Walk It Through: The Handgun
A permit from the sheriff, no exhibiting in anger, and a polling place on election day.
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. Schools and school buses, firing near a church or school, and permit requirements 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.
- Concealed carry permitA permit a county sheriff issues to a resident at least nineteen years old, or at least eighteen and serving in or honorably discharged from the armed forces.
- Unlawful use of weaponsA list of acts with a weapon that are unlawful when done knowingly, among them exhibiting a weapon in an angry or threatening manner, a class E felony.