Raleigh Weapons Charges Attorney

Weapons charges resulting from crimes and criminal offenses in the state of North Carolina are heavily punishable. If you or your loved one has been booked on a weapons charge, contact our team of Raleigh criminal attorneys to begin your case immediately.

In the state of North Carolina, it is illegal to:

• Carry a concealed weapon without a concealed weapon permit anywhere other than on your own property.
• Carry a firearm into an establishment where admission is charged and/or where alcohol is served.
• Carry a firearm or weapon onto school property.

Possessing a weapon on school grounds or during a crime will increase the severity of that crime from a misdemeanor to a felony. Felony weapons charges often result in prison time.

Our Raleigh Criminal Attorney Can Find Weaknesses in the Evidence

In order to convict someone of a concealed weapons charge, the prosecution must prove the following:

• The weapon was intentionally concealed.
• In the case of a firearm, the weapon was indeed actually a firearm.
• The defendant attempted to use the weapon for illegal purposes.
• The defendant was not engaged in a recreational activity where the weapon was in use, or in transit from that legitimate activity.

Say for instance you have just left a shooting range and the police stop you with your gun in its holster in a bag sitting on the passenger seat. You could be arrested on a concealed weapons charge. A Raleigh criminal attorney can argue that the gun was previously being used for a legitimate activity and was in transit back to your property.

Even if you were in the possession of a weapon or a firearm completely illegally, all hope is not lost. Contact our firm of leading Raleigh criminal lawyers to begin your weapons case today.