Walk It Through: The Handgun In The Console
A handgun in the car, the places it may not go, the bar and the school pickup.
A driver with no criminal record keeps a handgun in the center console.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
A lawful owner on an ordinary day. Who is prohibited from possessing a gun, rifles and shotguns, federal places, and carrying after drinking anywhere else 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 weapon permitThe permit SLED issues to carry a concealable weapon, to a resident or qualified nonresident who is at least 18 and not prohibited from possessing the weapon, on an application with identification, proof of training and fingerprints.
- HandgunUnder the handgun article, any firearm designed to expel a projectile and to be fired from the hand, other than antiques, curiosities or collector's items and firearms that do not fire fixed cartridges.
- Luggage compartmentThe trunk of a vehicle that has one; in a vehicle without one, the area designed for luggage, and in a station wagon, van, hatchback, truck or sport utility vehicle, the area behind the rearmost seat.
- NO CONCEALABLE WEAPONS ALLOWEDThe words of the sign an employer or property owner posts to request that concealable weapons not be brought onto the premises. It must show the words and a crossed out handgun at each entrance, in the sizes the sign section sets.
- Trespass after noticeEntering another's dwelling, business or premises without legal cause after being warned not to, or failing to leave immediately when the person in possession asks.