Impact of Firearms Laws on Airports (2016) / Chapter Skim
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42 X WHETHER THE CARRYING OF A FIREARM IN AN AIRPORT IS A DISTURBANCE OF THE PEACE OR VIOLATES OTHER STATE OR LOCAL LAWS Depending on a person's conduct or demeanor or other circumstances when a person is carrying a firearm in an airport, the person could be in violation of a state statute or local ordinance prohibiting disorderly conduct439 or the creation of a public nuisance.440 Elsewhere the individual may be violating a state statute that proscribes aiming a firearm, whether loaded or unloaded, at another person;441 brandishing a firearm;442 creating a hazard to In Arkansas, a license to carry a concealed handgun does not authorize a person to carry a concealed handgun in "[a]
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43 free use of property;449 interrupting the peaceful process of any unit of government or a political subdivision;450 obstructing a building entrance;451 possessing a firearm at a public demonstration;452 or carrying a firearm at an unlawful assembly.453 Whether there is a violation of state law by a person carrying a firearm in the nonsterile area of an airport depends, of course, on the language of the applicable statute and the circumstances attendant to the person's carrying or exhibiting a firearm. In some states, the mere possession of a firearm may not be a sufficient basis for a charge of disorderly conduct or other violation of state law.
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