Only when asked by the officer

Concealed Carry is legal in accordance with state laws that regulate the right to carry

No specific restriction

Concealed guns allowed by law, but schools limit locations/who carries

Mississippi permit holder who is a non-student may have loaded handgun in vehicle only.

Churches act like any other private property and may restrict on a church by church basis

No legal restriction - Reference article on page 67

None

No restrictions

Ownership & Hunting Legal.

Anyone 18+ can carry a firearm within the confines of any motor vehicle

Cities may restrict parks and public meetings but otherwise laws are uniform throughout the state.

No training required for the basic permit. The enhanced permit requires taking a class from a State DPS Certifie Instructor

Non-resident permits are only available to military personnel

Yes, but with exceptions. A license is not required for a loaded or unloaded pistol or revolver to be carried upon the person in a sheath, belt holster, or shoulder holster or in a purse, handbag, satchel, other similar bag or briefcase or fully enclosed case if the person is not engaged in criminal activity other than a misdemeanor traffic offense, is not otherwise prohibited from possessing a pistol or revolver under state or federal law, and is not in a prohibited location.

No Duty to Retreat

- Any place of nuisance — locations where prostitution, lewdness, or unlawful controlled substance activity occurs
- Police, sheriff, and highway patrol stations
- Detention facilities, prisons, and jails
- Courthouses and courtrooms, though a judge may carry and may decide who carries in his courtroom
- Polling places
- Meeting places of the governing body of any governmental entity
- Meetings of the Legislature or its committees
- School, college, and professional athletic events not related to firearms
- The portion of an establishment licensed to dispense alcohol for on-premises consumption that is primarily devoted to that purpose, and the portion of any establishment where beer or light wine is consumed that is primarily devoted to that purpose
- Elementary and secondary school facilities
- Junior college, community college, college, and university facilities, unless participating in an authorized firearms-related activity. A non-student may keep a firearm in a vehicle on educational property
- Inside airport passenger terminals, unless the firearm is encased for checking as baggage
- Churches and other places of worship
- Anywhere federal law prohibits firearms
- Parades and demonstrations requiring a permit, for participants
- Any place where the person or entity controlling the location posts written notice readable from ten feet stating that "carrying of a pistol or revolver is prohibited"
- Public parks, public meetings of a county or municipality, political rallies, parades, official political meetings, and non-firearm-related school, college, or professional athletic events — these are the only categories local governments may regulate
- 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

Mississippi Hwy Patrol
PO Box 958
Jackson MS 39205
601-987-1212
www.dps.state.ms.us

Department of Public Safety

5 years

Complete an application and bring it to a DPS substation or the headquarters in Jackson. link