Posted: 4/1/2008 8:18:38 PM EDT
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Okay, So in a conversation about CCW today, a guy in class (hunting safety class I was helping teach... don't ask how we got to ccw, it ended shortly there after) one of the students said it is legal to conceal carry at your place of employment without a license. I called BS, and he claims he has an RCW somewhere. I really doubt this exists, but can somebody please help me out here to definitively debunk or prove this? Thanks. |
Not exactly
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It dose exist and they can. There is with any law extras attached, Phil posted the exact. Now add in the Weapon is legal the person CCWing is legal to own said weapon and define "place of business" then the gray starts. So I would say you are incorrect. But if the student is a felon driving a delivery truck he is up a creek. |
They are already waiting to see my new toy in 3 weeks.
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So to clear up my understanding, a fixed place of business does not mean place of employment. If i worked at ma and pa's gorcery, I am not allowed by law to conceal carry without proper license. If I OWN ma and pa's grocery then I am. Am I understanding this correctly? |
Not a DA so take it for what your paying for it  Fixed place = Ma and Paw grocery with Pa's approval. Now say Pa said no guns and you CCWed any way. Pa found out and called the Police. Lets say the Officer arrested you fro Illegal CCW and now you get to be the gray area test case. Lots of $$ to find out what a place of business is. My gut is it's ok but what my gut and today's courts find have known to be different. At very least your fired if not also charded with tresspas. that said any one working for me is encouraged to carry, tho I'm the only one doing it  All of that said just go get your dam CCW licence! 
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I don't think there would be an arrest in the above circumstances, as the law has to be taken at face value without case law to more closely define it. CCW at a fixed place of business is clearly legal, but if Ma or Pa found out you were carrying at work, and don't like that, then it would likely be disciplinary action at the job only, up to and possibly including getting fired. All this assuming you are lawfully allowed to possess and carry a handgun in the first place. All of the above is merely conjecture and opinion, IANAL. |