Walk It Through: The Carry License
An application before the court's term, 5 references, a course with live fire, and where the gun still cannot go.
A shop owner in Wilmington who closes late wants to carry a pistol concealed.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
A first license for a resident with no record. Licenses from other states, polling places, colleges and carrying while drinking 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 carried concealed upon or about the person without a license. It is a class G felony, and a class D felony when it is a firearm.
- License to carry concealed deadly weaponsA license the Superior Court may approve, after an application, a certificate of 5 respectable citizens and a training course, valid 3 years at first and renewable for 5.
- Person prohibitedA person barred from purchasing, owning, possessing or controlling a deadly weapon or ammunition, such as one convicted of a felony or of misdemeanor domestic violence.
- Polling place on election dayA place designated for in person voting, from 2 hours before the polls open until 2 hours after they close. Having a firearm there is a class A misdemeanor.
- Safe School ZoneThe buildings, fields, stadiums and property of a public or private school, and its vehicles. Knowingly having a firearm there is a class E felony.