Reciprocity · Louisiana · updated 2026

Can you carry in Louisiana with a Massachusetts license?

Yes. Yes — the licenses from our 40 State Multi License Course are honoured in Louisiana.
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The detail

What Louisiana honours.

  • Multi course licenses: honoured. The six licenses the 40 State Multi License Course qualifies you to apply for (MA, ME, NH, CT, PA, FL) include at least one that Louisiana recognises — so after you apply for those licenses, you can carry here.
  • A Massachusetts LTC on its own is recognised by far fewer states than the six-license bundle. If you only hold a MA LTC, confirm Louisiana's current position with Louisiana's licensing authority before you travel.
  • Reciprocity changes. This page reflects the map we teach from and is reviewed regularly; the state's own published list is the final word.
Applying is your step. Each state license is applied for separately with that state's authority. The class is the training all six require first.
Map of the United States showing where the six licenses from the Multi License Course let you carry (green) and where they are not honoured (red). Rhode Island (amber) only with the optional Rhode Island permit.
Carry allowed after you apply Not honoured
The maths

Six states' course requirements, in one visit, for $349 — instead of $1,249+.

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Does the Multi course give you a Louisiana license?
It qualifies you to apply for six licenses (MA, ME, NH, CT, PA, FL), plus optional guidance on applying in Rhode Island, which is not one of the six (RI requires its own qualification test, which we don't provide, and no certificate is issued for RI); Louisiana honours at least one of them by reciprocity, so once you hold that license you can carry in Louisiana.
Do you need to live in Massachusetts to take the class?
No. Many students drive in from New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut and beyond for the six-license bundle. Non-residents apply for the MA license through the Firearms Records Bureau.
How long is the class?
Four to five hours, for both the Basic and the 40 State Multi. One visit either way, live fire included — about the same four to five hours, for five more states of law.
Other states

Carrying near Louisiana

AlabamaArkansasDelawareFloridaGeorgiaKentuckyMarylandMississippiNorth CarolinaOklahomaSouth CarolinaTennesseeTexasVirginiaWashington, D.C.West Virginia

All 50 states + DC · 40 State Multi License Course

More in where you can carry

State-by-state reciprocity for the six licenses from the Multi course.

Florida non-resident permitNew Hampshire non-resident permitMaine non-resident permitConnecticut non-resident permitPennsylvania non-resident permitCarry in MaineCarry in MarylandCarry in MassachusettsCarry in MichiganCarry in MinnesotaCarry in MississippiCarry in Missouri
40 State Multi Course — $349See Multi datesAll of where you can carry

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