How to Use concealed carry in a Sentence

concealed carry

noun
  • The man did not have a valid concealed carry permit for the baton.
    Alexandra Faul, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The effort to make concealed carry permits work across state lines passed in the House, but won’t make it out of the Senate.
    Margaret Hartmann, Daily Intelligencer, 23 Feb. 2018
  • That power was repealed in 2013 as part of the state’s concealed carry law.
    chicagotribune.com, 14 Mar. 2018
  • The state of Illinois was the last state to allow concealed carry of firearms by citizens.
    Veronica Hilbring, Essence.com, 13 Sep. 2017
  • The Gun Gear store in Texas has been selling its own concealed carry fanny pack for 20 years, and it’s one of my favorites.
    Mike Dickerson, Outdoor Life, 23 Oct. 2020
  • As a result, guns are banned in the area, even by those who have legal concealed carry permits.
    Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 16 Jan. 2020
  • The 24-year-old who shot him had a valid concealed carry license, according to Ald.
    Ashley Luthern, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Certain knife types, such as switchblades, are barred from some states for both open and concealed carry.
    Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The driver, a Willoughby man, 28, was found to have a gun and a suspended concealed carry permit.
    cleveland, 3 Jan. 2020
  • Every day concealed carry folks ride trains and buses with you.
    Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 16 June 2019
  • And people armed, again, concealed carry on scene, every floor and every school.
    Fox News, 19 May 2018
  • Look at the laws passed this year — nothing to make Hoosier lives better — concealed carry without a permit required is one of their last claims to fame.
    Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2022
  • Any public store wishing to allow concealed carry firearms will have to post a sign stating such.
    Justin Klawans, The Week, 3 June 2023
  • Rance had a valid concealed carry license and firearm owner’s card, police said.
    Gregory Pratt, chicagotribune.com, 13 Dec. 2017
  • And Walmart, for one, will still allow concealed carry.
    Justin Rohrlich, Quartz, 5 Sep. 2019
  • The woman has a valid concealed carry license, police said.
    Javonte Anderson, chicagotribune.com, 3 June 2019
  • Event-goers with conceal carry permits will not be allowed to bring a firearm into the arena, Grimes said.
    Carol Robinson, AL.com, 18 Apr. 2018
  • In the year that followed the June 2022 ruling, the number of people granted concealed carry permits in Maryland more than tripled.
    Michael Brice-Saddler, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Each had guns, legally, as each had concealed carry permits.
    Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 July 2019
  • The new law also aims to streamline the process for renewing FOID cards and concealed carry licenses.
    Jeremy Gorner, chicagotribune.com, 28 Dec. 2021
  • Locke had no criminal record and had a license and concealed carry permit for the gun, his family said.
    Christine Fernando, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2022
  • More than 2 million Floridians have concealed carry permits – the most in the nation.
    John Haughey, Washington Examiner, 14 Aug. 2020
  • The man said his wallet had a credit card, driver’s license and concealed carry permit.
    John Benson, cleveland, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Goodson, an Ohio concealed carry permit holder, was legally armed at the time of the shooting, police said.
    Christina Maxouris, CNN, 11 Dec. 2020
  • Add the Weatherford school to the list of school districts throughout Texas that allow concealed carry of firearms by employees.
    Rick Mauch, star-telegram, 14 June 2018
  • Hood, who had a valid concealed carry license at the time of the deadly encounter, was also charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
    Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2023
  • Both New York and Maryland require the concealed carry applicant to demonstrate a need to possess their firearms outside of their home.
    Hannah Gaskill, Baltimore Sun, 23 June 2022
  • Harris had a handgun in his car but does not have an active FOID card or concealed carry license, police said.
    Daily Southtown Staff, chicagotribune.com, 23 Mar. 2022
  • In 2013 in Ionia, Mich., a road rage incident led two drivers—both concealed carry permit holders—to get out of their cars, take out their guns and kill each other.
    Melinda Wenner Moyer, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2017
  • The state allows open carry and concealed carry for firearms including handguns and rifles.
    Hannah Pinski, The Courier-Journal, 25 Mar. 2024

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