Florida legal term
Concealed weapon in Florida Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Florida legislative session
In Florida criminal law, “Concealed weapon” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Florida criminal code.
What does “Concealed weapon” mean in Florida criminal law?
“Concealed weapon” means any dirk, metallic knuckles, billie, tear gas gun, chemical weapon or device, or other deadly weapon carried on or about a person in such a manner as to conceal the weapon from the ordinary sight of another person.(b) “Tear gas gun” or “chemical weapon or device” means any weapon of such nature, except a device known as a “self-defense chemical spray.” “Self-defense chemical spray” means a device carried solely for purposes of lawful self-defense that is compact in size, designed to be carried on or about the person, and contains not more than two ounces of chemical. (Fla. Stat. § 790.001)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- License to carry concealed weapon or concealed firearm
- Appointment of tax collectors to accept applications for a concealed weapon or firearm license; fees; penalties
- Carrying of concealed weapons or concealed firearms
- Carrying of concealed weapons or concealed firearms without a license
- Court-ordered sealing of criminal history records
- Persons engaged in criminal offense, having weapons
- Court-ordered expunction of criminal history records
- Felons and delinquents; possession of firearms, ammunition, or electric weapons or devices unlawful
- Possession of firearm or ammunition by violent career criminal unlawful; penalty
Related terms in the same statutes
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