Walk It Through: Carrying Without a Permit
An adult who may carry concealed without a permit, a bar on the route, and a beer at a cookout.
A nineteen year old with no record wants to carry a handgun concealed for the drive to work.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
An adult with no record and no protective order. A felony conviction, a domestic abuse battery conviction, and carrying in another state are not covered 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.
- Carrying without a permitThe rule that a person 18 or older who is not prohibited from possessing a firearm may carry it concealed without a permit.
- Crime of violenceAn offense with the use, attempted use or threatened use of physical force as an element, or that involves a dangerous weapon, and the more than sixty the code names, from murder to stalking.