Legal to conceal in private areas that don't permit it?

[PILMAN]

I'm curious what the law is in regards to private businesses or buildings/malls that say "no guns allowed" on the sign. If you were to conceal and walk into these areas, would you be breaking the law?

 

[Outlaw Man]

I think it really depends on state law. Here in Arkansas the law prohibits you from carrying anywhere that is posted. In Utah, from what I understand, the buisness can only bar you from entering so your only crime would be trespassing as opposed to a firearms violation in Arkansas.

That's just the way I understand it, though.

 

[SniperStraz]

In GA, unless its a Gov. building, School, etc. they have no grounds to ban guns. It is really a request not a law. If they ask you to leave and you don't, you can be charged with criminal trespassing. I'm sure it differs b/w states, but FL is probably similar. I'm sure its addressed on Packing.org

 

[03Shadowbob]

business do not supercede state law here in Florida. It is not illegal to ccw in posted areas however it is trespassing if they ask you to leave and you don't. If you are properly carrying then noone should ever know you are.

 

[bigtuna]

In Virginia, it would be TRESPASSING if they ask you to leave and you don't. Merely carrying on private property is not a crime.

 

[Aguila Blanca]

I'm curious what the law is in regards to private businesses or buildings/malls that say "no guns allowed" on the sign. If you were to conceal and walk into these areas, would you be breaking the law?

As Outlaw Man said, it depends completely on how your state law is written.

In some states, signs have no meaning. In other states, any old sign scribbled on a scrap of paper and pasted in the most inconspicuos location somewhere within a day's forced march of the entrance has full force of law. And in yet other states, such as Texas, signs have force of law only if they meet certain standards prescribed in the law. (Texas, for example, spells out precisely what the sign must say, how big the sign must be, and how big the lettering on the sign must be.)

There is no "one size fits all."

 

[KD7ONE]

No, it's not illegal.

Title 18, Part 1, Chapter 13, Section 242, of the U.S. Code, titled:

DEPRIVATION OF RIGHTS UNDER COLOR OF LAW

Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or to different punishments, pains, or penalties, on account of such person being an alien, or by reason of his color, or race, than are prescribed for the punishment of citizens, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if bodily injury results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include the use, attempted use, or threatened use of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death.