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May Concealed Weapon Permit Holders Carry Firearms on School Property?

updated 10-20-99

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Statute Cite 13A-11-72  18.65.755  13-3102  5-73-119  Penal 626.9  18-12-105.5  53a-217b  11 §1457  22-3201.1  790.115  16-11-127  18-3302 et seq.  35-47-9-1  724.4B  527.070  R.S. 14:95.2  20A §6552  27 §36F(3)  269 §10(j)  750.237a  609.66  97-37-17  45-8-328  202.3673  2C:39-5(e)(1)  265.06  14-269.2  62.1-02-05  21 §1277  166.370  18 Pa.C.S.A. 912  11-47-60  23-31-215  13-32-7  39-17-1309  46.03  76-10-505.5  13 §4004  18.2-308  9.41.280  61-7-11a  6-8-104

Provision Allows Prohibits Prohibits Prohibits Prohibits Allows Allows Prohibits Prohibits (unless home is within 1000 feet of school) Allows Prohibits (unless home is within 1000 feet of school) Unclear Prohibits Prohibits Prohibits Prohibits (exempts post-secondary institutions) Allows Prohibits Allows Prohibits Allows Allows Prohibits Prohibits Prohibits Unclear Prohibits Prohibits Prohibits Prohibits Prohibits Allows Prohibits Allows Prohibits Prohibits (exempts post-secondary institutions) Prohibits Prohibits Allows Prohibits Prohibits (exempts post-secondary institutions) Allows Prohibits Prohibits

1Hawaii's laws are silent in this area.
²New Hampshire's concealed weapon and safe school laws are silent in this area.
³Vermont is the only state that does not require a permit to carry a concealed weapon. States that prohibit private citizens from obtaining a permit to carry a concealed weapon include Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
 

NCSL Contact: Kelly Anders, kelly.anders@ncsl.org.

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