Missouri Concealed Carry Laws

Last reviewed: October 9, 2026

Constitutional Carry SB 656 allows for permitless concealed carry for anyone 18 years or older who may lawfully own a gun both residents and non-residents.
Open Carry Varies by local jurisdiction
Permit honored in 37 states
Missouri honors 50 states

Missouri Gun Laws

Reciprocity of Missouri's Basic Resident Permit

Alaska: Permit honoredAlabama: Permit honoredArkansas: Permit honoredArizona: Permit honoredCalifornia: Permit not honoredColorado: Permit honoredConnecticut: Permit not honoredDistrict of Columbia: Permit not honoredDelaware: Permit honoredFlorida: Permit honoredGeorgia: Permit honoredHawaii: Permit not honoredIowa: Permit honoredIdaho: Permit honoredIllinois: Permit not honoredIndiana: Permit honoredKansas: Permit honoredKentucky: Permit honoredLouisiana: Permit honoredMassachusetts: Permit not honoredMaryland: Permit not honoredMaine: Permit honoredMichigan: Permit honoredMinnesota: Permit honoredMissouri (current state)Mississippi: Permit honoredMontana: Permit honoredNorth Carolina: Permit honoredNorth Dakota: Permit honoredNebraska: Permit honoredNew Hampshire: Permit honoredNew Jersey: Permit not honoredNew Mexico: Permit honoredNevada: Permit not honoredNew York: Permit not honoredOhio: Permit honoredOklahoma: Permit honoredOregon: Permit not honoredPennsylvania: Permit honoredRhode Island: Permit not honoredSouth Carolina: Permit honoredSouth Dakota: Permit honoredTennessee: Permit honoredTexas: Permit honoredUtah: Permit honoredVirginia: Permit honoredVermont: Permit honoredWashington: Permit not honoredWisconsin: Permit honoredWest Virginia: Permit honoredWyoming: Permit honored AKALARAZCACOCTDCDEFLGAHIIAIDILINKSKYLAMAMDMEMIMNMOMSMTNCNDNENHNJNMNVNYOHOKORPARISCSDTNTXUTVAVTWAWIWVWY
Permit honored Permitless carry Not honored

Open Carry

Varies by local jurisdiction

In most cases there is no restriction but some cities and counties do restrict open carry outright or in specific places or circumstances.
Partial

Duty to Notify Law Enforcement

Only when asked by the officer
Permitted

State Parks

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

Restaurants Serving Alcohol

No specific restriction
Permitted

Firearms at Colleges

Concealed guns on campus prohibited by law.
Informational

Firearms at K-12 Schools

Loaded handguns in vehicles only lawful for Missouri permittees
Restricted

Church Carry

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

Hotels

No legal restriction - Reference article on page 67
Informational

Secure Storage Requirements

None
Permitted

Magazine Capacity Limitations

No restrictions
Permitted

Suppressor Ownership

Legal. State law does not require NFA registration. Hunting legal.
Permitted

Vehicle Possession Without Recognized Permit

A weapon may be carried anywhere in a vehicle
Permitted

Firearm Law Uniformity

Gun laws uniform except localities may regulate the open carry of loaded weapons by non-permittees in public areas.
Permitted

Permit Training Requirements

Must take a course from a qualified instructor
Informational

Non-Resident Permits

Non-resident permits only available to active duty military and their spouses stationed in Missouri
Restricted

Constitutional Carry

SB 656 allows for permitless concealed carry for anyone 18 years or older who may lawfully own a gun both residents and non-residents.
Permitted

Duty to Retreat

No Duty to Retreat
Permitted

Places Off Limits

- Police, sheriff, and highway patrol offices and stations, without the consent of the chief law enforcement officer in charge
- Within 25 feet of any polling place on election day
- Adult and juvenile detention or correctional institutions, prisons, and jails
- Courthouses solely occupied by the circuit, appellate, or supreme court, and any courtrooms, administrative offices, libraries, or other rooms of such courts even in shared buildings — including juvenile, family, and drug court offices
- Meetings of the governing body of a unit of local government, and meetings of the General Assembly or its committees. Members of the body may carry at their own body's meetings, and legislators, legislative employees, and statewide elected officials and their employees may carry in the State Capitol
- Portions of buildings owned, leased, or controlled by the General Assembly, Supreme Court, a county, or a municipality where that government has prohibited carry by rule or ordinance and posted signs at the entrance to the restricted area. Public housing, highways and rest areas, firing ranges, and government-controlled private dwellings must be exempted
- The portion of an establishment licensed to dispense liquor for on-premises consumption that is primarily devoted to that purpose, without the owner's consent. Bona fide restaurants seating 50+ that get at least 51% of gross income from food are excepted. Carrying while intoxicated is never authorized
- Areas of an airport where access is controlled by inspection of persons and property
- Anywhere federal law prohibits firearms
- Higher education institutions and elementary and secondary school facilities, without consent of the governing body or school official. Designated school protection officers are excepted
- Schools, school buses, and premises of any school-sponsored function or activity
- Portions of a building used as a child care facility, without the manager's consent. Operators of in-home child care facilities are excepted
- Riverboat gambling operations accessible by the public, without the owner's consent
- Gated areas of amusement parks
- Churches and other places of religious worship, without the consent of the minister or controlling organization
- Private property posted with one or more conspicuous signs at least 11x14 inches with lettering at least one inch
- Sports arenas and stadiums seating 5,000 or more
- Hospitals accessible by the public
- Bi-State Development Agency (Metro St. Louis) transit vehicles and facilities. Buses generally — concealing a deadly weapon as a passenger is a Class D felony
- State parks located on Army Corps of Engineers land, per federal law
Informational

State Contact / Source

Attorney General of Missouri
207 West High St / PO Box 899
Jefferson City, MO 65102
573-751-3321
www.ago.mo.gov
Informational

Permit Issuing Authority

County Sheriff
Informational

Length of Permit Validity

5 Years
Informational

Permit Application Process

Bring proof of training and valid state ID to your county sheriff office
Informational

Missouri Permit Reciprocity

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 Missouri resident permit is honored in 37 states

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Missouri honors resident permits from 50 states

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