concealed carry

¹

[kuhn-seeld kar-ee]

noun

1. the practice of carrying a concealed gun or other weapon in public.

concealed-carry

²

[kuhn-seeld-kar-ee]

verb (used with or without object)

concealed-carried, concealed-carrying 

1. to carry a concealed gun or other weapon in public.

Word History and Origins

Origin of concealed carry¹

First recorded in 1980–85

Origin of concealed carry²

First recorded in 1980–85

Example Sentences

Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and Sheriff Robert Luna, claiming the department violated county gunowners’ 2nd Amendment rights by delaying thousands of concealed carry permit application decisions for “unreasonable” periods of time.

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The complaint, filed in the Central District of California, the federal court in Los Angeles, cites data provided by the Sheriff’s Department about the more than 8,000 concealed carry permit applications and renewal applications it received between Jan. 2, 2024, and March 31.

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As a result, of the nearly 4,000 applications for new concealed carry licenses it received during those 15 months, “LASD issued only two licenses.”

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The department’s statement said it had approved 15,000 applications for concealed carry licenses but that because of “a significant staffing crisis in our CCW Unit” it was “diligenty working through approximately 4,000 active cases.”

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In December 2023, the California Rifle and Pistol Assn. sued the Sheriff’s Department over what it alleged were improper delays and rejections of applications for concealed carry licenses.

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