The Gun Control Agenda has reared up and shown it’s ugly head here in Wyoming.
While most of us would like Alaska style carry or broader concealed carry reciprocity, our State Attorney is working to do just the opposite.
Bruce Salzburg was appointed by Gov. Freudenthal another Gun Grabber at heart. Gov. Freudenthal campaigned for Obama in other States on our dime, and told them that there was no confirmation that Obama would enact gun control.
http://www.dailyamerican.com/articles/2008/10/08/news/news/news188.txt
We are at great risk of loosing CCW Reciprocity with many other States including Colorado and Montana.
Call Gov. Dave Freudenthal 307-777-7434 and tell him you are not happy about this or any gun control.
See Memo from the State Attorney’s office Below.
State of Wyoming Dave Freudenthal, Governor
Office of the Attorney General
Division of Criminal Investigation Bruce A. Salzburg
Forrest C. Bright, Director Attorney General
MEMORANDUM
TO: All Wyoming Sheriffs
All Wyoming Chiefs of Police
FROM: Forrest C. Bright, Director
DATE: February 12, 2009
RE: Concealed Firearm Permit Reciprocity
I am writing to let all the agencies in Wyoming know of substantial changes resulting from review of other states’ concealed firearm criteria. The Wyoming Attorney General’s Office recently completed examination of the other 49 states statutes for the purpose of honoring concealed firearms permits issued by another state, or reciprocity.
Pursuant to Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-8-401(a)(iii), Wyoming will recognize a permit from another state that “has laws similar to the provisions of this section, as determined by the attorney general . . ..” The Wyoming Attorney General has determined that with the exception of 8 states, presently all the others concealed firearm permit statutes are not sufficiently similar to Wyoming ’s. Specifically, Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-8-104(b)(v) prohibits issuance of a permit to any person who has been convicted of a controlled substance violation, felony or misdemeanor in any jurisdiction. Most other states’ analogous statutes do not.
The Wyoming Attorney General holds that if a misdemeanor drug conviction disqualifies a Wyoming resident, it also needs to disqualify an out-of-state permit holder. Due to the difference in how each state handles controlled substance convictions, Wyoming is also limited in our ability to maintain reciprocity with states we may have previously.
Accordingly, as of March 1, 2009, Wyoming can only honor concealed firearm permits issued by the following states: Connecticut, Ohio, Georgia, Oklahoma, Maryland, Oregon, Massachusetts, and Utah.