Missouri is Permitless Carry, but you can get a permit which will allow you to carry in states that recognize the Missouri permit. Read on to learn the training requirements.
Picking the right class is important not only for your ability to get the Endorsement (permit), but you must always be well trained and practiced when you’re carrying a firearm in MO.
Name: Missouri Concealed Weapon Endorsement
Issuer: Local Sheriff
Type of State: Shall-Issue
Training Required? Yes
Type of Training Accepted: Any firearm class that is taught by a certified instructor that includes: handgun safety training, a physical demonstration by the applicant that demonstrates your ability to safely load and unload a revolver and semiautomatic pistol and that demonstrates your marksmanship with both, the basic principles of marksmanship, care and cleaning of concealable firearms, safe storage of firearms, state laws regarding firearms, a live firing exercise wherein you shoot at least 50 rounds from both a semiautomatic pistol and a revolver at a target seven yards away, a live fire test with an instructor present wherein you shoot 20 rounds at a target seven yards away.
Length of Training: At least 8 hours
Cost of Training: $100-$135
Reciprocity:
States that honor or recognize the Missouri Resident Concealed Weapon Endorsement
| Alabama | Alaska | Arizona | Arkansas |
| Colorado | Delaware | Florida | Georgia |
| Idaho | Indiana | Iowa | Kansas |
| Kentucky | Louisiana | Maine | Michigan |
| Mississippi | Montana | Nebraska | New Hampshire |
| New Mexico | North Carolina | North Dakota | Ohio |
| Oklahoma | Pennsylvania | South Carolina | South Dakota |
| Tennessee | Texas | Utah | Vermont |
| Virginia | West Virginia | Wisconsin | Wyoming |
Missouri honors or recognizes the following states’ concealed carry permits
Missouri honors permits from all other states.