport
where the carrying of concealed weapons is not prohibited or
restricted under federal law or federal regulation;
(iv) Any public building not otherwise prohibited
under W.S. 6-8-104(t) or regulated under this section.
(c) Subject to W.S. 6-8-104(t)(ix) and subsection (f) of
this section, persons lawfully carrying concealed weapons in
Wyoming with a permit issued under W.S. 6-8-104(a)(ii) may carry
a concealed weapon in the following places:
(i) Any public school, public college or university
athletic event taking place on public property that does not
sell alcoholic beverages;
(ii) Any public elementary or secondary school
facility;
(iii) Any public college or university facility.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to:
(i) Allow the carrying of a concealed weapon where
otherwise prohibited under W.S. 6-8-104(t);
(ii) Prohibit a private property owner from
restricting firearms on his private property;
(iii) Prohibit a governmental entity from prohibiting
the open carry, display or wearing of a firearm in its
facilities or on its campus;
(iv) Allow the carrying of a concealed weapon into
facilities where otherwise prohibited by law;
(v) Allow the carrying of a concealed weapon within
state agency operated health and human services settings, health
and human services facilities that are exempt from licensure or
licensed by the department of family services or department of
corrections or health and human services facilities that are
certified by the behavioral health division of the department of
health to provide residential services;
(vi) Allow the carrying of a concealed weapon within
any facility where explosive or volatile materials are present.
For purposes of this paragraph "explosive or volatile materials"
shall not include materials that are either in an insufficient
amount or in a form such that the material could not reasonably
cause serious bodily injury due to the materials explosive or
volatile nature;
(vii) Prohibit a governmental entity from requiring
any employee or student to store firearms within a concealed
biometric container or a lock box within the employee's or
student's direct control at all times when the firearms are not
being carried on the employee's or student's person, except said
rules shall not:
(A) Prohibit the storage of firearms and
ammunition in public campus housing by any employee or student
authorized to carry a concealed firearm pursuant to this
section; or
(B) Require that a firearm be stored unloaded or
separate from its ammunition.
(e) Any person who knowingly prohibits entry to another
person for lawfully carrying a concealed weapon into a place
authorized pursuant to subsection (b) or (c) of this section,
unless otherwise prohibited under subsection (d) of this
section, when the person would otherwise be permitted entry is
guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more
than one (1) year, a fine of not more than two thousand dollars
($2,000.00), or both.
(f) The board of trustees in each school district may
adopt rules and regulations to govern employees and volunteers
lawfully carrying concealed weapons in Wyoming under W.S. 6-8-
104 on or in any property or facility owned or leased by the
school district. If no rules and regulations are adopted under
this subsection, an employee or a volunteer with a permit to
conceal carry under W.S. 6-8-104(a)(ii) may carry a concealed
weapon under W.S. 6-8-105(c)(ii) or (iii) onto school property.
Any rules and regulations adopted under this subsection shall
only apply to persons who are volunteers or employees, as
defined by subsection (g) of this section. The rules under this
subsection shall:
(i) Require any person carrying a firearm pursuant to
this section to maintain the firearm on his person at all times
or in a concealed biometric container or lock box within the
direct control of the person at all times;
(ii) Establish ongoing training requirements,
curricula and instructor qualifications, in consultation with
local law enforcement, including:
(A) An initial course of training comprised of
not less than sixteen (16) hours of live fire handgun training,
and eight (8) hours of scenario based training using nonlethal
training, firearms and ammunition; and
(B) Annual firearm qualification and documented
recurrent training of not less than twelve (12) hours with an
approved instructor.
(g) For purposes of subsection (f) of this section,
"employee" means any person employed by a school district,
including but not limited to, superintendents, assistant
superintendents, principals, assistant principals, teachers,
guidance counselors, librarians, teacher's aids, coaches,
business managers, secretaries or administrative assistants,
janitors, bus drivers or other employees of a school district.
(h) For purposes of this section, "governmental entity"
means the state, the university of Wyoming and any local
government as defined by W.S. 1-39-103(a)(ii).
(j) The board of trustees in any school district may waive
all or part of the training requirements of paragraph (f)(ii) of
this section for isolated rural schools and employees in those
schools.