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Walk It Through: The Handgun

A license for a pistol in a car, immediate disclosure at a stop, a cased rifle, and brandishing.

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. The places a licensee may not carry, open carry, and self defense in detail 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.