Concealed carry at stadium events?

[ChaoSS]

OK..lets go back an read again an please clearly tell me where I'm wrong...

"Patrons with prohibited items will be turned away at entrances an no storage
or check in will be provided." So as you approach the entrance they see your
gun or find out you have one an you are turned back.....BUT the OP I believe said
he had entered when he was checked inside....so would he of been given a choice?
"Items confiscated at ENTRY will not be returned to owner"
You enter with a prohibited item (GUN), they confiscate it because you are with it
inside....where then does it say they will give you a choice of leaving with it....?

He said he was one step inside the building, that qualifies as the entrance.


Even if they somehow found him out when he was already in and seated, all they could legally do is escort him out and tell him he couldn't come back in with the gun.

 

[61chalk]

One step in qualifies as the entrance.....I can understand that point.
But when is it then that they could confiscate something that was
prohibited....? Is it really that they can't confiscate? If so why then do they
say that they can....they can never take a prohibited item ever?

 

[wishin]

Sfc Mark wrote:

Ah, clearly written laws...how refreshing. In GA the rule is no carry at a "public gathering." Said gathering is defined nowhere in the law, so even the LEOs are confused and sometimes pick people up for violating an undefined standard.

No insult intended Sfc Mark. I understood your comment above to mean that there were no gatherings defined at all. At least we can be sure of our state law in a public sports venue.

 

[razorback2003]

I've used a pocket holster and a J frame and never had a problem when carrying at baseball games or concerts. No one knows. It was hilarious these teenagers asking folks at a concert to raise up their shirts and i just walked on through. About the only way I can be 'found out' is walking through metal detectors.

I don't care to walk around downtown Memphis at night without a handgun after any type of event. Stay safe.

 

[MrWesson]

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Most venues have a no weapons policy because of insurance requirements. They generally will also have signs before the security checkpoint, and from there it depends on the state. In florida we have specific places we are not allowed to carry with a CCW, and we are supposed to honor the sign if a business owner posts one. I have heard that all they can do is ask you to leave if they find it, but the statutory places are a whole other thing.

Under Florida law businesses with signs stating no firearms are just asking you not to and you have every right to carry there including a bank. If found out you will be asked to leave and possibly asked not to return but you will break no law. Another example is a movie theater they have signs posted but no grounds to back it up it is just them asking you not to carry. also 823.05 relates to gang activity

These are the only places you may not carry in Florida
o any place of nuisance as defined in s. 823.05
o any police, sheriff, or highway patrol station
o any detention facility, prison, or jail; any courthouse
o any courtroom*
o any polling place
o any meeting of the governing body of a county, public school district, municipality, or special district
o any meeting of the Legislature or a committee thereof
o any school, college, or professional athletic event not related to firearms
o any school administration building
o any portion of an establishment licensed to dispense alcoholic beverages for consumption*
o any elementary or secondary school facility
o any area technical center
o any college or university facility*
o inside the passenger terminal and sterile area of any airport*
o any place where the carrying of firearms is prohibited by federal law

 

[wrs840]

Lesson Learned: Dress nicely, act like an adult, be treated as one.

This works effectively in soooo many situations... I'm astounded more people these days don't practice this as a proactive strategy in order to reap it's many benefits.

Les

 

[deadin]

You enter with a prohibited item (GUN), they confiscate it because you are with it
inside....where then does it say they will give you a choice of leaving with it....?

Likewise, where does it say they will consficate it? or will they just ask you to leave?

 

[84B20]

Below is my philosophy. If they don't allow I don't spend.

 

[SSN Vet]

if you do need to use your CCW in a stadium

the only thing that concerned me inside the stadium (since we had great seats) was the guy trying to sell me a snow cone for $10

It's 2 degrees outside, I'm getting warmed up in the ice arena, and these dopes think I'm going to spend $10 on a snow cone

What really concerned me was the walk from parking to the stadium and the return journy in the dark. Though in all honesty, it was probably to cold out for your run of the mill criminal, labor standards being what they are and all

All's well that ends well, I guess...

Next time I'll plow through the web pages b4 the show.

 

[Jerico]

Oddly enough, I had to make exactly the same choice last Wednesday. I was taking the girls to see "Disney Princesses on Ice". The stadium is in a less than savory part of Manchester. Before we left, we looked up the rules for the venue. The stadium prohibited weapons, and has a policy of confiscation so I left my g19 in the truck. Did security search me well enough to have found it? No. Do I want my girl growing up to see that daddy follows the rules? Yes. Will I carry next time, now knowing how laxed security is? No. I have no interest in losing my CC license over something like this.

 

[wrs840]

I have no interest in losing my CC license over something like this.

I sympathize, but the OP felt he was required to take too-long a walk through too-dangerous a part of town to not consider the options. I've been there, it ain't as simple as you present... Before I disarmed and made my kids take their chances, I'd probably just find an alternative to taking them to a venue in a dirt-bag infested area. Life's full of decisions like this.

Les

 

[SSN Vet]

I didn't think to check the web site b4 hand... didn't see a sign and there was no specific ban in the fine print on the back of the ticket stub. I was one step inside the door b4 I realized they were doing body searches....

I contemplated turning around and bolting... but knew it would distress my wife and kids.

I was sweating bullets that my kids were going to get to see dad arrested or a best outcome, I get my ticket yanked and wait in the car for 2 hours.

That's a lot of money to pay to be humiliated.

But as it turned out, we had a good time and went home happy and safe.