Walk It Through: The Gun In The Glovebox
Carrying without a license, a school pickup, a store's sign, and a road rage stop.
A twenty-year-old with a clean record buys a handgun and wants to carry it concealed.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One day of carrying. A federal building, a felony record, a carrier who is stopped by police and a shooting in self defense 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.
- ConcealedCarried so that another person in the ordinary course of events would not be put on notice of the weapon.
- Concealed handgun licenseA license a resident applies for to the sheriff of the county, with a fee of $50, issued only for pistols and revolvers.
- Deadly weaponAn instrument designed or readily adaptable to be used as a weapon, including a knife with a sharp-edged or sharp-pointed blade capable of inflicting cutting, stabbing or tearing wounds.
- Permitless carryCarrying a concealed deadly weapon without a license, which any person may do who is at least 18 years of age, a United States citizen or legal resident, and not prohibited from possessing a firearm.
- BrandishingCarrying, displaying or using a firearm or other deadly weapon in a way that causes or threatens a breach of the peace, licensed or not.
- Wanton endangermentWantonly doing any act with a firearm that creates a substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury to another, a felony.