Walk It Through: Buying a First Gun
A permit application, a safety course, fourteen days, and a pistol permit good for thirty.
A resident decides to buy a pistol and goes to the police department.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
A first pistol bought by a resident with no disqualification. A rifle or shotgun, an inherited firearm, and a license to carry in public are left to their own pages.
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.