What mental states are sufficient to constitute the offense of Unlawful Carrying Weapons?

• A. Intentional
• B. Knowing
• C. Reckless
• D. All of the above

Answer: (D)

Unlawful Carrying Weapons depends on the actor’s state of mind at the time of carrying, not on a single fixed mindset. The statute treats intentional, knowing, and reckless as sufficient mental states, meaning if you carry a weapon with any of those mental attitudes, you meet the offense. Intentional means you act with a conscious objective to carry the weapon. Knowing means you are aware you are carrying a weapon (or aware of the circumstances that make the act unlawful). Reckless means you consciously disregard a substantial and unjustifiable risk that carrying the weapon is illegal or dangerous. Because any one of these states satisfies the mens rea for the offense, the best answer is that all of the above are sufficient.