A person commits Unlawful Carrying Weapons if they carry a handgun while intoxicated and the location is not on their own property or inside of or en route to a vehicle they own or control. Which option best describes this condition?

• A. The offense applies regardless of location
• B. The offense applies only if the handgun is loaded
• C. The offense applies only if the person is intoxicated and not on their own property or inside a vehicle they own or control
• D. The offense never applies if intoxicated

Answer: (C)

The key idea is that Unlawful Carrying Weapons requires two conditions to be met: the person is intoxicated and the location where the handgun is carried is not on the person’s own property or inside or en route to a vehicle they own or control. If both conditions are true, the offense applies; if either one isn’t, the offense does not. This is why the best description is that liability occurs only when the person is intoxicated and the location is outside those exempt areas. The other options misstate the rule because the offense isn’t unconditional regardless of location, it isn’t tied to whether the gun is loaded, and intoxication alone does not automatically trigger liability.