Walk It Through: The Pistol in the Glovebox
A handgun carried from home, a stop, a license that was never applied for, and the town that issues one.
A homeowner keeps a pistol in the nightstand and one evening puts it in the glovebox for a drive across town.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
A pistol carried by a lawful owner with no record. Prohibited persons, school grounds, a loaded rifle on the road and carrying while drinking each have their own walkthrough or page.
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.
- License to carry a concealed pistolA license a city or town issues to an applicant twenty-one years of age or over with a proper reason who is a suitable person, good everywhere in the state for four years.
- Permit on a showing of needA license the attorney general may issue to a person twenty-one years of age or over to carry a pistol, concealed or not, upon a proper showing of need.