Who Is Voting Armed?

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My polling place is a fire station and cities can ban firearms on city owned property if they so choose. Hammond is one of those cities so I won't be OC'ing while voting.

Technically it's just a city ordinance and a misdemeanor, so a fine and a fight with the judge for getting the gun back is the worst case senario.. still I don't want that hassle.

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Colorado. My polling place is usually a church. no violation and I'd carry anyway because I don't believe in GFZ. That's where the most violence happens. And, if you are concealed, no one is going to know anyway.

A sign posted saying it's a GFZ is strictly opinion, not law. You just leave if asked. Don't go back and definitely leave them a No Gun Zone = No $$$ card.

I'd rather be tried by 12 than carried by 6.

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1 - voting always happens in a school house around here

2 - I dont vote

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Here in Louisiana, a voting place is one of the few specifically excluded by law from any type of gun carrying. We can still have them in our cars while at the location, however.

[/sarcasm on]So the only scary time will be while voting - even if Hilary isn't on the ballot anymore.[sarcasm off]

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Here in Utah MOST of the polling places are public schools so unless you have a CFP you can't vote ARMED there.

And for the record...

Since I DO have a CFP the last time I voted-- I was armed! and OPEN CARRIED!

JoeSparky

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Right Wing Wacko wrote:

[sub]Of course I'll be voting armed... and OC. [/sub]

My county is 100% "Mail-In" ballots, but I refuse to mail mine in and always show up and one of the polling places they setup for old curmudgeons like me. Fortunatly the one they setup for me is in a Library instead of a School.

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+1, as I live in the same county, but I drop mine off at my local drop off which is at a QFC grocery where I've had two good talks with people about OC.

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I always OC when I vote, no polling place restrictions in VA. (Those whose polling place is a school are out of luck, though.)

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Its illegal in CA (corrections welcome)

http://leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/waisgate?WAISdocID=82341710038+15+0+0&WAISaction=retrieve

CALIFORNIA CODES
ELECTIONS CODE

18544. (a) Any person in possession of a firearm or any uniformed
peace officer, private guard, or security personnel or any person who
is wearing a uniform of a peace officer, guard, or security
personnel, who is stationed in the immediate vicinity of, or posted
at, a polling place without written authorization of the appropriate
city or county elections official is punishable by a fine not
exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), by imprisonment in the
state prison for 16 months or two or three years or in a county jail
not exceeding one year, or by both the fine and imprisonment.
(b) This section shall not apply to any of the following:
(1) An unarmed uniformed guard or security personnel who is at the
polling place to cast his or her vote.
(2) A peace officer who is conducting official business in the
course of his or her public employment or who is at the polling place
to cast his or her vote.
(3) A private guard or security personnel hired or arranged for by
a city or county elections official.
(4) A private guard or security personnel hired or arranged for by
the owner or manager of the facility or property in which the
polling place is located if the guard or security personnel is not
hired or arranged solely for the day on which an election is held.

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Mine is in a school too, so "no go" on the plus side the school is really close to my house.

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Thundar wrote:

(Those whose polling place is a school are out of luck, though.)

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How am I out of luck? The schools, here, have no metal detectors :uhoh:

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I open carry for a valid reason... 'Not makin' any statements or show boatin'. I don't need a weapon in the voting booth. My VOTE is the only weapon required.

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No voting armed in Texas. Most polling places are in schools or city government buildings.

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Oc and CC both illegal at a polling place in TN :cuss:

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I plan on it, but I don't where the polls will held so we will see.

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Would almost certainly get me arrested in Alabama, despite not being illegal. If a prosecutor wanted to try hard enough, the vague wording of our demonstration carry statute could be used to claim voting at a polling place qualifies as a "demonstration".

Which reminds me, Alabama's demonstration carry statute is unconstitutional under both the state and federal constitutions, and ought to be repealed immediately.

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I will be OC'ing to the polls here in Pa.

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State law prohibits the possession of any firearm while going to or at poling location (off-limits in the car too). Therefore, I will be unarmed and vote for the people who are less likely to increase government infringements.

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CrossFire wrote:

No voting armed in Texas. Most polling places are in schools or city government buildings.

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While schools are off limits, government buildings are not off-limits (unless they have court facilities there) and in fact any posting under TPC Section 30.06 is invalid if the property is owned or controlled by a state or local entity.

On the other hand, CHL holders are prohibited from carrying at polling places, so I'll be leaving it in the car.

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Polling place around here is most likely a school, and because I don't have my CCDW yetI won't be carrying. I should be getting the license about 20 days after the elections.

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I'll be voting armed as my polling place is in a the cities nature park.:monkey:celebrate