Impact of Firearms Laws on Airports (2016) / Chapter Skim
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38 exceptions, Minnesota prohibits the possession of a "BB gun, rifle, shotgun on or about a person in a public place that includes property owned, leased, or controlled by a governmental unit," and further provides that it is a felony for a person to carry a "semiautomatic military-style assault weapon in a public place."403 New York requires the state police superintendent to create and maintain an Internet Web site to educate the public on the semiautomatic rifles, shotguns, pistols, and other weapons that are illegal in New York.404 Oregon law prohibits machine guns as well as other weapons.405 Virginia prohibits the carrying of loaded semiautomatic rifles and pistols that are "equipped at the time of the offense with a magazine that will hold more than 20 rounds of ammunition" or of a "shotgun with a magazine that will hold more than seven rounds of the longest ammunition…" on any public street, road, alley, sidewalk, public right-of-way, or other public place in eight cities and five counties in the state.406 The Virginia statute, therefore, applies to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington County and to Washington Dulles International Airport located in Fairfax and Loudoun Counties, as well as to airports in Newport News, Norfolk, and Richmond. In summary, there are state laws that are also applicable to firearms at an airport that prohibit the possession of firearms by persons convicted of a felony or other serious crime, persons under the age of 21 (or 18 in some states)
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39 implements, and manages the agreements.412 When an airport uses the prime concessionaire approach, the airport leases all of the retail or dining space to one or two companies.413 When using the third-party developer approach, the airport leases all locations in a terminal or terminals to a company that specializes in developing and managing concession programs.414 Finally, similar to the third-party developer approach, an airport may engage a leasing manager that ordinarily does not operate any space in the airport but rather provides "expertise in commercial leasing and property management," for which the leasing manager receives a fee.415 B State Statutes Permitting Private Establishments to Prohibit Firearms There is statutory authority for private individuals or entities that own or lease property to prohibit the possession of firearms in their establishments.416 In general, one who owns or controls an establishment and decides to ban firearms must post conspicuous signs informing members of the public that firearms are prohibited, including in many states those individuals who have a license to carry a firearm or to carry a concealed firearm.417 Minnesota policy.407 The courts have upheld the right of a property owner or employer to prohibit firearms on the premises.408 Judge Posner of the Seventh Circuit observed in his opinion in Moore v.
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40 private property…have the right to exclude or eject a person who is in possession of a weapon or long gun on their private property…."421 In Missouri, any private property owner may post the premises as being off-limits to concealed firearms by means of one or more signs displayed in a conspicuous place…. The owner, business or commercial lessee, [or]
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