Carry in Banks?

enfield · Aug 7, 2008

Legal in Tennessee unless posted, and I've never seen one posted.

I ignore "No Weapons" signs. I don't carry weapons, only tools.

btg3 · Aug 8, 2008

What if the sign says "No Wrenches" and your defense is "I don't carry wrenches, only tools"?

DrewH · Aug 8, 2008

Only state that forbade carry in banks I ever heard of was North Carolina. Can anyboy from NC confirm?

Solo Flyer · Aug 8, 2008

§ 14‑415.11. Permit to carry concealed handgun; scope of permit. SEE SECTION C.

(a) Any person who has a concealed handgun permit may carry a concealed handgun unless otherwise specifically prohibited by law. The person shall carry the permit together with valid identification whenever the person is carrying a concealed handgun, shall disclose to any law enforcement officer that the person holds a valid permit and is carrying a concealed handgun when approached or addressed by the officer, and shall display both the permit and the proper identification upon the request of a law enforcement officer. In addition to these requirements, a military permittee whose permit has expired during deployment may carry a concealed handgun during the 90 days following the end of deployment and before the permit is renewed provided the permittee also displays proof of deployment to any law enforcement officer.

(b) The sheriff shall issue a permit to carry a concealed handgun to a person who qualifies for a permit under G.S. 14‑415.12. The permit shall be valid throughout the State for a period of five years from the date of issuance.

(C) A permit does not authorize a person to carry a concealed handgun in the areas prohibited by G.S. 14‑269.2, 14‑269.3, 14‑269.4, and 14‑277.2, in an area prohibited by rule adopted under G.S. 120‑32.1, in any area prohibited by 18 U.S.C. § 922 or any other federal law, in a law enforcement or correctional facility, in a building housing only State or federal offices, in an office of the State or federal government that is not located in a building exclusively occupied by the State or federal government,A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION, or on any other premises, except state‑owned rest areas or state‑owned rest stops along the highways, where notice that carrying a concealed handgun is prohibited by the posting of a conspicuous notice or statement by the person in legal possession or control of the premises. It shall be unlawful for a person, with or without a permit, to carry a concealed handgun while consuming alcohol or at any time while the person has remaining in his body any alcohol or in his blood a controlled substance previously consumed, but a person does not violate this condition if a controlled substance in his blood was lawfully obtained and taken in therapeutically appropriate amounts.

(d) A person who is issued a permit shall notify the sheriff who issued the permit of any change in the person's permanent address within 30 days after the change of address. If a permit is lost or destroyed, the person to whom the permit was issued shall notify the sheriff who issued the permit of the loss or destruction of the permit. A person may obtain a duplicate permit by submitting to the sheriff a notarized statement that the permit was lost or destroyed and paying the required duplicate permit fee. (1995, c. 398, s. 1; c. 507, s. 22.1(c); c. 509, s. 135.3(e); 1997, c. 238, s. 6; 2000‑140, s. 103; 2000‑191, s. 5; 2005‑232, s. 3.)
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NC State Statute.

Solo Flyer · Aug 8, 2008

Only state that forbade carry in banks I ever heard of was North Carolina.
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Montana also does not allow bank carry:

Montana Code 45-8-328
(b) a bank, credit union, savings and loan institution, or similar institution during the institution's normal business hours.
It is not an offense under this section to carry a concealed weapon while:
(i) using an institution's driveup
window, automatic teller machine, or unstaffed night depository; or
(ii) at or near a branch office of an institution in a mall, grocery store, or other place unless the person is inside the
enclosure used for the institution's financial services or is using the institution's financial services.

From the Montana Statutes.

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