Ill be 21 next month, so ill be mainly conceal carrying, but i still like to know the laws and everything so i can help inform other people that have similar questions to mine.
Concealed carry is illegal for under 21 per
ARS 13-3102.A.2
Another quick off topic question i had is that when you are the driver in a vehicle and are carrying, do you have to inform the officer you are carrying? and also does your weapon need to be completely visible, as in not on your hip? Obviously once im 21 i know i can basically do whatever i want, but i have heard mixed stories about vehicular carry under 21.
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ARS 13-3102.A.1(b) - despite misinformation being spread to the contrary, Arizona is not a "must notify" state. However, you must tell the nice police-person if you are carrying if they ask, and they do have the right to temporarily take your gun away.
Even though the law does not require preemptive notification, it would be foolish to not tell the cop ahead of time, otherwise when he does find you have gun, you could have a very bad encounter. He's concerned for his safety - set him (or her if it's a copette) at ease. You might get out of a ticket.
When under 21 and carrying in a vehicle, see
ARS 13-3012.B.3(e) - I can see an argument made that a holster worn in a vehicle is "concelaed" despite the wording of "case, holster, scabbard, pack or luggage that is carried within a means of transportation or within a storage compartment, map pocket, trunk or glove compartment of a means of transportation."
Keep in mind that from 1994 to 2010, there was an court decision that interpreted similar language, but in another section, to mean that the gun must be visible outside the car, from casual observation, unless it was cased and put in the glove compartment, etc.
The passage of Constitutional Carry should have negated the court decisioin, but it's not like you can flip a switch in the minds of every police officer in the state to forget the tool they used to arrest people in the past.
Fred