CCW State Law Comparisons - Prohibited Places 1 (table of contents, next page)

Section Seven

Prohibited Places

Each state law contains a list of places where permit holders are not allowed to carry concealed firearms even with a state issued license. Some of these provisions are firm; others allow for discretion on the part of the owner or person in control of the premises.

Points will be awarded as follows:

Additional points awarded as follows:

All the categories contained within a section were added to get the total scale points for each state. The states were then ranked from strict to lenient based on the comparative strictness assessed point total.

Posting Provision:

Some of the greatest controversy surrounding Proposition B is the statutory restrictions on where permit holders can carry concealed firearms. Opponents have made wild, factually incorrect statements about the provisions of Proposition B especially when compared to the requirements of the 30 other states.

At the heart of Opponents concerns is the posting provision of Proposition B which allows any business or individual to post a sign denying access to concealed firearm holders. Their claim rests on the accusation that allowing permit holders to violate posted places three times before they are punished is too lenient. But how does Proposition B stack up against the other 30 states?

There are nine other states that allow any business or individual to legally deny access to permit holders by posting a sign signifying no admittance to permit holders. The punishments for violating posted provisions broke down as follows:

 

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