Walk It Through: The Handgun
No permit required, an accurate answer to an officer, and an event that asks to store it.
An adult who owns a handgun wants to start carrying it away from home.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One owner and one handgun. Prohibited possessors, school grounds, and defaced weapons are not worked through here.
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.
- Concealed deadly weaponA deadly weapon, other than a pocket knife, carried concealed. Arizona's weapons misconduct section lists when that is an offense, rather than requiring a permit to carry one.
- Misdemeanor classHow Arizona grades misdemeanors: class 1 carries up to six months and $2,500, class 2 up to four months and $750, class 3 up to 30 days and $500.