Ask her if she has heard of 42USC1983. That would be what you would file the lawsuit under if you are arrested for legally carrying. The AG of the Commonwealth has a posted opinion on county governments not being able to regulate any carry except into building owned or leased by the county.The fair in my county posts "no firearms" signs. I spoke to a fair board member about it, and pointed out that the sign was illegal. She said "I really don't care what the law says, if you have the money for the lawyers, take us to court".
Well, I guess I'm going to have to take donations!
When I've asked about those kinds of things, was told "we're afraid a gun will fall out of someone's pocket while on a ride".i went to the bluegrass fair last night.. i was wondering why they post no CW?
I was told by a local cop the charge would be something like "disorderly conduct".:XKY_CCDW wrote:Ask her if she has heard of 42USC1983. That would be what you would file the lawsuit under if you are arrested for legally carrying. The AG of the Commonwealth has a posted opinion on county governments not being able to regulate any carry except into building owned or leased by the county.The fair in my county posts "no firearms" signs. I spoke to a fair board member about it, and pointed out that the sign was illegal. She said "I really don't care what the law says, if you have the money for the lawyers, take us to court".
Well, I guess I'm going to have to take donations!
KRS 525.060 would not apply to anything you were doing in legally carrying a firearm.hotrod wrote:I was told by a local cop the charge would be something like "disorderly conduct".:XKY_CCDW wrote:Ask her if she has heard of 42USC1983. That would be what you would file the lawsuit under if you are arrested for legally carrying. The AG of the Commonwealth has a posted opinion on county governments not being able to regulate any carry except into building owned or leased by the county.The fair in my county posts "no firearms" signs. I spoke to a fair board member about it, and pointed out that the sign was illegal. She said "I really don't care what the law says, if you have the money for the lawyers, take us to court".
Well, I guess I'm going to have to take donations!
Any idea how much an effort like this would cost? I'd be willing to donate to get the signs taken down to deal with the boards arrogance.The fair in my county posts "no firearms" signs. I spoke to a fair board member about it, and pointed out that the sign was illegal. She said "I really don't care what the law says, if you have the money for the lawyers, take us to court".
Well, I guess I'm going to have to take donations!
Disorderly Conduct charge.So what would happen if you just OC at the fair? They call the police, and they come and find no law is being broken?
Disorderly Conduct would not be a charge available to the police. If arrested, or detained without RAS the police would be open to a lawsuit under 42USC1983. Local, County and State property can not be posted as no carry. It is outside their scope.Statesman wrote:Disorderly Conduct charge.So what would happen if you just OC at the fair? They call the police, and they come and find no law is being broken?
We both know that doesn't apply, so it will get thrown out in court. I've heard this can be done with a court assigned defense attorney (or something). I'm not sure if that's a good idea.Statesman wrote:Disorderly Conduct charge.So what would happen if you just OC at the fair? They call the police, and they come and find no law is being broken?
No they wouldn't have the authority. The property is owned by either a local, county, or state governments. They can not infringe on your rights by assigning the property to someone else. The Commonwealth AG opined on this with Louisville in 1998 when Louisville established a park through a trust and tried to claim the trust was a privately owned corporation. It didn't fly.I really do think we're missing the point here. Even though this is a public location, I'm sure the Lion's Club Fair gig is a private event and would have the authority to ask you to leave their event.
Now this is assuming the anti-gun signs are theirs--not the parks. Are the signs in the park year round?
Not a bad idea. You would need to establish a committee to determine what cases to provide funds to and a lawyer to help at an amount affordable.This is why I am an advocate of taking donations for an "OC defense fund", whereby if you become a member and donate, a selected board of members would decide if the funds would be used for another members defense, in case our rights are violated. Then, there wouldn't be as much of a hit on a persons finances to defend oneself in court against a bogus D.O. charge, or something else.