Reciprocity · Rhode Island · updated 2026

Can you carry in Rhode Island with a Massachusetts license?

Only with the Rhode Island permit. Rhode Island honours no other state’s license, so none of the six from our 40 State Multi License Course lets you carry here. Rhode Island’s own non-resident permit does: it is the optional extra we cover how to apply for.

Rhode Island also requires a shooting qualification test for its permit. We do not provide that test — we tell you where to take it.

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The detail

What Rhode Island honours.

  • Multi course licenses: not honoured on their own. Rhode Island recognises no other state’s license (MA, ME, NH, CT, PA or FL) and has no permitless carry. To carry here you need Rhode Island’s own permit, the optional extra in the 40 State Multi License Course.
  • A Massachusetts LTC on its own is not recognised in Rhode Island either. Confirm the current rules with Rhode Island’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 Rhode Island license?
It qualifies you to apply for six licenses (MA, ME, NH, CT, PA, FL), and Rhode Island honours none of them. Rhode Island’s own permit is the optional extra: we cover how to apply, but it needs its own shooting qualification test, which we do not provide.
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 Rhode Island

ConnecticutMaineMassachusettsNew HampshireNew JerseyNew YorkPennsylvaniaVermont

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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 South CarolinaCarry in South DakotaCarry in TennesseeCarry in TexasCarry in UtahCarry in VermontCarry in Virginia
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