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Walk It Through: The Permitless Carry

A handgun under a jacket with no license, a stop for coffee, a church, and a bar.

An adult with a driver's license and no criminal record wants to carry a handgun under a jacket, with no carry license.

Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.

An adult with no record carrying a handgun. Someone barred from possessing firearms, a school event, a public building and carrying in another state 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.