Prohibition on weapons possession by PA Gaming control Board

[michaelbane]

We here in Pennsylvania have legalized slots gaming to compete with other states.

Here's what you need to know:

Title 58, PA Recreation Code

§ 465.14. Firearms; possession within a licensed facility.

(a) Individuals, including security department personnel, are prohibited from possessing any firearm or handgun within a licensed facility without the express written approval of the Board, in accordance with authorization procedures as the Board shall determine. Notwithstanding the general prohibition:

(1) Pennsylvania State Police assigned to its Gaming Enforcement Office may possess a firearm or handgun within the licensed facility.

(2) An on duty officer or agent of any local, State or Federal law enforcement agency having primary jurisdiction over the licensed facility may possess a firearm or handgun in all areas of the licensed facility except the gaming floor or restricted areas servicing the slot operations where that officer or agent is acting in his official capacity. Officers or agents possessing firearms or handguns within a licensed facility under this section shall notify the Board and the Pennsylvania State Police Gaming Enforcement Office of their presence in the licensed facility. Notification shall be made immediately upon entry into the licensed facility or prior to arrival at the licensed facility, if feasible. Notification shall not be required if exigent circumstances exist.

(b) A slot machine licensee may not employ off duty law enforcement officers to provide security related services on the gaming floor, in restricted areas within the licensed facility or in any manner in connection with the conduct of slot machine operations.

(c) To obtain approval for the possession of a firearm or handgun within a licensed facility, an individual shall be required to demonstrate to the Board that the individual:

(1) Has received an adequate course of training in the possession and use of the firearm or handgun.

(2) Is the holder of a valid license for the possession of the firearm or handgun.

(3) Has a compelling need for the possession of the firearm or handgun within the licensed facility.

(d) Each slot machine licensee shall cause to be posted in a conspicuous location at each entrance to the licensed facility signs that may be easily read stating: The possession by any person of any firearm or handgun within this licensed facility without the express written permission of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board is prohibited.

 

[Scanr]

If I understand what you are commenting on, here in Nevada a person has never been able to carry inside a casino. The casinos serve alcohol and that makes alone makes them off limits, plus all the money around makes the casinos unwilling for you to have firearms around. If you don't feel safe walking out to your car, ask for an escort by one of the guards.

 

[Steve in PA]

PSP put out a memo about two months ago.

It says the same thing that is posted here including the only thing they (the casino) can do if you are found carrying is to ask you to leave. Refuse, and you can be arrested for trespassing.

Basically, its the same thing as mall's. They are private property.

 

[Car Knocker]

here in Nevada a person has never been able to carry inside a casino. The casinos serve alcohol and that makes alone makes them off limits,

I just took a look at the Nevada laws and couldn't find anything concerning carrying in a casino or someplace that serves alcohol. Could you please cite the codes that pertain to this? Thanks.

 

[Scanr]

I can't find it either, I don't have my ccw yet so I cannot say for certain. A friend who has his mentioned it, so maybe I am wrong. There are laws forbidding drinking and having a firearm. That I can provide. If I am wrong, my bad.

 

[pdowg881]

But isn't it legal to carry in restaurants?

 

[jahwarrior]

i think casinos are one of the few places in PA that one can't carry. we have no restrictions on bars, clubs, banks, churches, or anything like that, as other states do. no courthouses, police HQ, gov't buildings, or school property; just the usual common sense stuff. i don't see the problem with not carrying in casinos; then again, i don't gamble. i suppose if the owners install metal detectors at every possible entrance, and have armed security, then at least they're being responsible.

 

[Car Knocker]

no courthouses, police HQ, gov't buildings, or school property; just the usual common sense stuff.

How, exactly, is this "common sense stuff"? Seems to me to be common sense to walk my granddaughter to her classroom while packing. Why should gov't buildings be off-limits? State and local gov't buildings aren't off-limits here and there doesn't seem to be a problem with blood running down the corridors.

 

[1911Tuner]

Prohibition

Another gun free zone. I'm sure they'll proudly display signs announcing that so that everybody in the casinos will feel all warm asnd safe.

Whenever I see a sign: "Gun Free Zone" and the little pistol with the slash through it, I read it as:

"Anybody who feels like coming into this building, taking hostages and murdering a few of'em...Feel free to do so! There's nobody here that can do anything about it."

The state of America. *sigh*

 

[Steve in PA]

There is no "law" against carrying in a casino, only a regulation. Big difference.

 

[Buck Nekkid]

Scanr, you're incorrect

Here in Nevada there are only a couple of restrictions on where you can carry and casinos, bars, and restaurants that serve alcohol aren't on the list. As I remember when I got my NV CCW you cannot carry in:

1. A permittee shall not carry a concealed firearm while he is on the premises of a public building that is located on the property of a public airport.

2. A permittee shall not carry a concealed firearm while he is on the premises of:

(a) A public building that is located on the property of a public school or the property of the University and Community College System of Nevada, unless the permittee has obtained written permission to carry a concealed firearm while he is on the premises of the public building pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 3 of NRS 202.265.

(b) A public building that has a metal detector at each public entrance or a sign posted at each public entrance indicating that no firearms are allowed in the building, unless the permittee is not prohibited from carrying a concealed firearm while he is on the premises of the public building pursuant to subsection 4.

Anyway that's how I remember it

Check out the status of Nevada firearms legislation at SECTION 11

 

[Gray Peterson]

You may not carry concealed, that's correct. Carrying open may be an option, though. Check the other laws, as I think K-12 schools are a general super CPZ for all forms of carry in Nevada, heh.