Walk It Through: The Carry Day
A handgun under a jacket without a permit, a posted bank, a ballgame, and a beer with dinner.
An adult with no record and no permit puts a handgun under a jacket before running errands.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One adult and one handgun. Open carry under city ordinances, permit reciprocity with other states, and a minor's possession 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 handgun permitA permit under the Concealed Handgun Permit Act, valid statewide for five years. A person who is not a minor or a prohibited person may carry a concealed handgun with or without one, apart from the places the law lists.
- Prohibited personA person the weapons article bars from possessing a firearm, including anyone previously convicted of a felony, a fugitive from justice, a person knowingly violating a current protection order, and a person convicted within the past seven years of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence.
- Public bodyA government board or council whose meetings are open so citizens may attend and speak, because the formation of public policy is public business.