Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that authorizes the concealed carry of handguns without a permit.

Highlights:

• Limits gun enforcement authority of “cities of the metropolitan class” (Page 2).

• Repeals authority of “primary class” cities to “prohibit carrying of concealed weapons, except the carrying of a concealed handgun in compliance with the Concealed Handgun Permit Act (Page 13).

• Repeals similar authority of “first class” cities (Page 13).

• Defines “concealed handgun” as “a handgun that is entirely obscured from view. If any part of the handgun is capable of being seen or observed by another person, it is not a concealed handgun” (Page 15).

• Authorizes carrying of concealed handgun by “A person not otherwise prohibited by state law from possessing or carrying a concealed handgun” (Page 17).

• Requires such persons to carry identification document (Page 21).

• Authorizes exemption from compliance with law enforcement “if such person is transporting a concealed handgun in a motor vehicle and such firearm is unloaded, kept separate from ammunition, and enclosed in a case” (Page 22).

• Specifies penalty for discharge of handgun resulting in injury to person or damage to property (Page 28).

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