Ed Schwing
Office of the Attorney GeneralJuly 26, 1996
1996 WL 437470 (Miss.A.G.)
Office of the Attorney General
State of Mississippi
*1 Opinion No. 96-0488
*1 July 26, 1996
Re: Weapons Permits
*1 Ed Schwing
*1 City Clerk
*1 180 South Cherry Street
*1 Magnolia, Mississippi 39652
Dear Mr. Schwing:
*1 Attorney General Mike Moore has received your letter of request and has assigned it to me for research and reply. Your letter asks:
*1 Does a sworn police officer have need of a permit to carry a weapon off duty?
*1 In response, Mississippi Code Annotated Section 45-9-101(14) exempts full-time law enforcement officers, chiefs of police, sheriffs and persons licensed as professional bondsmen pursuant to Chapter 39, Title 83, Mississippi Code of 1972, from the need to obtain a license in order to carry a concealed pistol or revolver. Therefore, a sworn police officer does not need a permit to carry a concealed weapon while off duty.
*1 If this office can be of any further assistance, please let us know.
Attachment
*1 ATTY GEN MIKE MOORE
SIR:
*1 WE NEED AN OPINION ON THE FOLLOWING: DOES A SWORN POLICE OFFICER HAVE NEED OF A PERMIT TO CARRY A WEAPON OFF DUTY?
1996 WL 437470 (Miss.A.G.)
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