Travel in Idaho

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I will be driving through Idaho in a few weeks and currently have a Utah CCW permit. Is there any place in Idaho that you CAN’T carry (OC and/or CC) with a valid permit? Any other things that may present a problem for me? I will be staying in a hotel in Idaho, and stopping at gas stations, restaurants, rest areas, and maybe a store or two. I know this has beenaddressed before, but there are a lot of topics and I dont have hours to search or decode laws text.



Some questions I can think of:

Does a “no guns” sign at a store carry any legal weight or can it be ignored as in Utah?

Is there a restricted restaurant carry?

Is there a restricted Vehicle carry?

Any other restrictions that may get me in trouble?



All these questions refer to the laws affecting a permit holder.

Thanks in advance for any replies.

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Idaho is the most gun friendly state in the US.. and you won't have many, if any, problems.

Obviously you can be trespassed for any reason from private property - but there is no law requiring you to observe NO GUN postings at businesses.

You may not carry in a courthouse, jail, or any school that is k-12 (carry on college campus is legal).

Any place that you can CCW you may OC or vice versa. Have fun!

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For some unknown reason the state gave the Parks Department the right to prohibit or restrict guns in state parks. I emailed and asked questions - no reply. :X

LoveMyCountry

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You're right.. and I was just lookin up this thread to update my answer as well, hehe.

State Parks are actually off limits to any type of loaded firearm - permit or not. Before I knew this, I open carried all over at least four state parks, and never had any problems even talking to a ranger one time. I guess I got lucky.

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Are you absolutely certain about carry on college campuses? I have a CCL, and I teach at ISU, and believe I should be allowed to carry there.

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I spoke personally with two Sherrifs about this, and actually have an e-mail from my local Sherrif (Latah County) saying that there is no law about it.

Take a look at what the statutes say:

So far - all public or private schools are off limits - but it says that there are exceptions in section 18-3302D... those exceptions read:

So they basically just defined "school" as any k-12 school. A
secondary school is a HIGH SCHOOL. University campuses are "Post-Secondary Schools"

It is legal, but most likely against school policy. I attend the U of Idaho, and CCW
there every day. If an administrator found out - I would surely be expelled.

I don't really understand why public schools are allowed to get around Idaho's preemption laws, but they do. For some reason, when it comes to carrying a firearm on campus, they act as if it were private property, and they can trespass you from the campus.

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Thank you for the info. I am not planning on stopping at any schools, but the parks thing is good to know. Sounds like I won’t even run into many nasty looks let alone legal issues.



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