Does Yellowstone allow guns for protection?
I would bring a 10mm instead of bear spray.
Carry it anyway. Better have it and not need it, than need it and not have it.
Yes, firearms are allowed in Yellowstone, by federal law from several years ago.
People say they cannot be used against bears in self defense. Those people do not know the law. There is a specific exemption for self defense.
“ Does Yellowstone allow guns for protection?”
No.
But I have a story to go with the answer. When I was 18, my Dad took the whole family on a horseback trip to Elizabeth Lake in Glacier NP. We rode across the park boundary past a sign that said, among other things, “no firearms”.
About a half mile down the trail and around a bend the horses stopped. The guides dismounted, pulled rifles out of their bags, and put them into the empty saddle holsters.
That night around the fire, I got up the nerve to ask.
“Better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6”
Words to live by.
Surprisingly yes Yellowstone does allow guns subject to which state you are in within the park.
So yeah I would take a pistol and make sure my partner was at least carrying spray.
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