Printing concealed weapon is not illegal as long as you have a valid concealed weapons permit.
Concealed carry printing occurs when your gun can be seen underneath your clothes.
It is considered open carry when you carry the gun in the open so that it is visible in public which can be in your hands or sticking out of your waistband etc.
As long as the gun is visible to others it's considered open carry and when you conceal carry the gun is not visible to others.
Depending on the state you live in you may have to register your gun but some states such as Arkansas do not require you to register your gun or firearms.
Also in Arkansas no permit is required to purchase a handgun although a background check is required by a federally licensed firearms dealer for anyone that does not have an Arkansas Firearm permit.
Some states require registration of guns and others don't.
Only the firearms that are subject to the National Firearms Act (NFA) (e.g., machine guns, short–barreled rifles and shotguns, silencers, destructive devices, and firearms designated as “any other weapons”) must be registered with ATF.
Firearms registration may be required by state or local law.
You do need an ID to get a gun in every US state and you much also go through a background check.
When purchasing a gun or firearm at any federally licensed gun dealer you will be required to pass a background check.
However federal law does not address gun sales by unlicensed gun sellers or non dealers who sell guns online or at gun shows.
Illegal possession of a firearm is when a person is in possession of a firearm that should not be such as by a felon.
Criminal possession of a weapon is the unlawful possession of a weapon by an individual.
The illegal possession of a firearm may also be an additional crime if a violent offense was committed.
Unlawful possession of a firearm in the first degree is a class B felony, which RCW §9A.
20.021 defines as punishable by up to ten years in prison, a maximum fine of $20,000.00, or both.
The illegal possession of a firearm can also be the possessing of a firearm by someone who does not have a license to carry the firearm on them and they have it on their person when they shouldn't have.
While there are a number of exceptions, federal law prohibits the possession of firearms with obliterated serial numbers and machine guns manufactured after May 19, 1986.
See 18 U.S.C. § 922 (k), (o).
Federal law does not limit the number of guns a person may buy in any given time period.
However, federal law does require federal firearm licensees (“FFLs”) to report multiple sales of handguns to ATF and other specified law enforcement agencies.
Forty-four states have a provision in their state constitutions similar to the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which protects the right to keep and bear arms.
The exceptions are California, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, and New York.
The 10 states with the strongest gun laws, in ranking order, are California, New Jersey, Connecticut, Illinois, New York, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Maryland and Colorado.
The states with the least stringent gun laws are Wyoming, Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Idaho, Montana, Mississippi, South Dakota, Kansas and Arizona.