Is firearms legal in Vermont?

Q: Is firearms legal in Vermont?

Firearms in Vermont is permitted. Vermont has permitless carry, also called constitutional carry, and it issues no carry permits at all. Any person 18 and older who may lawfully possess may carry openly or concealed without a permit.

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Permitted: Vermont has permitless carry, also called constitutional carry, and it issues no carry permits at all.

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Vermont has permitless carry, also called constitutional carry, and it issues no carry permits at all. Any person 18 and older who may lawfully possess may carry openly or concealed without a permit.

Source: https://dps.vermont.gov/content/new-vermont-gun-laws-faqs · Updated July 12, 2026

Vermont Firearms topics

Concealed Carry in Vermont →Permitted
Vermont has permitless carry, also called constitutional carry, and it issues no carry permits at all.
Open Carry in Vermont →Permitted
Open carry of a handgun is legal in Vermont without a permit for anyone who may lawfully possess one.
Magazine Capacity in Vermont →Conditional
In Vermont a handgun magazine that holds more than 15 rounds, or a long-gun magazine that holds more than 10, may not be sold, transferred, or imported.
Gun Possession in Vermont →Conditional
Vermont has a red-flag law (Extreme Risk Protection Order, or ERPO) in effect, and while there is no assault-weapon ban, magazine limits do apply.
Transporting Firearms in Vermont →Permitted
In Vermont, carry is permitless, so anyone who may lawfully possess a handgun may carry it in a private vehicle without a permit.
Duty to Inform Police in Vermont →Info
Vermont has no duty to inform: the state has no carry-permit system at all, so there is no permit to present and no notification statute, and 13 V.S.A. chapter 85 contains no such provision (carrying with intent to injure is the operative crime, § 4003).
Suppressors & Silencers in Vermont →Conditional
Suppressors are legal in Vermont, whose former total ban was amended in 2015 and 2021 so that 13 V.S.A. 4010 no longer bars simply possessing a suppressor that complies with the federal National Firearms Act (NFA).
Reciprocity — where is my Vermont permit honored? →
State-by-state map of which states honor a Vermont concealed-carry permit.

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