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What does on our about your person mean?

"On or about your person" means something that is physically in contact with your body, in your pocket, purse, or other baggage, or something you can reach without substantially altering your position. There's a load of case law establishing that anything in the passenger compartment of a vehicle is on or about your person.

- Jim

It is lawyer-speak for "We know that there is going to be a lawyer who is going to try to find a loop hole so we will use this phrase to try to avert the problem".

Can i store my weapon in my wife's purse? That's where the "about your person" confuses me

Chucknasty wrote:Can i store my weapon in my wife's purse? That's where the "about your person" confuses me

It depends. Does her purse match your outfit?

jmra wrote:

Chucknasty wrote:Can i store my weapon in my wife's purse? That's where the "about your person" confuses me

It depends. Does her purse match your outfit?

And, does your wife have a CHL? If it's in her purse, she would need a CHL.

Also, I am one who is against women storing their firearm in a purse.

If the handgun is in a purse, the person holding the purse should have a CHL (or be a LEO, etc) unless they're on their own property, in their car, or have some other exception from 46.02 .

Chucknasty wrote:Can i store my weapon in my wife's purse? That's where the "about your person" confuses me

Never mind, Panda beat me to it.

The purse carry is also probably the least safe method of carrying. There are a lot of purse snatchers going around and doing a driveby or run by grabbing of a womans purse and never stopping. If the weapon is in the purse, guess what the now have. You just contributed to another BG

jmra wrote:

Chucknasty wrote:Can i store my weapon in my wife's purse? That's where the "about your person" confuses me

It depends. Does her purse match your outfit?