For general reference only. This is not legal advice, and it is not a determination about you or your license. Carry laws change often. Confirm the rules with the state you are travelling to before you carry there.
Where your Florida license is honored
37 states honor a Florida Concealed Weapon and Firearm License. That number is the one everybody publishes, and on its own it is close to meaningless. In most of those states you could already carry without any license at all.
The figure worth knowing is 9. That is how many states your Florida license is the actual reason you may carry, and it is the number this map is built to show you.
37
States honor it
9
Where you need it to carry
28
Permitless carry states
13
Do not honor it
Checked against each source on September 8, 2026. Reciprocity changes several times a year. Confirm with the state’s own list before you travel.
Honors a Florida license, and you need it to carry
Honors a Florida license
Does not honor a Florida license
Florida
Hatched: recognition depends on where you live
Point at any state to see what it means there, and select it to jump to the full comparison. Green states honor a Florida license and grey ones do not; the brighter green marks the 9 where the license is what permits you to carry. Amber hatching means recognition depends on where you live, which is the detail most reciprocity maps drop. Gold is Florida, where your license comes from. The nine jurisdictions too small to hit at this scale sit as tiles in the margin, each on a line to where it really is.
The 9 states where it actually changes something
Every permitless carry state outside Florida also honors a Florida license. So across most of the map, the license is not what permits you to carry, because a lawful adult could carry there anyway. These are the states where it is the reason.
Honors a Florida license only when the holder is not a Florida resident, which is the reverse of the usual condition.
If you are 18, 19 or 20
Florida has licensed at 18 since a court struck the age criterion in June 2026, and s. 790.06(2)(b) still prints 21. Other states wrote their recognition rules before that, and 10 of the 37 answer differently for a younger holder.
All 37 were checked against the provision that sets the age, not against the age each state issues its own license at. Those are different rules and they routinely carry different numbers.
The sharpest cases are Colorado, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin. Each is one of the 9 above, so the license is normally the only thing that lets a visitor carry there, and each recognizes a Florida license only from 21. Below that age the license changes nothing in any of them.
Alabama
Recognized from 19
Alabama splits the band. A person under 19 may not possess a pistol in Alabama at all, and a 19 or 20 year old may carry concealed there with or without any license.
Alaska treats concealed carry by anyone under 21 as a crime and no permit from any state creates an exception, so a Florida licensee aged 18 to 20 must not carry concealed in Alaska.
Arizona expressly forbids a person under 21 to carry concealed on another state’s permit, and its own permitless carry also starts at 21, so neither route is open. Carrying openly is not reached by that rule.
Colorado recognizes an out-of-state permit only in the hands of a holder who is 21 or older, and Colorado has no permitless carry, so an 18 to 20 year old Florida licensee has no lawful way to carry concealed there.
Delaware’s recognition provision sets no age, and a separate Delaware crime bars anyone under 21 from possessing a firearm anywhere in the state. Its exception covers an 18 to 20 year old who holds a license issued under the same section that does the recognizing, so there is a real argument either way and no court has decided which. The Delaware Supreme Court reinstated the under-21 ban itself on 8 September 2026 without reaching this question.
Nebraska bars a minor from carrying concealed whether or not a permit is held, and defines a minor as anyone under 21 except an 18 year old serving in the United States armed forces, the Nebraska National Guard, ROTC, or as a peace officer.
New Mexico attaches no age to recognition, but a separate crime makes possessing or transporting a handgun unlawful for anyone under nineteen, so a Florida licensee of 19 or 20 may carry concealed there and an 18 year old may not.
Pennsylvania recognizes a Florida license only through the signed agreement between the two states, and the Attorney General states that licenses issued to Florida non-residents or to anyone under 21 are not recognized.
Virginia’s reciprocity statute authorizes only a holder who is at least 21, so an 18 to 20 year old Florida licensee cannot carry concealed there even though Virginia honors the same license for an older holder.
Wisconsin extends carry rights to an out-of-state licensee, which its own statute defines as an individual 21 or over who is not a Wisconsin resident, so an 18 to 20 year old is outside the definition.
Louisiana and West Virginia refuse an out of state license below 21 and let anyone carry without one from 18. The answer is still yes, and the reason is not the license, which matters if you were planning around it.
Louisiana. Louisiana recognizes an out-of-state permit only where it was issued to somebody who has reached 21, so the Florida license itself does nothing below that age. Louisiana lets anyone carry without a license from 18 under La. R.S. 14:95(M), so an 18 to 20 year old may carry there. The license is simply not what makes it lawful.La. R.S. 40:1379.3(T)(2). La. R.S. 40:1379.3, Louisiana State Legislature, read 2026-09-10
West Virginia. West Virginia recognizes an out-of-state license only in the hands of a holder who is 21 or older, and the 2026 act that lowered its permitless carry age to 18 left that section untouched. West Virginia lets anyone carry without a license from 18 under W. Va. Code 61-7-7(c), so an 18 to 20 year old may carry there. The license is simply not what makes it lawful.W. Va. Code 61-7-6a(a)(1). W. Va. Code 61-7-6a, West Virginia Legislature, read 2026-09-10
Everywhere else on the honoring list, recognition reaches a Florida license from 18. Several states that issue their own licenses only at 21 still recognize a Florida license without any age of their own, because that 21 is an instruction to the official who issues rather than a rule about who may carry. Michigan, Nevada and Ohio are all in that position.
The 13 that do not honor it at all
These 13 jurisdictions are absent from Florida’s reciprocity list. A Florida license does not authorize concealed carry in any of them, and a license from a third state does not either unless that jurisdiction recognizes it. What each one does allow, and on what terms, is in its own entry.
What the rules are here, with the provision behind each one. Two of these are unusual: open carry and the minimum age are both currently governed by appellate decisions while the statutes that say otherwise are still printed in the code.
Permitless carry
Yes. No permit needed since 1 July 2023 for anyone who meets the license criteria; carry valid ID and show it to an officer on demand.
Fla. Stat. 790.01(1)(b); Fla. Stat. 790.013
Duty to inform
No. You need not volunteer that you are armed, but you must show valid ID when a law enforcement officer demands it.
Fla. Stat. 790.013(1); Fla. Stat. 790.06(5)
Open carry
Yes. Lawful statewide since September 2025, when a court struck the ban; the unenforceable statute is still printed in the code.
Fla. Stat. 790.053, held facially unconstitutional in McDaniels v. State, No. 1D2023-0533 (Fla. 1st DCA Sept. 10, 2025)
In a vehicle
Yes. Anyone 18 or older in lawful possession may keep a handgun in a private vehicle if it is securely encased or not readily accessible.
Fla. Stat. 790.25(4)
Where alcohol is served
It depends. Barred only in the portion of a licensed premises primarily devoted to serving alcohol, so a restaurant dining room is fine.
Fla. Stat. 790.06(12)(a)12.
Posted signs
It depends. A sign alone is not a crime, but refusing to leave when told is trespass, and armed trespass is a third degree felony.
No. No firearms at K-12 schools, career centers or college facilities; students and staff may carry only a nonlethal stun gun on campus.
Fla. Stat. 790.06(12)(a)10., 11., 13.; Fla. Stat. 790.115; church exception at Fla. Stat. 790.06(13)
Parks and wildlands
It depends. Carry is allowed in state parks, forests and wildlife management areas under chapter 790, with encasement rules outside hunting season.
Fla. Stat. 790.33; Fla. Admin. Code r. 68A-15.004; exception at Fla. Stat. 258.157(2)
Magazine limit
No. Florida sets no magazine capacity limit, and state preemption stops any county or city from setting one.
Fla. Stat. ch. 790 (no capacity provision); Fla. Stat. 790.33(1)
Every state, against Florida
Florida’s own rules are stated here in our voice, with the statute. Every other state’s rules are reported: the answer, the source it came from and the day we read it. We train in Florida and do not practice law anywhere, so what another state’s rule is remains that state’s claim, not ours.
Alabama
Honors it
Alabama honors a Florida Concealed Weapon and Firearm License, though permitless carry already reaches a lawful visitor there.
Recognition covers handguns only, not the other weapons a Florida license allows.
Licenses people under 21, and those holders may not carry in Florida.
If you are under 19: Alabama splits the band. A person under 19 may not possess a pistol in Alabama at all, and a 19 or 20 year old may carry concealed there with or without any license.
In Florida: It depends. Barred only in the portion of a licensed premises primarily devoted to serving alcohol, so a restaurant dining room is fine.
Posted signsDiffers from Florida
No. A sign is not an offense for a permit holder, but without a permit Alabama requires the owner's consent to carry a pistol on private property that is not yours.
In Florida: It depends. A sign alone is not a crime, but refusing to leave when told is trespass, and armed trespass is a third degree felony.
Schools and campusesDiffers from Florida
It depends. A public college may set its own firearms policy but must allow a firearm kept in a private vehicle, and state law closes school and college athletic events to anyone without a permit.
In Florida: No. No firearms at K-12 schools, career centers or college facilities; students and staff may carry only a nonlethal stun gun on campus.
Parks and wildlandsDiffers from Florida
Yes. Handguns may be carried for personal protection throughout Alabama state parks and on wildlife management areas, refuges and sanctuaries, while long guns are barred except unloaded and secured by a person lodging in a park.
In Florida: It depends. Carry is allowed in state parks, forests and wildlife management areas under chapter 790, with encasement rules outside hunting season.
Magazine limit
No. Alabama sets no limit on magazine capacity and has preempted the entire field from local regulation.
Alaska honors a Florida Concealed Weapon and Firearm License, though permitless carry already reaches a lawful visitor there.
Recognition covers handguns only, not the other weapons a Florida license allows.
If you are under 21: Alaska treats concealed carry by anyone under 21 as a crime and no permit from any state creates an exception, so a Florida licensee aged 18 to 20 must not carry concealed in Alaska.
Yes. You must tell an officer immediately on contact that you are carrying concealed, and let the officer secure the weapon for the duration of the contact.
Yes. A person 21 or older may carry a loaded handgun in a vehicle without a permit, and no state, municipal or private rule may prohibit a firearm inside a motor vehicle.
It depends. A restaurant or eating place license is fine for a concealed handgun so long as you do not drink there; anywhere else selling liquor for drinking on the premises is barred.
No. A sign has no penalty of its own; the only Alaska premises rule of that kind is the express permission needed to bring a concealed weapon into another person's home.
In Florida: It depends. A sign alone is not a crime, but refusing to leave when told is trespass, and armed trespass is a third degree felony.
Schools and campusesDiffers from Florida
It depends. K to 12 grounds are barred unless the chief administrative officer permits it, with an exception for a weapon locked in a vehicle, and University of Alaska campuses are closed to firearms by regents' policy rather than by statute.
In Florida: It depends. Carry is allowed in state parks, forests and wildlife management areas under chapter 790, with encasement rules outside hunting season.
Magazine limit
No. Alaska law sets no capacity limit anywhere, and no municipality may create one.
Arizona honors a Florida Concealed Weapon and Firearm License, though permitless carry already reaches a lawful visitor there.
Florida does not honor this state’s non-resident licenses.
If you are under 21: Arizona expressly forbids a person under 21 to carry concealed on another state’s permit, and its own permitless carry also starts at 21, so neither route is open. Carrying openly is not reached by that rule.
Yes. At 21 or older a loaded handgun may be carried in a vehicle with no permit, and at any age it may be carried in a case or holster in a storage compartment.
It depends. Only the holder of an Arizona permit may carry, only concealed, and only where the retailer has not posted the sign the liquor statute prescribes.
Yes. A posted no guns sign is legal notice: on private property it makes entry criminal trespass, on liquor-licensed premises it is a liquor law violation, and in a state or local building it is a misdemeanor.
In Florida: It depends. A sign alone is not a crime, but refusing to leave when told is trespass, and armed trespass is a third degree felony.
Schools and campusesDiffers from Florida
It depends. K to 12 grounds are barred except for an unloaded firearm kept out of sight in a locked vehicle, while university carry is left to the institution rather than the criminal code.
In Florida: No. No firearms at K-12 schools, career centers or college facilities; students and staff may carry only a nonlethal stun gun on campus.
Parks and wildlandsDiffers from Florida
Yes. Carry is allowed in Arizona state parks and on Game and Fish wildlife areas, though a park ranger who believes a carrier is a danger may require the weapon be left in the ranger's custody.
In Florida: It depends. Carry is allowed in state parks, forests and wildlife management areas under chapter 790, with encasement rules outside hunting season.
Yes. Carrying is an offense only when the handgun is possessed with a purpose to use it unlawfully against a person, so carrying openly is not itself a crime.
In Florida: No. No firearms at K-12 schools, career centers or college facilities; students and staff may carry only a nonlethal stun gun on campus.
Parks and wildlandsDiffers from Florida
Yes. A licensee may carry in Arkansas state parks and in municipally owned parks and recreational property, the municipal permission stopping short of a sports field while an event or practice is on, a municipally owned building, and an area leased for a special event.
In Florida: It depends. Carry is allowed in state parks, forests and wildlife management areas under chapter 790, with encasement rules outside hunting season.
Magazine limit
No. Arkansas law sets no limit on how many rounds a magazine may hold.
In Florida: Yes. No permit needed since 1 July 2023 for anyone who meets the license criteria; carry valid ID and show it to an officer on demand.
Duty to informDiffers from Florida
It depends. There is no statewide duty to volunteer it, but you must carry the license, produce it on an officer's demand, and obey any condition your issuing authority wrote onto it.
In Florida: Yes. Anyone 18 or older in lawful possession may keep a handgun in a private vehicle if it is securely encased or not readily accessible.
Where alcohol is servedDiffers from Florida
No. Any establishment that sells liquor for drinking on the premises is off limits to licensees, and the restriction has been enforceable again since January 2025.
In Florida: It depends. Barred only in the portion of a licensed premises primarily devoted to serving alcohol, so a restaurant dining room is fine.
Posted signsDiffers from Florida
No. A private no guns sign is not a crime by itself under state law, and the opposite rule, which would have required a posted sign granting permission, remains enjoined and unenforced.
In Florida: It depends. A sign alone is not a crime, but refusing to leave when told is trespass, and armed trespass is a third degree felony.
Schools and campuses
No. School zones and the property of any public or private college or university are both off limits to licensees, and neither restriction was ever enjoined.
It depends. Land run by State Parks or Fish and Wildlife is closed to licensees except in areas designated for hunting or shooting; state forests are run by a different department and are not listed.
Colorado honors a Florida Concealed Weapon and Firearm License, and it is what permits you to carry there. Recognition depends on where you live.
Honors a Florida license only while the holder is a Florida resident.
Recognition covers handguns only, not the other weapons a Florida license allows.
If you are under 21: Colorado recognizes an out-of-state permit only in the hands of a holder who is 21 or older, and Colorado has no permitless carry, so an 18 to 20 year old Florida licensee has no lawful way to carry concealed there.
It depends. Lawful under state law, but any local government may prohibit it in a building or specific area and must post signs at the public entrances.
Yes. State law bars a permit holder from neither a bar nor a restaurant, but possessing a firearm while under the influence is a crime and the permit is no defense.
In Florida: It depends. Barred only in the portion of a licensed premises primarily devoted to serving alcohol, so a restaurant dining room is fine.
Posted signs
It depends. A sign posted by a local government or a college governing board binds you and carries a civil penalty, while a private owner's sign rests on ordinary trespass law.
It depends. Both K to 12 grounds and college campuses are closed to firearms since July 2024, and a permit now saves you only in the parking area or, for a K to 12 school, where the district has granted authority.
In Florida: It depends. Carry is allowed in state parks, forests and wildlife management areas under chapter 790, with encasement rules outside hunting season.
Magazine limitDiffers from Florida
Yes. Fifteen rounds, in force since July 2013, with a grandfather clause for magazines owned on that date and continuously held since.
In Florida: Yes. No permit needed since 1 July 2023 for anyone who meets the license criteria; carry valid ID and show it to an officer on demand.
Duty to inform
No. Nothing requires you to announce, but a permit holder must carry the permit and present it when an officer who has seen the handgun and suspects a crime asks for it.
In Florida: Yes. Lawful statewide since September 2025, when a court struck the ban; the unenforceable statute is still printed in the code.
In a vehicleDiffers from Florida
It depends. A permit is needed to have a handgun in a vehicle at all, and without one the handgun must be unloaded and either inaccessible from the passenger compartment or in a locked container that is not the glove box or console, on one of the trips the statute lists.
In Florida: Yes. Anyone 18 or older in lawful possession may keep a handgun in a private vehicle if it is securely encased or not readily accessible.
Where alcohol is servedDiffers from Florida
Yes. Bars and restaurants that serve alcohol are open to a permit holder, because no statute closes them, although carrying a loaded firearm while under the influence is a separate offense.
In Florida: It depends. A sign alone is not a crime, but refusing to leave when told is trespass, and armed trespass is a third degree felony.
Schools and campusesDiffers from Florida
It depends. A weapon on public or private elementary or secondary school property is a class D felony, while no state statute reaches colleges, which set their own rules.
In Florida: No. No firearms at K-12 schools, career centers or college facilities; students and staff may carry only a nonlethal stun gun on campus.
Parks and wildlandsDiffers from Florida
No. Carrying a firearm in any state park or forest is prohibited except as the environmental agency authorizes, which in practice means small game hunting or a posted range or hunter education class.
In Florida: It depends. Carry is allowed in state parks, forests and wildlife management areas under chapter 790, with encasement rules outside hunting season.
Magazine limitDiffers from Florida
Yes. Ten rounds, and a larger device could only be kept by someone who lawfully held it before 5 April 2013 and declared it with the state.
Delaware honors a Florida Concealed Weapon and Firearm License, and it is what permits you to carry there.
If you are under 21, this one is not settled.Delaware’s recognition provision sets no age, and a separate Delaware crime bars anyone under 21 from possessing a firearm anywhere in the state. Its exception covers an 18 to 20 year old who holds a license issued under the same section that does the recognizing, so there is a real argument either way and no court has decided which. The Delaware Supreme Court reinstated the under-21 ban itself on 8 September 2026 without reaching this question.
Yes. Open carry needs no license because only concealed carry is an offense, but nobody under 21 may possess a handgun at all unless they hold a Delaware carry license.
It depends. Without a Delaware license the handgun may not be concealed upon or about the person, which is read to reach a gun within reach in a car, so it has to stay visible.
In Florida: No. No firearms at K-12 schools, career centers or college facilities; students and staff may carry only a nonlethal stun gun on campus.
Parks and wildlandsDiffers from Florida
Yes. State parks, forests and wildlife areas are not on Delaware's statutory list of closed places, which reaches only buildings used as a recreation center, athletic field or sports stadium.
In Florida: It depends. Carry is allowed in state parks, forests and wildlife management areas under chapter 790, with encasement rules outside hunting season.
Magazine limitDiffers from Florida
Yes. Seventeen rounds is the ceiling, and a first offense involving possession only is a 100 dollar civil penalty.
In Florida: Yes. No permit needed since 1 July 2023 for anyone who meets the license criteria; carry valid ID and show it to an officer on demand.
Duty to informDiffers from Florida
Yes. On an investigative stop the licensee must tell the officer they are carrying, present the license and registration certificate, and identify where the pistol is.
In Florida: No. You need not volunteer that you are armed, but you must show valid ID when a law enforcement officer demands it.
Open carryDiffers from Florida
No. Carrying a pistol openly requires a license and the only license the District issues is a concealed pistol license, so a visible pistol is unlicensed carry.
In Florida: Yes. Lawful statewide since September 2025, when a court struck the ban; the unenforceable statute is still printed in the code.
In a vehicleDiffers from Florida
It depends. Without a District concealed pistol license the firearm must be unloaded and neither it nor the ammunition may be accessible from the passenger compartment.
In Florida: Yes. Anyone 18 or older in lawful possession may keep a handgun in a private vehicle if it is securely encased or not readily accessible.
Where alcohol is served
It depends. Premises serving alcohol under a Title 25 license are off limits, except the restaurant, hotel, caterer, temporary and tasting license categories.
Yes. Private property that is not a residence is presumed open to a licensee unless conspicuous signage or the owner says otherwise, so the sign is what makes entry unlawful.
It depends. The District has no state parks, and carry is barred at the National Mall and Tidal Basin memorials and anywhere federal law or a federal agency forbids it.
Yes. Places that serve alcohol are absent from the closed list of unauthorized locations, so a lawful weapons carrier may enter armed unless the owner objects.
In Florida: It depends. A sign alone is not a crime, but refusing to leave when told is trespass, and armed trespass is a third degree felony.
Schools and campusesDiffers from Florida
It depends. K to 12 school safety zones are closed, while on a public college campus a lawful weapons carrier may carry a concealed handgun everywhere except housing, sporting events, faculty and disciplinary offices, childcare space and dual enrollment classrooms.
In Florida: No. No firearms at K-12 schools, career centers or college facilities; students and staff may carry only a nonlethal stun gun on campus.
Parks and wildlandsDiffers from Florida
Yes. State law expressly allows a lawful weapons carrier into all parks, historic sites, recreation areas and wildlife management areas, including publicly owned buildings within them.
In Florida: It depends. Carry is allowed in state parks, forests and wildlife management areas under chapter 790, with encasement rules outside hunting season.
Magazine limit
No. Georgia's carrying and possession statutes set no limit on magazine capacity.
In Florida: Yes. No permit needed since 1 July 2023 for anyone who meets the license criteria; carry valid ID and show it to an officer on demand.
Duty to informDiffers from Florida
Yes. You must disclose immediately when stopped, on foot or as the driver or a passenger in a stopped vehicle, and identify where the firearm is if asked.
In Florida: No. You need not volunteer that you are armed, but you must show valid ID when a law enforcement officer demands it.
Open carryDiffers from Florida
No. An unconcealed license exists only for an applicant who shows an urgency or need and is engaged in protecting life and property, and a concealed licensee who lets the firearm show commits an offense.
In Florida: Yes. Lawful statewide since September 2025, when a court struck the ban; the unenforceable statute is still printed in the code.
In a vehicleDiffers from Florida
It depends. Without a Hawaii license a firearm on a public highway must be unloaded and in an enclosed container, and it may travel only between the home and a short statutory list of destinations.
In Florida: It depends. Barred only in the portion of a licensed premises primarily devoted to serving alcohol, so a restaurant dining room is fine.
Posted signsDiffers from Florida
No. Signs alone are not law: the Supreme Court struck down Hawaii's rule requiring the owner's express permission on private property open to the public.
In Florida: It depends. A sign alone is not a crime, but refusing to leave when told is trespass, and armed trespass is a third degree felony.
Schools and campuses
No. Both are barred: the campus of any college or university and the premises of any public, charter, private or preschool are closed to licensees, adjacent parking areas included.
No. Beaches, playgrounds, state parks, state monuments, county parks and any other state or county recreation area are closed to licensees, with an authorized target range and lawful hunting as the exceptions.
In Florida: It depends. Carry is allowed in state parks, forests and wildlife management areas under chapter 790, with encasement rules outside hunting season.
Magazine limitDiffers from Florida
Yes. Ten rounds, and the limit reaches only detachable magazines designed for or usable with a pistol.
In Florida: It depends. Barred only in the portion of a licensed premises primarily devoted to serving alcohol, so a restaurant dining room is fine.
Posted signsDiffers from Florida
No. A sign has no force of its own, because Idaho's trespass posting rules recognize only a conspicuous no trespassing sign or orange paint marking the property boundary.
In Florida: It depends. A sign alone is not a crime, but refusing to leave when told is trespass, and armed trespass is a third degree felony.
Schools and campusesDiffers from Florida
It depends. K to 12 grounds are closed, and a public campus is open only to a holder of an Idaho enhanced or retired officer license, and not in residence halls or large entertainment venues.
In Florida: It depends. Carry is allowed in state parks, forests and wildlife management areas under chapter 790, with encasement rules outside hunting season.
Magazine limit
No. There is no capacity limit in Idaho law, and no county or city may create one.
No. A license under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act is required to carry in public, and the only unlicensed option is a firearm unloaded and enclosed in a case by a Firearm Owner's Identification Card holder.
In Florida: Yes. Lawful statewide since September 2025, when a court struck the ban; the unenforceable statute is still printed in the code.
In a vehicleDiffers from Florida
It depends. A non-resident with a home state carry license may keep a concealed handgun inside the vehicle with no Illinois license at all, while anyone else must transport it unloaded and enclosed in a case.
In Florida: Yes. Anyone 18 or older in lawful possession may keep a handgun in a private vehicle if it is securely encased or not readily accessible.
Where alcohol is served
It depends. Restaurants are open to a licensee, but any establishment drawing more than half its gross receipts from alcohol over the prior three months is closed.
Yes. A private owner may bar firearms by posting the state approved 4 inch by 6 inch sign at the entrance, and a licensee who enters past it commits a Class B misdemeanor.
In Florida: It depends. A sign alone is not a crime, but refusing to leave when told is trespass, and armed trespass is a third degree felony.
Schools and campuses
No. Elementary and secondary schools are closed, and so is every public or private community college, college and university including its parking areas, sidewalks and common areas.
Yes. State parks and other Department of Natural Resources land are open to a licensee, while municipal and park district parks and the Cook County Forest Preserve District are closed.
In Florida: It depends. Carry is allowed in state parks, forests and wildlife management areas under chapter 790, with encasement rules outside hunting season.
Magazine limitDiffers from Florida
Yes. More than 15 rounds for a handgun or 10 for a long gun is a large capacity ammunition feeding device, with devices lawfully held before 10 January 2023 grandfathered for restricted use.
Yes. The statute regulates carrying a handgun without regard to whether it is concealed, so open carry is lawful for anyone not on the prohibited list.
In Florida: It depends. Barred only in the portion of a licensed premises primarily devoted to serving alcohol, so a restaurant dining room is fine.
Posted signs
It depends. There is no firearms specific sign law, but the general trespass statute treats a notice posted at the main entrance as a denial of entry, so entering past one armed can be a Class A misdemeanor without any further warning.
It depends. Possessing a firearm on K-12 school property is a Level 6 felony unless it stays locked and out of sight in a vehicle, while colleges fall outside the state ban and set their own campus rules.
In Florida: No. No firearms at K-12 schools, career centers or college facilities; students and staff may carry only a nonlethal stun gun on campus.
Parks and wildlandsDiffers from Florida
Yes. A handgun may be possessed on Department of Natural Resources property, with Army Corps of Engineers reservoirs and Falls of the Ohio State Park the two exceptions.
In Florida: It depends. Carry is allowed in state parks, forests and wildlife management areas under chapter 790, with encasement rules outside hunting season.
Magazine limit
No. Indiana sets no limit on magazine capacity, and local governments are barred from imposing one.
Yes. State law bars the use of a weapon in state parks and preserves rather than its carrying, and no Iowa rule bars a lawful carrier from having a handgun there.
In Florida: It depends. Carry is allowed in state parks, forests and wildlife management areas under chapter 790, with encasement rules outside hunting season.
Magazine limit
No. Iowa sets no limit on magazine capacity, and its offensive weapons list expressly excludes magazines used in common with lawful sporting firearms.
In Florida: It depends. A sign alone is not a crime, but refusing to leave when told is trespass, and armed trespass is a third degree felony.
Schools and campusesDiffers from Florida
It depends. K-12 grounds and public campuses are open to a concealed handgun at 21 or older, but a building with guards and metal detectors may bar it and a school employee may order the gun removed.
In Florida: It depends. Carry is allowed in state parks, forests and wildlife management areas under chapter 790, with encasement rules outside hunting season.
Magazine limit
No. Kansas sets no limit on magazine capacity, and cities and counties may not impose one.
In Florida: It depends. A sign alone is not a crime, but refusing to leave when told is trespass, and armed trespass is a third degree felony.
Schools and campusesDiffers from Florida
It depends. K to 12 property is a felony with an exception for a firearm kept in an adult's vehicle, while the school weapons statute expressly does not reach colleges, where the institution's own rules govern.
In Florida: No. No firearms at K-12 schools, career centers or college facilities; students and staff may carry only a nonlethal stun gun on campus.
Parks and wildlandsDiffers from Florida
Yes. A license is valid at any location in the Commonwealth except where a statute says otherwise, and parks, forests and wildlife management areas are not among the excepted places.
In Florida: It depends. Carry is allowed in state parks, forests and wildlife management areas under chapter 790, with encasement rules outside hunting season.
Magazine limit
No. Kentucky sets no limit on magazine capacity, and no local government may regulate ammunition or firearm components.
Louisiana honors a Florida Concealed Weapon and Firearm License, though permitless carry already reaches a lawful visitor there.
Recognition covers handguns only, not the other weapons a Florida license allows.
If you are under 21: Louisiana recognizes an out-of-state permit only where it was issued to somebody who has reached 21, so the Florida license itself does nothing below that age.
Yes. You must tell any officer who approaches you in an official manner that you have a weapon, and this binds a permitless carrier as well as a permittee.
In Florida: It depends. Carry is allowed in state parks, forests and wildlife management areas under chapter 790, with encasement rules outside hunting season.
Magazine limit
No. Louisiana law sets no limit on how many rounds a magazine may hold.
Maine honors a Florida Concealed Weapon and Firearm License, though permitless carry already reaches a lawful visitor there. Recognition depends on where you live.
Honors a Florida license only while the holder is a Florida resident.
Recognition covers handguns only, not the other weapons a Florida license allows.
Licenses people under 21, and those holders may not carry in Florida.
4 of these differ from Florida.
Honors a Florida license
It depends. Honors a Florida license only while the holder is a Florida resident.
It depends. Someone carrying concealed without a permit must tell an officer immediately on first contact, while a permit holder need only carry the permit and show it on demand.
Yes. Anyone 21 or over who may lawfully possess a firearm, or 18 and over for military members and veterans, may have a loaded pistol or revolver in a vehicle with no permit.
In Florida: No. No firearms at K-12 schools, career centers or college facilities; students and staff may carry only a nonlethal stun gun on campus.
Parks and wildlands
It depends. State parks allow only a concealed handgun carried by a qualifying permit holder, and public reserved lands bar loaded firearms from campsites, marked hiking trails, boat launches and picnic sites unless you hold a Maine permit.
In Florida: Yes. Lawful statewide since September 2025, when a court struck the ban; the unenforceable statute is still printed in the code.
In a vehicleDiffers from Florida
It depends. Without a permit a handgun may only be moved between a home, a place of legal purchase or sale, a repair shop or the owner's business, unloaded and in an enclosed case or holster.
In Florida: Yes. Anyone 18 or older in lawful possession may keep a handgun in a private vehicle if it is securely encased or not readily accessible.
Where alcohol is served
It depends. The statute bars carry where alcohol or cannabis is sold for on site consumption, but the Maryland State Police say that restriction cannot be enforced while Supreme Court review is pending.
It depends. Maryland's rule runs the other way, requiring the owner's express permission or a sign allowing firearms, and that provision is unenforceable only while Supreme Court review is pending.
No. Weapons may not be possessed in a state park, and parallel rules cover state forests and Chesapeake Forest Lands, with narrow hunting and shooting range exceptions.
In Florida: It depends. Carry is allowed in state parks, forests and wildlife management areas under chapter 790, with encasement rules outside hunting season.
Magazine limitDiffers from Florida
Yes. Manufacturing, selling, buying, receiving or transferring a magazine over 10 rounds is an offense, though simple possession is not.
In Florida: Yes. No permit needed since 1 July 2023 for anyone who meets the license criteria; carry valid ID and show it to an officer on demand.
Duty to inform
No. Nothing in the licensing chapters requires you to tell an officer you are armed, and the old requirement to exhibit a license on demand went out when section 129C was struck and replaced in 2024.
It depends. Carrying openly is not forbidden by any statute, but the licensing authority may deny or revoke on credible information that the holder's behavior creates a risk to public safety.
In Florida: Yes. Lawful statewide since September 2025, when a court struck the ban; the unenforceable statute is still printed in the code.
In a vehicleDiffers from Florida
It depends. A nonresident may carry a handgun on their person in a vehicle traveling through the state without a Massachusetts license, provided the handgun stays in the vehicle and is stored properly whenever it is out of their direct control.
In Florida: It depends. Barred only in the portion of a licensed premises primarily devoted to serving alcohol, so a restaurant dining room is fine.
Posted signsDiffers from Florida
Yes. A posted notice is enough, because entering or remaining after being forbidden, whether directly or by a notice posted on the premises, is criminal trespass.
In Florida: It depends. A sign alone is not a crime, but refusing to leave when told is trespass, and armed trespass is a third degree felony.
Schools and campuses
No. Carrying in any building or on the grounds of an elementary or secondary school, college or university is an offense notwithstanding any license, unless the institution gives written authorization.
It depends. Parks, forests and wildlife management areas carry no firearm ban of their own, but a hunting regulation bars having a pistol in any wood or field during the shotgun deer season.
No. Carrying a pistol concealed on the person or anywhere in a vehicle is a five year felony without a license, and Michigan recognizes a license issued by the carrier's state of residence.
In Florida: No. You need not volunteer that you are armed, but you must show valid ID when a law enforcement officer demands it.
Open carryDiffers from Florida
It depends. Carrying a handgun openly is barred by no statute, but the pistol free premises list is closed to open carry unless the carrier holds a concealed pistol license from Michigan or another state.
In Florida: Yes. Lawful statewide since September 2025, when a court struck the ban; the unenforceable statute is still printed in the code.
In a vehicleDiffers from Florida
It depends. A license issued by the carrier's home state covers a concealed pistol in the vehicle, and without one the pistol must be unloaded in a closed case in the trunk.
In Florida: Yes. Anyone 18 or older in lawful possession may keep a handgun in a private vehicle if it is securely encased or not readily accessible.
Where alcohol is served
It depends. Restaurants are open to a licensee, but a bar or tavern whose primary income is liquor sold by the glass for consumption on the premises is closed.
No. Nothing in Michigan law gives a no firearms sign force of its own, and the trespass offense turns on being forbidden by the owner or occupant rather than on a posting, except on fenced or posted farm property.
In Florida: It depends. A sign alone is not a crime, but refusing to leave when told is trespass, and armed trespass is a third degree felony.
Schools and campuses
No. School property is closed to a concealed pistol except for a parent in a vehicle dropping off or collecting a student, and on campus the bar covers dormitories and classrooms.
Yes. The Department of Natural Resources is forbidden by statute from making any rule that would stop a licensee carrying a pistol on land it controls.
In Florida: It depends. Carry is allowed in state parks, forests and wildlife management areas under chapter 790, with encasement rules outside hunting season.
Magazine limit
No. Michigan sets no limit on magazine capacity, and local governments may not impose one.
In Florida: It depends. Barred only in the portion of a licensed premises primarily devoted to serving alcohol, so a restaurant dining room is fine.
Posted signsDiffers from Florida
No. A conspicuous sign is recognized notice, but the offense is refusing to leave after being ordered out, a petty misdemeanor whose first offense fine cannot exceed $25.
In Florida: It depends. A sign alone is not a crime, but refusing to leave when told is trespass, and armed trespass is a third degree felony.
Schools and campusesDiffers from Florida
It depends. K-12 school property is closed even to a permit holder, a misdemeanor rather than the felony that applies to everyone else, and a public college may restrict students but never its parking areas.
In Florida: It depends. Carry is allowed in state parks, forests and wildlife management areas under chapter 790, with encasement rules outside hunting season.
Yes. A permit is not required from age 18. The Mississippi provision states no age of its own; the 18 is the federal handgun possession floor it incorporates.
It depends. A restaurant is open to a licensee, but the portion of a licensed establishment primarily devoted to dispensing alcoholic beverages is off limits.
In Florida: It depends. Carry is allowed in state parks, forests and wildlife management areas under chapter 790, with encasement rules outside hunting season.
Magazine limit
No. Mississippi law sets no limit on how many rounds a magazine may hold.
Yes. A permit is not required from age 18. Missouri's carry offense states no age at all, so the 18 is the federal handgun possession floor; the 19 reported almost everywhere else is the license age and a rule about a concealable firearm inside a vehicle.
It depends. Lawful statewide, except that a city may still ban open carry, and in such a city a permit holder who displays the permit on demand may carry openly anyway.
In Florida: Yes. Lawful statewide since September 2025, when a court struck the ban; the unenforceable statute is still printed in the code.
In a vehicle
Yes. From age 19, or 18 for a serving or honorably discharged member of the armed forces, a concealable firearm may ride in the passenger compartment without a permit.
Yes. State parks, forests and conservation areas are not on the restricted list, and the department that runs them is not among the bodies allowed to add one.
In Florida: It depends. Carry is allowed in state parks, forests and wildlife management areas under chapter 790, with encasement rules outside hunting season.
Magazine limit
No. Missouri law sets no limit on how many rounds a magazine may hold.
Yes. A permit is not required from age 18. The Montana provision states no age of its own; the 18 is the federal handgun possession floor it incorporates.
No. Nothing must be volunteered, but an out of state permit is recognized only while the permit and an official photo ID are in your immediate possession.
Yes. The prohibited places statute now reaches only restricted state and local government offices, so a bar or restaurant is open, though carrying concealed while intoxicated remains an offense.
In Florida: It depends. Barred only in the portion of a licensed premises primarily devoted to serving alcohol, so a restaurant dining room is fine.
Posted signsDiffers from Florida
No. A sign is not an offense in itself, but a permit does not authorize carry on private property where the owner or occupant expressly forbids firearms.
In Florida: It depends. A sign alone is not a crime, but refusing to leave when told is trespass, and armed trespass is a third degree felony.
Schools and campuses
No. A school building is closed unless the trustees grant permission, and every Montana University System campus is closed by Board of Regents policy the legislature cannot override.
In Florida: It depends. Carry is allowed in state parks, forests and wildlife management areas under chapter 790, with encasement rules outside hunting season.
Magazine limit
No. Montana sets no capacity limit, and local governments are barred from regulating weapons at all.
Nebraska honors a Florida Concealed Weapon and Firearm License, though permitless carry already reaches a lawful visitor there.
Recognition covers handguns only, not the other weapons a Florida license allows.
If you are under 21: Nebraska bars a minor from carrying concealed whether or not a permit is held, and defines a minor as anyone under 21 except an 18 year old serving in the United States armed forces, the Nebraska National Guard, ROTC, or as a peace officer.
It depends. A place licensed under the Liquor Control Act that draws over half its income from alcohol is off limits, while an ordinary restaurant is not.
In Florida: It depends. A sign alone is not a crime, but refusing to leave when told is trespass, and armed trespass is a third degree felony.
Schools and campuses
No. Possessing a firearm at a school is a Class IV felony and Nebraska counts colleges and universities as schools, though a handgun locked in a vehicle in a public parking area is excepted.
Yes. Carrying is allowed in state parks and recreation areas, where the rule reaches the use of a firearm rather than its possession, but a designated state game refuge bars carrying any firearm.
In Florida: It depends. Carry is allowed in state parks, forests and wildlife management areas under chapter 790, with encasement rules outside hunting season.
In Florida: It depends. Barred only in the portion of a licensed premises primarily devoted to serving alcohol, so a restaurant dining room is fine.
Posted signs
It depends. A private no guns sign is not itself law and becomes trespass only once you are told to leave, while a posted public building is off limits to a permittee by statute.
No. Both are barred: carrying a firearm on the property of a public or private school, a child care facility or the Nevada System of Higher Education is a gross misdemeanor without written permission from the principal or campus president.
In Florida: It depends. Carry is allowed in state parks, forests and wildlife management areas under chapter 790, with encasement rules outside hunting season.
New Hampshire honors a Florida Concealed Weapon and Firearm License, though permitless carry already reaches a lawful visitor there. Recognition depends on where you live.
Honors a Florida license only while the holder is a Florida resident.
Recognition covers handguns only, not the other weapons a Florida license allows.
Licenses people under 21, and those holders may not carry in Florida.
Florida does not honor this state’s non-resident licenses.
4 of these differ from Florida.
Honors a Florida license
It depends. Honors a Florida license only while the holder is a Florida resident.
Yes. A permit is not required from age 18. The New Hampshire provision states no age of its own; the 18 is the federal handgun possession floor it incorporates.
Yes. A loaded handgun may be carried in a vehicle without any license, and the hunting rule that bars loaded long guns in a moving vehicle does not list pistols or revolvers.
In Florida: It depends. Carry is allowed in state parks, forests and wildlife management areas under chapter 790, with encasement rules outside hunting season.
Magazine limit
No. New Hampshire sets no limit on magazine capacity.
In Florida: No. You need not volunteer that you are armed, but you must show valid ID when a law enforcement officer demands it.
Open carryDiffers from Florida
No. Carrying a handgun openly is a crime whether or not you hold a permit, though a brief incidental exposure while holstering or from clothing shifting is treated as de minimis.
In Florida: Yes. Lawful statewide since September 2025, when a court struck the ban; the unenforceable statute is still printed in the code.
In a vehicleDiffers from Florida
It depends. Without a New Jersey permit the handgun must be unloaded and in a closed and securely fastened case or gunbox, or locked unloaded in the trunk.
In Florida: It depends. Barred only in the portion of a licensed premises primarily devoted to serving alcohol, so a restaurant dining room is fine.
Posted signsDiffers from Florida
Yes. New Jersey reverses the usual rule, so private property is closed to carry unless the owner gives express consent or posts a sign saying carry is permitted, and no no-guns sign is needed to bar you.
It depends. A state, county or local park, beach or recreation area is closed only where the governing authority has designated it a gun free zone, and any separate state agency rule closing land applies on top of that.
New Mexico honors a Florida Concealed Weapon and Firearm License, and it is what permits you to carry there.
Recognition covers handguns only, not the other weapons a Florida license allows.
If you are under 19: New Mexico attaches no age to recognition, but a separate crime makes possessing or transporting a handgun unlawful for anyone under nineteen, so a Florida licensee of 19 or 20 may carry concealed there and an 18 year old may not.
It depends. Only a licensee may carry, only concealed, and only in a beer and wine restaurant that draws at least 60 percent of its receipts from food and has not posted against firearms.
Yes. A licensee may not carry on private property that is posted against concealed weapons, or after being told so by the person in possession of the property.
No. The only carry license New York issues authorizes concealed carry, so carrying openly falls outside the license and back under the unlicensed possession felony.
In Florida: Yes. Lawful statewide since September 2025, when a court struck the ban; the unenforceable statute is still printed in the code.
In a vehicleDiffers from Florida
No. A New York license is required for a handgun in a car just as on the person, and the federal interstate transport provision is a defense rather than a permission.
In Florida: It depends. Barred only in the portion of a licensed premises primarily devoted to serving alcohol, so a restaurant dining room is fine.
Posted signsDiffers from Florida
Yes. Private property is closed to carry unless the owner has posted clear and conspicuous signage permitting it or given express consent, so a no guns sign puts you squarely inside a class E felony.
In Florida: It depends. A sign alone is not a crime, but refusing to leave when told is trespass, and armed trespass is a third degree felony.
Schools and campuses
No. Buildings and grounds of any educational institution, from public schools through colleges and universities, are sensitive locations closed to licensed carry.
It depends. Public parks are sensitive locations closed to carry, but the Adirondack and Catskill forest preserve is written out of that definition and lawful hunting is separately exempt.
In Florida: It depends. A sign alone is not a crime, but refusing to leave when told is trespass, and armed trespass is a third degree felony.
Schools and campusesDiffers from Florida
It depends. Educational property runs from K-12 through community colleges and universities and is a felony bar, with a narrow exception for a handgun locked in a vehicle.
In Florida: It depends. Carry is allowed in state parks, forests and wildlife management areas under chapter 790, with encasement rules outside hunting season.
Magazine limit
No. Magazine capacity is not limited by any North Carolina statute, and local governments are preempted from creating a limit.
In Florida: No. You need not volunteer that you are armed, but you must show valid ID when a law enforcement officer demands it.
Open carryDiffers from Florida
It depends. A handgun carried openly must be unloaded and in plain view or secured, unless you qualify for permitless carry or hold a license North Dakota issues or honors.
It depends. The part of the premises set aside for selling and drinking alcohol is closed to everyone, including permit holders, while the restaurant part is open where under 21s are allowed.
In Florida: It depends. A sign alone is not a crime, but refusing to leave when told is trespass, and armed trespass is a third degree felony.
Schools and campuses
No. Schools, school events and every publicly owned building are closed, which takes in public campuses, though a firearm left in your vehicle is exempt.
It depends. State parks are exempt from the public building ban, but merely being inside a state game refuge or a game management area while in possession of a firearm is an offense unless the area has been opened.
In Florida: It depends. A sign alone is not a crime, but refusing to leave when told is trespass, and armed trespass is a third degree felony.
Schools and campuses
No. Conveying a deadly weapon into a school safety zone is a felony, and college premises are closed unless the handgun stays in a locked vehicle or the governing body has authorized carry in writing.
Yes. State parks, forests and wildlife areas are not on the off limits list, though a state government building on the land is closed unless it is a shelter, restroom, parking facility or rest facility.
In Florida: It depends. Carry is allowed in state parks, forests and wildlife management areas under chapter 790, with encasement rules outside hunting season.
Magazine limit
No. Ohio sets no magazine capacity limit, and the automatic firearm definition that once swept in magazines over 31 rounds no longer contains a round count.
In Florida: It depends. Carry is allowed in state parks, forests and wildlife management areas under chapter 790, with encasement rules outside hunting season.
Magazine limit
No. Oklahoma law sets no limit on how many rounds a magazine may hold.
It depends. A firearm carried openly in a belt holster is not concealed under state law, but a city or county may ban loaded firearms in public places for anyone who does not hold a license.
In Florida: Yes. Lawful statewide since September 2025, when a court struck the ban; the unenforceable statute is still printed in the code.
In a vehicleDiffers from Florida
It depends. Without a license the handgun must not be both concealed and readily accessible in the vehicle, which by statute means anywhere in the passenger compartment unless it is in a locked glove box or console.
In Florida: It depends. A sign alone is not a crime, but refusing to leave when told is trespass, and armed trespass is a third degree felony.
Schools and campusesDiffers from Florida
It depends. A licensee may carry on school grounds and public university property unless the board has adopted a policy withdrawing that defense and posted signs at every entrance.
In Florida: It depends. Carry is allowed in state parks, forests and wildlife management areas under chapter 790, with encasement rules outside hunting season.
Magazine limit
No. Measure 114's ten round limit is not in force: the Legislature moved its operative date to 1 January 2028 while the Oregon Supreme Court decides whether it is constitutional.
Pennsylvania honors a Florida Concealed Weapon and Firearm License, and it is what permits you to carry there. Recognition depends on where you live.
Honors a Florida license only while the holder is a Florida resident.
Recognition covers handguns only, not the other weapons a Florida license allows.
Florida does not honor this state’s non-resident licenses.
If you are under 21: Pennsylvania recognizes a Florida license only through the signed agreement between the two states, and the Attorney General states that licenses issued to Florida non-residents or to anyone under 21 are not recognized.
No. A license is required to carry a handgun concealed or in any vehicle, so the only permitless option is open carry outside a vehicle and outside Philadelphia.
In Florida: It depends. A sign alone is not a crime, but refusing to leave when told is trespass, and armed trespass is a third degree felony.
Schools and campusesDiffers from Florida
It depends. A weapon on the buildings, grounds or buses of any elementary or secondary school is a first degree misdemeanor with a lawful purpose defense, and colleges fall outside the statute and set their own rules.
In Florida: It depends. Carry is allowed in state parks, forests and wildlife management areas under chapter 790, with encasement rules outside hunting season.
Magazine limit
No. Pennsylvania sets no capacity limit in state law, and counties, municipalities and townships are preempted from setting one.
In Florida: Yes. No permit needed since 1 July 2023 for anyone who meets the license criteria; carry valid ID and show it to an officer on demand.
Duty to inform
No. Nothing requires an announcement, but carry the license, because an officer with reasonable ground to suspect unlawful carrying may arrest without a warrant and hold you for up to 24 hours while it is checked.
In Florida: Yes. Lawful statewide since September 2025, when a court struck the ban; the unenforceable statute is still printed in the code.
In a vehicleDiffers from Florida
It depends. Without a license the only vehicle carry the statute allows is a trip between home or business and a target range, with the handgun broken down and unloaded or unloaded in a separate container.
In Florida: Yes. Anyone 18 or older in lawful possession may keep a handgun in a private vehicle if it is securely encased or not readily accessible.
Where alcohol is servedDiffers from Florida
Yes. Premises serving alcohol are open to a license holder, because no statute closes them, though carrying or transporting a firearm while intoxicated is unlawful.
In Florida: It depends. A sign alone is not a crime, but refusing to leave when told is trespass, and armed trespass is a third degree felony.
Schools and campusesDiffers from Florida
It depends. K to 12 school grounds are closed with a minimum sentence of one year, while the statute says in terms that it does not apply to colleges, universities or junior colleges.
In Florida: No. No firearms at K-12 schools, career centers or college facilities; students and staff may carry only a nonlethal stun gun on campus.
Parks and wildlandsDiffers from Florida
No. Possession of a firearm on any property the environmental agency controls, which covers state parks, beaches and management areas, is prohibited unless it is hunting under the fish and wildlife rules.
In Florida: It depends. Carry is allowed in state parks, forests and wildlife management areas under chapter 790, with encasement rules outside hunting season.
Magazine limitDiffers from Florida
Yes. Ten rounds, and possessing a larger feeding device carries up to five years, with no grandfather beyond a 180 day surrender window that closed in December 2022.
South Carolina honors a Florida Concealed Weapon and Firearm License, though permitless carry already reaches a lawful visitor there. Recognition depends on where you live.
Honors a Florida license only while the holder is a Florida resident.
Recognition covers handguns only, not the other weapons a Florida license allows.
Florida does not honor this state’s non-resident licenses.
4 of these differ from Florida.
Honors a Florida license
It depends. Honors a Florida license only while the holder is a Florida resident.
In Florida: It depends. A sign alone is not a crime, but refusing to leave when told is trespass, and armed trespass is a third degree felony.
Schools and campusesDiffers from Florida
It depends. School and college property is closed without the express permission of the authorities in charge, but a firearm may remain secured in an attended or locked vehicle.
In Florida: It depends. Carry is allowed in state parks, forests and wildlife management areas under chapter 790, with encasement rules outside hunting season.
Magazine limit
No. South Carolina sets no limit on magazine capacity, and no local government may impose one.
In Florida: It depends. A sign alone is not a crime, but refusing to leave when told is trespass, and armed trespass is a third degree felony.
Schools and campusesDiffers from Florida
It depends. K-12 premises need an enhanced permit and the principal's written permission, while a Board of Regents campus may not restrict an enhanced, restricted enhanced or reciprocal permit holder.
In Florida: It depends. Carry is allowed in state parks, forests and wildlife management areas under chapter 790, with encasement rules outside hunting season.
Magazine limit
No. South Dakota sets no limit on magazine capacity.
Yes. A permit is not required from age 21. A 2023 settlement with the Attorney General has kept that age from being applied to 18 to 20 year olds, but it is a settlement rather than a court ruling and the statute is unchanged, so the dependable route below 21 is a permit. Tennessee opened its own permit to 18 year olds in 2025 and separately honors an out of state license on its own terms.
No. Nothing in Tennessee law requires you to announce that you are armed, but a person carrying on another state’s license must have that license on them the whole time they carry here.
Yes. Anyone who may lawfully carry under the permitless exception may transport and store a handgun in their own vehicle, and no city or county rule may override that.
Yes. A permit holder may carry in any establishment that serves alcohol, bars included, and offends only by drinking there, because the separate offense of possessing a firearm where alcohol is served was deleted from the code in 2010.
In Florida: It depends. A sign alone is not a crime, but refusing to leave when told is trespass, and armed trespass is a third degree felony.
Schools and campusesDiffers from Florida
It depends. K to 12 property is closed except for a handgun kept in a vehicle in a parking area, and on a public campus only an employee of the institution may carry.
In Florida: It depends. Carry is allowed in state parks, forests and wildlife management areas under chapter 790, with encasement rules outside hunting season.
Magazine limit
No. Tennessee sets no limit on magazine capacity and has preempted the whole field of firearms regulation from local government.
It depends. Nothing must be volunteered, but a license holder who is carrying must show the handgun license whenever a peace officer or magistrate demands identification.
Yes. A qualifying person 21 or older may carry a handgun in a vehicle they own or control with no license, and if it is in plain view it must be holstered.
It depends. Permitted in an ordinary restaurant or bar, but a felony on the premises of a business that draws 51 percent or more of its income from on-site alcohol sales.
Yes. A sign that matches the wording and format prescribed by Section 30.06 (concealed) or Section 30.07 (open) is legal notice, and carrying past one is criminal trespass.
In Florida: It depends. A sign alone is not a crime, but refusing to leave when told is trespass, and armed trespass is a third degree felony.
Schools and campusesDiffers from Florida
It depends. Barred on K to 12 premises without the school's written authorization, while a license holder may carry a concealed handgun on a public college campus.
In Florida: It depends. Carry is allowed in state parks, forests and wildlife management areas under chapter 790, with encasement rules outside hunting season.
Magazine limit
No. Texas sets no cap on magazine capacity; its weapons statute restricts categories of weapon, not rounds.
Yes. At 21 a loaded firearm may be carried openly without a permit, while from 18 to 20 it must be unloaded on a public street unless the carrier holds a provisional permit.
Yes. A loaded handgun may be kept in a vehicle you are lawfully present in from age 18 without a permit, though a loaded rifle or shotgun in a vehicle stays unlawful.
In Florida: No. No firearms at K-12 schools, career centers or college facilities; students and staff may carry only a nonlethal stun gun on campus.
Parks and wildlandsDiffers from Florida
Yes. State parks, forests and wildlife areas allow carry, because the Legislature has forbidden any state or local body from restricting firearms on public property.
In Florida: It depends. Carry is allowed in state parks, forests and wildlife management areas under chapter 790, with encasement rules outside hunting season.
Yes. A permit is not required from age 18. Vermont issues no license and sets no carry age of its own; the 18 is the federal handgun possession floor, and Vermont's own possession floor is 16.
In Florida: It depends. Barred only in the portion of a licensed premises primarily devoted to serving alcohol, so a restaurant dining room is fine.
Posted signs
It depends. Vermont has no firearms signage statute, so a sign only matters through the trespass law, which turns on notice against trespass rather than on a condition of entry.
It depends. Knowingly carrying inside a school building or on a school bus is an offense, while open school grounds are reached only when there is intent to injure, and colleges are left to their own rules.
In Florida: It depends. Carry is allowed in state parks, forests and wildlife management areas under chapter 790, with encasement rules outside hunting season.
Magazine limitDiffers from Florida
Yes. Fifteen rounds for a handgun and ten for a long gun, with devices lawfully held before the 2018 ban grandfathered.
Virginia honors a Florida Concealed Weapon and Firearm License, and it is what permits you to carry there.
Recognition covers handguns only, not the other weapons a Florida license allows.
Florida does not honor this state’s non-resident licenses.
If you are under 21: Virginia’s reciprocity statute authorizes only a holder who is at least 21, so an 18 to 20 year old Florida licensee cannot carry concealed there even though Virginia honors the same license for an older holder.
Yes. Only concealed carry is regulated by statute, though a locality may ban firearms in its buildings, parks, recreation centers and permitted events.
In Florida: It depends. A sign alone is not a crime, but refusing to leave when told is trespass, and armed trespass is a third degree felony.
Schools and campusesDiffers from Florida
It depends. K-12 property is a felony bar with an exception for a permit holder's concealed handgun inside a vehicle, and each public university bans weapons in its buildings and at its events by its own regulation.
In Florida: It depends. Carry is allowed in state parks, forests and wildlife management areas under chapter 790, with encasement rules outside hunting season.
Magazine limitDiffers from Florida
It depends. Importing, selling, bartering, transferring or buying a magazine over 15 rounds became an offense on 1 July 2026, while simple possession was left alone.
It depends. A loaded pistol in a vehicle requires a concealed pistol license; otherwise it must be unloaded, and if left in the vehicle it must be locked in and out of sight.
In Florida: Yes. Anyone 18 or older in lawful possession may keep a handgun in a private vehicle if it is securely encased or not readily accessible.
Where alcohol is served
It depends. Only the portion of a licensed establishment that the liquor board has classified as off limits to under 21s is barred, so the restaurant side is fine and the bar area is not.
In Florida: It depends. A sign alone is not a crime, but refusing to leave when told is trespass, and armed trespass is a third degree felony.
Schools and campusesDiffers from Florida
It depends. K to 12 premises are barred with a narrow exception for a firearm secured in a vehicle or a licensee dropping off a student, and public universities bar firearms through their own administrative rules.
In Florida: It depends. Carry is allowed in state parks, forests and wildlife management areas under chapter 790, with encasement rules outside hunting season.
Magazine limitDiffers from Florida
Yes. Ten rounds, and the ban reaches making, importing, distributing and selling but not simple possession.
West Virginia honors a Florida Concealed Weapon and Firearm License, though permitless carry already reaches a lawful visitor there.
Recognition covers handguns only, not the other weapons a Florida license allows.
If you are under 21: West Virginia recognizes an out-of-state license only in the hands of a holder who is 21 or older, and the 2026 act that lowered its permitless carry age to 18 left that section untouched.
Yes. A permit is not required from age 18. 18 since June 2026, when HB 4106 repealed the offense of carrying without a license under 21; anything published earlier says 21.
Yes. Anyone 18 or older who may lawfully possess a firearm may carry it concealed, in a vehicle as anywhere else, with no permit and no residency requirement.
In Florida: It depends. A sign alone is not a crime, but refusing to leave when told is trespass, and armed trespass is a third degree felony.
Schools and campusesDiffers from Florida
It depends. K-12 grounds are barred except for a licensed carrier's handgun kept in a vehicle, while a license holder may carry on the campus and in the buildings of a public college.
In Florida: No. No firearms at K-12 schools, career centers or college facilities; students and staff may carry only a nonlethal stun gun on campus.
Parks and wildlandsDiffers from Florida
Yes. Carrying a handgun for self defense is expressly excepted from the ban on uncased or loaded firearms in state parks, forests, wildlife management areas and rail trails.
In Florida: It depends. Carry is allowed in state parks, forests and wildlife management areas under chapter 790, with encasement rules outside hunting season.
Magazine limit
No. Magazine capacity is not limited by any West Virginia statute, and municipalities are barred from imposing a limit.
Wisconsin honors a Florida Concealed Weapon and Firearm License, and it is what permits you to carry there. Recognition depends on where you live.
Honors a Florida license only when the holder is not a Florida resident, which is the reverse of the usual condition.
If you are under 21: Wisconsin extends carry rights to an out-of-state licensee, which its own statute defines as an individual 21 or over who is not a Wisconsin resident, so an 18 to 20 year old is outside the definition.
No. Carrying a concealed weapon without a license is a Class A misdemeanor, and Wisconsin honors an out-of-state license by name in its own carry statute.
In Florida: Yes. No permit needed since 1 July 2023 for anyone who meets the license criteria; carry valid ID and show it to an officer on demand.
Duty to informDiffers from Florida
It depends. There is no duty to volunteer it, but the license and photographic identification must be displayed when an officer asks, and an out-of-state licensee is named in the same sentence.
In Florida: No. No firearms at K-12 schools, career centers or college facilities; students and staff may carry only a nonlethal stun gun on campus.
Parks and wildlandsDiffers from Florida
Yes. A licensee or out-of-state licensee may carry anywhere in the state except the places the carry statute names, and state parks, forests and wildlife areas are not among them.
In Florida: It depends. Carry is allowed in state parks, forests and wildlife management areas under chapter 790, with encasement rules outside hunting season.
Magazine limit
No. Wisconsin sets no limit on magazine capacity, and no local ordinance may impose one more stringent than state law.
Yes. A permit is not required from age 18. 18 since July 2026, when HB 96 lowered the permit age that permitless carry borrows; anything published earlier says 21.
In Florida: It depends. A sign alone is not a crime, but refusing to leave when told is trespass, and armed trespass is a third degree felony.
Schools and campusesDiffers from Florida
It depends. Since July 2025 a Wyoming issued permit opens public schools and public college and university facilities, but an out of state permit and permitless carry do not.
In Florida: It depends. Carry is allowed in state parks, forests and wildlife management areas under chapter 790, with encasement rules outside hunting season.
Magazine limit
No. There is no capacity limit in Wyoming law, and the state has reserved firearm and component regulation entirely to itself.
The page FDACS publishes on the web is a list of state names. The conditions attached to those names exist only in a PDF advisory, and they are the part that decides whether you are carrying lawfully. 6 of them matter.
Handguns only
Most states recognize a Florida license for a handgun and nothing else. A Florida license also covers other weapons at home, and that part does not travel.
Florida residents only
Colorado, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and South Carolina honor the license only while you live in Florida. A Florida non-resident license is not enough.
Florida non-residents only
Wisconsin is the exact inverse, and it catches people out. It honors a Florida license issued to somebody who does not live in Florida.
Licenses people under 21
Some states license under 21s. Those holders may not carry in Florida, whichever way the recognition runs.
Issues no license
Vermont has never issued one. It appears on the list because it needs no license, not because it recognizes yours.
Florida declines their non-resident license
This one runs the other way and is the most misread of the six. It says nothing about whether that state honors Florida. It says Florida will not honor a non-resident license that state issued.
Coming the other way, into Florida
Florida honors another state’s resident license, and never a non-resident license issued by a state the holder does not live in. Florida recognizes a resident license from every state that issues one, and recognizes no state’s non-resident license. A visitor relying on their home state license must also be 21, with an exception for service members and honorably discharged veterans.
Fla. Stat. 790.015(1)
Questions people ask about Florida reciprocity
Which states honor a Florida concealed carry license?
37 states honor a Florida Concealed Weapon and Firearm License, on the list Florida's own Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services publishes. 13 jurisdictions do not. This page was checked against that list and against each state's own sources on September 8, 2026.
In how many states does a Florida license actually let you carry?
9. All 28 permitless carry states outside Florida also honor a Florida license, so in most of the 37 a lawful adult could already carry without one. The 9 where the license is the reason you may carry are Colorado, Delaware, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin.
Which states do not honor a Florida concealed carry license?
California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and Washington. Carrying a concealed firearm there on a Florida license is not lawful, and a license from a third state does not help unless that state recognizes it.
Do I have to live in Florida for my license to be honored?
In 7 states it depends on where you live. Colorado, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and South Carolina honor a Florida license only while you are a Florida resident, so a Florida non-resident license is not enough. Wisconsin is the exact inverse and honors a Florida license only when it was issued to somebody who does not live in Florida.
I am 18, 19 or 20 with a Florida license. Where does it work?
Not everywhere the 37 suggests. Florida has licensed at 18 since June 2026, but 10 states wrote their recognition rules around an older holder and answer differently: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Nebraska, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin. Colorado, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin matter most, because each is one of the 9 where the license is normally the only reason a visitor may carry, and each recognizes a Florida license only from 21. Louisiana and West Virginia also refuse the license below 21, though you may carry there without one from 18 anyway. Everywhere else on the honoring list, recognition reaches a Florida license from 18.
Does a Florida license cover more than handguns in other states?
Usually not. 27 of the states that honor a Florida license recognize it for a handgun only, not for the other weapons the license covers in Florida.
Can I carry in Florida with a concealed carry license from another state?
Florida honors another state’s resident license, and never a non-resident license issued by a state the holder does not live in. That holds for every state that issues one. A visitor relying on a home state license must also be 21, with an exception for service members and honorably discharged veterans. Fla. Stat. 790.015(1)
How current is this reciprocity information?
Every claim on this page carries the source it came from and the date it was read, and all of them were checked on September 8, 2026. Reciprocity changed seven times between March 2024 and July 2026, so confirm with the state you are travelling to before you carry there. This page is general reference and not legal advice.
What this is, and what it is not
This is a reference table, not legal advice, and it is not a determination about you. We teach firearms courses in Maitland. We do not issue licenses, Florida does, and we do not practice law in the other fifty jurisdictions on this page.
Reciprocity is an agreement between states and it moves. Two of Florida’s own current rules exist only as appellate decisions, with the contrary statute still printed in the code. Before you carry across a state line, read the destination state’s own published rules and the state’s reciprocity guidance.
Every answer above carries the document it came from and the day we read it. Where we could not find a source that actually says, the cell reads “not confirmed” rather than a guess.
A federal bill and a Supreme Court petition could change large parts of this table at once. Where each of them actually stands is tracked separately, against the official docket rather than against anybody’s account of it. Neither has changed the law.
Florida has not required a license to carry concealed since 2023. The license is still what makes you lawful in 9 other states, and the training is the part that matters either way.
