Can I Carry A Concealed Weapon?

Question

I now live in the state of Louisiana. I know that you have to be 21 to buy anytype of firearm but if I do buy a gun and have a license to carry a concealed weapon, could I go into any stores with my gun on me? Do I have to get two license to be able to carry a gun on foot and in my car? Could I get in trouble if I carry it in a school? For example, Lets say i'm picking up my cousin from school I have the gun tuck under my shirt but my shirt happens to come up and the students see would I get in trouble?

*This is just that I always wanted to know.

Answer 1

Of course you'd get in trouble.

Answer 2

you would have to check laws but if you have the right license you can carry it any where you want afar as a school  goes you would have to check it in the office and you would most likely have to leave it there  until your business was done  if you went there they would tell you it's not allowed back but if your picking someone up and someone seen it the cops would come but you would not get in trouble you have a license for it

Answer 3

well first off it varies by state law,  though yes if you have the permit  you can carry it on your foot and car,  any school is probably a bad idea, especially with the huge freakouts about school shootings recently, stores im not sure of, some places will have a sign saying specifically no firearms, so id watch out for those, i think if it doesnt have a sign though your in the clear, but schools are a no go

Answer 4

The only way to know for sure is to ask in the area you live or where you plan to carry the gun. If you're licensed for CCW you don't need to worry if someone sees your gun if your shirt pulls up, not from a legal standpoint. But you may have to calm down a scared kid or make sure nobody tries to take it from you.

On some campuses you can carry a gun, on many you cannot. Again, you'd need to ask at that specific institution. As some have pointed out it can save lives if you carry a gun.

I live in Utah. It's legal to carry a concealed gun on campus if you're licensed. Last year we had a whacko start shooting up a shopping mall and if not for the timely intervention of an armed off-duty cop he might have killed a hundred people. He was armed for it and had the ammo. If no cop was available and he kept shooting shoppers until officers arrived on scene, the numbers would have been much higher. Is anyone going to argue that having another shopper with a concealed gun who knew how to use it wouldn't have been a good idea in a similar case?

I think it's been said before that guns don't kill people. Hark back to Columbine and assume those idiots had no guns. Then they'd have resorted to the dozen pipe bombs they had brought with them and killed ten times as many victims. Guns are the most convenient means of killing oneself and others but people are resourceful and not having a gun isn't going to make them suddenly peace-loving, they'll just use whatever is close to hand.

Answer 5

sorry, only mass murderers are allowed to carry firearms on school property. thats why schools are so popular with them, there might be armed citizens who could stop them at other places. their just insane not stupid.

Answer 6

Warning.  I am not an expert in this.  But for about fifteen minutes, several years ago, I was interested in gun laws.  So here goes.

A concealed-carry permit is a permit to carry a concealed weapon.  Usually, that means that it is legal to carry a licensed weapon in public where it is visible, but you need a special permit to carry it in a place where no one can see it.   So if you have a concealed-carry permit, and suddenly your gun becomes visibile, its not a problem.  

When I first moved to Arizona, it was legal to carry, but illegal to carry concealed.  This meant that if you were carrying a weapon, it needed to be holstered such that people could see it.  No problem.  People just wore their weapons such that they were visible.  

Then , the concealed-carry permit became available.  So you could still carry the same way you did before - visibly - OR you could carry your weapon in a concealed place but only if you had a concealed carry permit.  Make sense?

There may be other, specific ordinances or rules that apply to your gun that you need to know about - concealed or not concealed.  Some businesses will prohibit weapons - concealed or not.  And it may be that some cities, municipalities, school property (especially school property - hello Littleton?), housing developments, etc. etc. have rules about carrying weapons.  

But in general, I think that if you have a license to carry concealed, you also have a right to carry your weapon visibly.

Great question.  And remember.  I don't really know what I'm talking about - so find a more reliable source if you really really want to know for sure.

Answer 7

as far as i know you only need 1 permit to carry a concealed weapon. if you carry a gun into a school inside the boarders of the u.s. & you do not carry a police badge or wear a military uniform you will either be KILLED or YOU WILL GO TO PRISON FOR TERRORISM! if you are 21, then you were alive during 9-11. no offense intended but you need to use what we call COMMON SENSE. d**n near every school (not including colleges) in this country has a metal detector & our children are being taught that anyone who enters a school with a gun plans on committing murder.

i am awake, why aren't you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

have-a-loving-day!

Answer 8

It's your constitutional right to carry any weapon anywhere and if someone tries to stop you, gun them down.

Answer 9

yeah ... i have a  Concealed Weapon (points to pants) in my pants ><

Answer 10

If you have a concealed weapon license, you should be able to carry it around (you don't need two licenses). Stores should be okay, but not in schools. You'd get in serious trouble.

Answer 11

if you want to own a fire arm in any state you have to check with the local authorities they will give you the information that you seek if you look elsewhere and later get caught for any infraction you could windup  in &%$#@()(*&^ don't take that chance

Answer 12

Bro.. .. ..

ask the police

Answer 13

You are a perfect candidate to go to prison with your attitude about carrying a gun. You can't carry a gun on school property no matter what. Look at your local, county, state and federal laws before you want to pack heat my friend! Why do you need to carry anyway?

Answer 14

its variable in certain states but you will certainly get in trouble if your school finds out that your carrying a concealed weapon

Answer 15

no you cannot even post under hunting and have to post in the enviroment section.

click all categories>sports>outdoor recreation>hunting and ask there