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Open carry isn't terribly common in Wyoming. We were all over the state for ten days, and the only people we saw doing it were our Free State Wyoming friends. But locals I talked to there said they've all seen it, but it's usually older ranchers coming into town for lunch.
I get the impression though, from everything I've read and everyone I've talked to, that Wyoming is probably the state where you're least likely of all 50 states to get hassled for it (probably partly because of the cowboy lineage and tradition, and probably partly because it's the least populated state).
We open carried everywhere, everyone noticed, no one cared (except those two tables of tourists, one in Sundance, on in Cheyenne) and we only got two comments.
One was "Cool! What's your gun?" and the other was some wonderful little kids. I forget if I enumerated that exchange on here or not, but it went like this (text below photo):
Went to the McDonalds in Buffalo, Wyoming for lunch. Had the cutest encounter yet. There were three boys in there having lunch alone, without their parents. They were probably ages 8, 10 and 12. Boys immediately noticed my gun. The oldest one asked me, “Are you a policeman?” I said, “Nope.” Kid asked, “Sheriff?” “Nope.” Kid asked, “Highway patrol?” I said, “Nope.” (And thought to myself, “This young man
really knows his different types of law enforcement!”)
Kid looked at the ground for several seconds and then looked up and asked me, “What
are you?” I replied, “A citizen.”
Kid looked confused again. I said “In Wyoming an adult with no felony record can openly carry a firearm as long as he’s not engaging in, or planning to engage in, a crime.”
All three kids got excited, asked all kinds of questions. Had a good time chattin’ with them.
When DJ walked back with the food and sat down, they said, “Cool! She’s got one too!”
