Walk It Through: The Pistol at the Bar
A loaded handgun into a bar, the restaurant side of the same building, and a beer after.
After hunting, a person carrying a loaded handgun on the hip meets friends at a bar.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
Adults carrying after a hunt and stopping to eat and drink. Bar owners carrying on their own premises, and the hunting rules, are left out.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Class A misdemeanorThe more serious misdemeanor class, with up to one year in jail and a fine up to $25,000.
- ConcealedA weapon is concealed when it is covered so that someone looking cannot tell it is a weapon without removing or opening what covers it.
- LoadedA firearm is loaded when a cartridge is in the chamber, magazine, clip or cylinder and that part is in or on the firearm.
- Unconditional dischargeThe release from every condition of a sentence, from which the 10 year count for a concealable firearm runs and after which voting rights return.