Walk It Through: The Pistol For A Friend
A private sale, a range day, a gift in the family, and a permit to carry concealed.
A coworker offers to buy a pistol from its owner, cash in hand.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One pistol passing through a few hands. Selling to a person known to be prohibited, the places a permittee may not carry, the permit's renewal and the training rules 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 weaponA weapon carried so that it is not discernible by ordinary observation. Carrying a concealed firearm, another dangerous or deadly weapon, a pneumatic gun or an explosive without a permit is a category C felony.
- Permit to carry a concealed firearmThe permit a sheriff issues to carry a concealed firearm, applied for by a resident in the county where the resident lives and by a nonresident in any county, to an applicant 21 or older, or 18 and serving in or honorably discharged from the military, who is not prohibited from possessing a firearm and has a safety course certificate.
- Background check on a private transferThe check a licensed dealer runs on the buyer before one unlicensed person may sell or transfer a firearm to another, with both appearing at the dealer with the firearm.