Georgia Concealed Carry Laws
Last reviewed: October 9, 2026 Open carry allowed only with permit
Reciprocity shown is for a standard resident permit. Non-resident and enhanced permit holders may have different reciprocity. Always verify before carrying. Use our full permit reciprocity map for all permit types →
Your Georgia resident permit is honored in 33 states Georgia honors resident permits from 49 statesGeorgia Gun Laws
Reciprocity of Georgia's Basic Resident Permit
Open Carry
Duty to Notify Law Enforcement
State Parks
Restaurants Serving Alcohol
Firearms at Colleges
buildings or property used for athletic sporting events, student housing, preschool or childcare space on the property, any room or class related to a college or career academy, any room or space used for classes in which high school students are enrolled, faculty/staff/administrative offices or rooms where disciplinary proceedings are conducted.
Firearms at K-12 Schools
Church Carry
on a church by church basis
Hotels
Secure Storage Requirements
Magazine Capacity Limitations
Suppressor Ownership
Vehicle Possession Without Recognized Permit
Firearm Law Uniformity
Permit Training Requirements
Non-Resident Permits
Constitutional Carry
Duty to Retreat
Places Off Limits
- Jails and prisons, including inside the posted guard lines
- Places of worship, unless the congregation's governing body permits it (a lawful weapons carrier who violates this isn't arrested but faces a fine up to $100)
- State mental health facilities that admit people involuntarily for treatment of mental illness, developmental disability, or addictive disease
- Nuclear power facility premises
- Within 150 feet of a polling place while an election is being conducted
- Government buildings where ingress is restricted or screened by security personnel and at least one is a certified peace officer. Where a government building is open for business and not screened, a lawful weapons carrier may carry
- School safety zones — any real property or building owned by or leased to a public or private elementary or secondary school, and school functions, and buses or other school-furnished transportation. Numerous exceptions, including a lawful weapons carrier dropping off or picking up a student, and firearms legally kept in a vehicle parked in or passing through the zone
- On public college and university campuses, a lawful weapons carrier may generally carry, but not in buildings or property used for athletic sporting events, student housing including fraternity and sorority houses, preschool or childcare spaces, rooms used for college and career academy classes, rooms used for dual enrollment classes with high school students, or faculty, staff, and administrative offices and rooms where disciplinary proceedings are held
- Private college and university campuses, which set their own rules
- Restricted access areas of commercial service airports, meaning past the security screening checkpoint. Parking, walkways, shops, and terminal areas outside screening are fine
- Any place prohibited by federal law
- Private property where the owner or person in legal control excludes or ejects you
- TVA day-use areas, campgrounds, and developed recreation land. Boat ramps and in-season hunting with an unloaded, cased firearm are allowed
- State parks located on Army Corps of Engineers land, per federal law
State Contact / Source
40 Capitol Square SQ
Atlanta, GA 30334
404-656-3300
www.law.ga.gov
Permit Issuing Authority
Length of Permit Validity
Permit Application Process Georgia Permit Reciprocity
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