acmariner99
Regular Member
Your sources are incorrect. Don't believe what you are told (even here!) without an Arizona statute or case law to back it up. Arizona statutes and case law should be your only sources.
ARS 13-3102 are the statutes dealing with "weapons misconduct."
ARS 13-3102.A.2 says that under 21 "concealed" carry (ONLY) is against the law.
ARS 13-3102.B.3 defines methods of carry that don't violate ARS 13-3102.A.2.
Paraphrasing the law - If you are under 21 you may not carry "concealed" and may only carry using the methods in ARS 13-3102.B.3 which means "open carry" if you are wearing a "weapon."
Nowhere in ARS 13-3102 does it say you need to have a note from an adult and nowhere does it say you can't carry in plublic. I think someone else quoted another law requiring notes from mommy and daddy for the under 18 crowd? Like I said earlier, it's best to read the law.
Fred
Thanks for the feedback, and my friend appreciates it as well. What I was concerned about was FEDERAL law, not state law. But the Federal statutes I found said that handguns cannot be transferred or owned by anyone under 18. Nothing was said about possession and could be interpreted to include carry depending on who you talk to -- like what I was told for over 18 and under 21. So by the legal convention that nothing specified as illegal is therefore legal and the statutes referenced, I can reasonable conclude that in Arizona someone between 18 and 21 can carry a handgun -- just not concealed.