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I was recently referred to your website by some members of GlockTalk.com when i asked a question regarding where CHL holders could, and could not carry firearms.
I asked the question because some information that came with my application for a CHL contained the following quote:
Possession of a Concealed Handgun License does not authorize you to carry a firearm on any of the following properties:....Any private business or private facility where a condition of being on the premises or facility is that you not possess a firearm.
I was referred to the ORS section 166 which makes no mention or the business having the rights to exclude CHL holders.
After reading the sections thoroughly, i called up Washington County Sheriffs CHL unit, and asked them to clarify for me that it is indeed Oregon Law. The women at the Sheriff's office told me to look at 166.173, that i would find that provision there. I told her that the provision was for public buildings, and she told me that it covers private business's too. I should have brought up the point that 166.173 also states that CHL are exempt from that statute, but i figured she really didn't know what she was talking about.
I am writing you to see if you have heard this before, and find out what i can do to find out the truth. I don't want to cause too many waves until after i have my permit in hand (still about 2-3 weeks out). But i would like to know where i can, and cannot carry with a CHL.
Any help would be appreciated.
C.
That's why we're suing the city of Portland and have already gotten the State Fair to back down on their "no guns" policy. Expect more of this crap in the future.
First off, the State Fairgrounds aren't private property. Second of all, I believe that I recall the state losing a lawsuit pertaining to this very thing in the last year. I believe that the ban on concealed handguns on the state fairgrounds was found to be against the law and overturned. From what I have been told, you tell the security guy up front and they will have a State Trooper talk to you and verify your license.
That's why we're suing the city of Portland and have already gotten the State Fair to back down on their "no guns" policy. Expect more of this crap in the future.
166.173. (1) A city or county may adopt ordinances to regulate,
restrict or prohibit the possession of loaded firearms in public
places as defined in ORS 161.015.
(2) Ordinances adopted under subsection (1) of this section do
not apply to or affect:
(a) A law enforcement officer in the performance of official
duty.
(b) A member of the military in the performance of official
duty.
(c) A person licensed to carry a concealed handgun.
(d) A person authorized to possess a loaded firearm while in or
on a public building { + or mass transit vehicle + } under ORS
166.370.
Maybe that would explain the lower quote by Chee-to.
Katie Cannon, director of the Oregon State Fair, Salem, had the same instinct following Sept. 11. And she learned the same thing that Musser did: As long as the gun owners had a permit, they could bring it onto the fairgrounds during the fair.
I plan on attending the Fair in Salem next week. I am not aware of any restriction for a CHL holder to carry a concealed handgun on State Fair property. Anyone have info to the contrary?
iIwas told by a State Fair security guard that I could bring my concealed pistol into the Fair as I have a current Oregon CHP, but I could not bring my pocket knife.
iIwas told by a State Fair security guard that I could bring my concealed pistol into the Fair as I have a current Oregon CHP, but I could not bring my pocket knife.