Blanket Parking Lot Law

Jaymo said:

My car is an extension of my home, in GA. None of the places where I do business as a consumer have any "no guns" signs.
Some of my customers do. I don't carry my piece in my company vehicle, because my company thinks a dead mechanic in a bad neighborhood is better than no being PC.

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I was more concerned with municipal building parking lots since in many instances it is illegal to carry your weapon into them. Unless a different motel room each night while traveling through Georgia would be considered ones home, the car extension may not work for visitors?

Most states that have the home/extension law, consider trailers, motor homes, etc your home only if it is parked in a way that it is no longer readily movable. i.e. leveled using jacks, wheel chocks, etc.

janedoedad said:

Georgia does not care where you are from. Car carry is legal in this state. And there is no prohibition about parking lots, with the exception of federal property.

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Thanks for the clarification. If we can continue to receive info on other states, hopefully this thread can be passed along to some of the gun law sites so they can create a specific page covering parking situations. The reason I started the thread is because of the vagueness of many of the states laws.

Please keep em coming and when you write your congressmen, suggest that your state create legislation making parking lots a legal place to leave your handgun locked in your vehicle if the establishment happens to prohibit weapons. Who knows, they may take your letter a bit more seriously if you can give them a piece of feel good legislation to promote.

Just my thoughts and thanks for the help

Al