Wyoming Opens Most Government Buildings to Concealed Carry

With the obvious exceptions, such as court houses, and prisons, concealed carry is allowed in state buildings. Concealed carry allowed in many Wyoming state government buildings starting today.

The legislature overrode a veto to enact the law. This law also applies to city/county buildings, since at least one municipality also adopted similar rules on employees being armed.

The new rules mark a major expansion of where citizens can carry firearms as they conduct business with their government. That expansion comes at the behest of the Legislature and over the objections of Gov. Mark Gordon, who sought to implement concealed carry into Wyoming’s state buildings through a rule-making process overseen by the Building Commission. But lawmakers passed their repeal bill with a veto-proof majority this year. Gordon nixed a previous version in 2024.

It seems that even in a state like Wyoming, the Professional Journalists™ don't like concealed carry. After detailing several instances of "political violence," that include arson and assassination, but not concealed carry, we get the following.

Lawmakers who pushed for the concealed carry bill, which passed the Senate with a 25-6 vote and the House with a 50-10 vote, believe allowing citizens to go armed and defend themselves is the antidote to such violence. Opponents fear more guns in more places will lead to more deaths and injuries, both accidental and deliberate.

Fear. This is the same tactic used to fight against concealed carry in every state where it was adopted in the past 40 years.

State employees, will also be able to conceal and carry while at work, with the similar exceptions, unless their job involves being armed.

As for the local governments, here is that one story I ran across. Rawlins City Council approved resolution to regulate concealed carrying of firearms by city employees.

On July 1, House Bill 0172, enacted by the Wyoming State Legislature, went into effect as W.S. 6-8-105, repealing statutory gun-free zones previously applicable to various public spaces, including municipal buildings. This legislative change allows for the lawful carrying of firearms, including by public employees, in settings where such possession was formerly restricted.

There is more information at both links.