shad0wfax
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Ajetpilot wrote:
City governments are often times ignorant of this opinion and arrogant in their ignorant enforcement of their unlawful policies. You may have to take them to court to get them to understand.
There are city owned and operated facilities in Spokane that refuse entrance if you are carrying and they don't hesitate to call the police for trespassing if you refuse to leave. The police think this is just fine and will arrest for it too; they're not interested in what the CLEO of the entire state has to say about preemption in this opinion. The city is wrong and so are its police officers, but it's going to take a lawsuit to change their minds on the issue.
So the long story short is that you may be asked to leave. If you refuse to leave you may be (unlawfully) trespassed for carrying a firearm. You may have a legal leg to stand on, but be prepared to hire an attorney.
Ajetpilot wrote:
According to AGO 2008, No. 8 the answer to that question is no. Cities and municipalities may not prohibit firearms on city owned or operated property or city owned/operated facilities and also may not use "criminal trespass" as a way around prohibiting firearms by removing anyone that bears them. The entire opinion is worth reading carefully.
City governments are often times ignorant of this opinion and arrogant in their ignorant enforcement of their unlawful policies. You may have to take them to court to get them to understand.
There are city owned and operated facilities in Spokane that refuse entrance if you are carrying and they don't hesitate to call the police for trespassing if you refuse to leave. The police think this is just fine and will arrest for it too; they're not interested in what the CLEO of the entire state has to say about preemption in this opinion. The city is wrong and so are its police officers, but it's going to take a lawsuit to change their minds on the issue.
So the long story short is that you may be asked to leave. If you refuse to leave you may be (unlawfully) trespassed for carrying a firearm. You may have a legal leg to stand on, but be prepared to hire an attorney.