Hi, I'm 20 currently living in St.Louis county and I was wondering if there was any way i can get a handgun legally, buy ammo, and carry on my person? Also what if I get stopped by a cop while driving or walking and he sees the gun and takes it/tries to take it?
Study and know the applicable 'unlawful use of weapon laws' for each and every municipality your normally/routinely travel through in STL County, St Charles County too for that matter. It is a patchwork of OC banned, not banned w/CCW, not banned at all in the STL Metro area. Plan your daily travels to avoid the OC banned/ OK w/CCW areas.
Stay out of the city.
The burden is placed upon the carrier to know the laws where they are. This will be where most of your efforts should be focused. Buy a audio recording device that will record from dawn until dusk. Video is a plus. Have a separate audio/video recording device for in-vehicle use only.
If you are a apartment dweller, know the complex rules and regs.
Plan on changing some of your preferred shopping habits due to gun buster signs.
Grow a very thick skin.
Be prepared to have a change in some friendships, familial relationships. Even business relationships.
Buy a secure storage container for your vehicle, a really good one.
Get a lawyer on speed dial.
Range time, practice, practice, practice.
Booze and guns don't mix for the most part.
Once you step out the door of your 'home' never touch your firearm with your hand unless you must use it as defined under RSMo.
KNOW THIS!!! RSMo 563
Know this and the rest of RSMo 571:
RSMo 571.030.3. Subdivisions (1), (5), (8), and (10) of subsection 1 of this section do not apply when the actor is
transporting such weapons in a
nonfunctioning state or in an
unloaded state when ammunition is not readily accessible or when such weapons
are not readily accessible. Subdivision (1) of subsection 1 of this section
does not apply to any person twenty-one years of age or older transporting a concealable firearm in the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle, so long as such concealable firearm is otherwise lawfully possessed, <snip>
RSMo 571.030
Get your CCW at first opportunity. In fact, see if you can take a CCW course prior to 21 and apply for the CCW the day you turn 21.
get the separate ID for your CCW.
Getting the firearm, ammo and accoutrements is they easy part....
Welcome and good luck.