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<br />MAY-02-2003 12: 39 <br /> <br />LEAGUE OF MN eIilES <br /> <br />P.05/05 <br /> <br />However, govemment, even as an employer cannot prohibit the lawful catTy or <br />possession of fireanns in its parking facility or area. <br /> <br />The only establishments allowed to post and prohibit carrying or possession by permit <br />holders are t'buildings. structures. or portions thereof that is owned, leased, controlled. or <br />operated by a nOftsrovemmental antitv for a noftflovem.m.ental purgose". <br /> <br />Issae: Can tile Capitol or a courthoase complex probibit permit bolders from possessiDg <br />firearms OD thole premises? <br /> <br />ADswer: Not Ukely, despite what the Dewspapers bave been ,..bUshing. Minn. Stat. <br />1609.66, subd. Ig. makes it a felony to possess a dangerous weapon, including a firearm, within <br />any courthouse complex or in any state building within the capitol area. However, it goes 011 to <br />exempt person who carry pistols accordiDa to the terms ofa permit issued under 1624.714 and <br />who so notify the sheriff or the commissioner of public safety, as appropriate. Presumably,. this <br />exemption would continue to cover permits issued under the new version of f624.714. <br /> <br />Note: Under MiM. Stat. f243.SS, no weapons can be possessed OD the grounds of correctional <br />facilities and 18 U.S.C.A. 1930 prohibits them OD the property containing any federal facilities. <br /> <br />4 <br />TOTAL P.es <br />