jdgypsy
Regular Member
Hello all, just told I am being sent to FT. Riley for next duty station. Any words of info for carry in Kansas. I have TX and Idaho permits. Also looking for 3 gun/IDPA/Steel matches. Any info is always welcome.
Welcome to Fort Riley,
I'm home from Afghanistan on R&R just in time to help answer your question lol.
Manhattan follows KS state gun laws on open and concealed carry. They have restricted open carry in the "normal" areas. IE City Hall, Police Stations, ect. As for concealed carry: A Red Back and White "No gun" sign is your boundary. Check out the KS AG website for the concealed carry laws and learn them.
Warning: Manhattan is "Gun-o-phobic" city and Riley County PD is inexperienced with people who carry guns legally. I'm trying to change that one open carry at a time. Right before I left in December I spent 3 hours in handcuffs, my pistol confiscated, and charges filed against me for LEGALLY carrying my gun. Its a long story that ended a week later with a "Charges are dropped you can pick up your gun here at the PD" phone call from the citing officer.
A word of personal advice: Don't bring your guns on post period. The regulations for Privately Owned Weapons are so ridiculous that I even store mine off post and don't bring them on post. The range in Ogden in the best place to shoot in my opinion.
Hope this helps some,
Potter
Potter: did you file a suit against the offending City? I personally believe this is the fastest way to make a culture and attitude change of "gun-o-phobic" police departments...
First, Thank you for your service to our country.
Second welcome to the free state of Kansas, home of real effing weather, real effing hot, real effing cold, real effing windy, but it is definitely real
I know we have reciprocity for TX, not quite sure on Idaho, but there was a bill just introduced into the state senate would recognize carry permits from ALL other states.
Potter: did you file a suit against the offending City? I personally believe this is the fastest way to make a culture and attitude change of "gun-o-phobic" police departments...