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andyffer wrote:
Alright Im new but I have read most of the threads on this site.
I was wondering if it was legal for me to openly carry a pistol if I were with one of my parents?
The gun would be holstered.
Thanks
(This partadded 12/31/07 to clarify: please see my post below from 12/31/07.
To summarize, the answer to your question "legal for me to openly carry a pistol if I were with one of my parents" is 'yes', but ONLY if hunting or atthe range. If you OC a pistol under any other situation, you are potentially riskingboth yourself and your parentto Federal firearm law violations! Federal law restricts HANDGUN posession by persons under 18except for certain "sporting" activities like hunting and target shooting. )
It is legal ONLY if you are accompanied by a parent, legal guardian, or certified firearm instructor (the latter requires parental consent). Note this includes being in a car, so it is unlawful to transport a firearm in a car w/o a parent.
Written permission from your parents is NOT enough, notarized or not. Any adult won't do. MUST be parent, legal guardian or certified instructor. Got it? It ain't like a driver's learner permit where anyone over 21 will do.
Violation will result in immediate seizure of the firearm. Be smart and safe.
Here is the statute (I ommitted the latter paragraphs on penalties beyond the seizure of the firearm). Note there are exceptions, like being on your family's property or if over 13, when hunting or varmint hunting on a farm.
ARS 13-3111.
Minors prohibited from carrying or possessing firearms; exceptions; seizure and forfeiture; penalties; classification
A. Except as provided in subsection B, an unemancipated person who is under eighteen years of age and who is unaccompanied by a parent, grandparent or guardian, or a certified hunter safety instructor or certified firearms safety instructor acting with the consent of the unemancipated person's parent or guardian, shall not knowingly carry or possess on his person, within his immediate control, or in or on a means of transportation a firearm in any place that is open to the public or on any street or highway or on any private property except private property owned or leased by the minor or the minor's parent, grandparent or guardian.
B. This section does not apply to a person who is fourteen, fifteen, sixteen or seventeen years of age and who is any of the following:
1. Engaged in lawful hunting or shooting events or marksmanship practice at established ranges or other areas where the discharge of a firearm is not prohibited.
2. Engaged in lawful transportation of an unloaded firearm for the purpose of lawful hunting.
3. Engaged in lawful transportation of an unloaded firearm between the hours of 5:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. for the purpose of shooting events or marksmanship practice at established ranges or other areas where the discharge of a firearm is not prohibited.
4. Engaged in activities requiring the use of a firearm that are related to the production of crops, livestock, poultry, livestock products, poultry products, or ratites or in the production or storage of agricultural commodities.
C. If the minor is not exempt under subsection B and is in possession of a firearm, a peace officer shall seize the firearm at the time the violation occurs.