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Rifleman,
Great questions, only it looks like I'm a few days (weeks...months...) late in getting back to you. You mentioned that you would be moving to Laramie early in the Spring (2010, I'm guessing) and were interested in having information about OC in Laramie. I thought I'd share some of my experiences there with you.
I do not live in Laramie, but I travel there with some regularity for work, often multi-day trips. The citizens of Laramie, and I'm meaning here the people that live there full time, are pretty much like most of the other folks in Wyoming; they're gun owners and very friendly, so it's not uncommon for someone to approach you to talk about OC.
As was mentioned before, Laramie's migrant population, aka "College Students," tend to fit people who fit inat least one (if not more) of the following groups: a) they didn't grow up around guns and don't understand them, and thus think they're bad; b) they come from places where even the most responsible firearms owners are labeled as "kooks" or "criminals," and that therefore, guns are bad; or c) they've bought into the delusion that guns kill people and are therefore (you guessed it!) bad. Then there are two smaller subsets: folks that know guns and like them OR folks that assume that you're a LEO simply because you're carrying your sidearm.
Most places in Wyoming are very OC friendly, however, and I have had only one marginally-negative experience with OC in Laramie which was, thankfully, quickly clarified by an off-duty LEO that more or less told the individual giving me a run around that I was well within my legal right (no matter that I told this person this over and over again). Due to the rather public nature of my employment, however, I DO possess a CFP and always conceal while on company business; but my piece quickly finds its way into the sunshine once the work is done!
Welcome to Wyoming, and I hope I'll bump into you (and your proudly open-carried sidearm) during one of my trips to Laramie!
