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Was looking for some information and hoping to get a response from LEO on here if possible. A friend of mine just opened a retail business and wanted to know if they are permitted to have a gun there considering they have no carry permit. My first advice to him was “just go get your carry permit” but in the meantime, do the same laws apply to your personally owned business as they do to your home as far as having a gun there without carry permit? I searched online and everything I found was either related to home or about carrying with a permit. Any advice is appreciated!

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Your business place is just like your home.  You do not need a handgun carry permit to keep a firearm at your business.  In fact your friend can carry a loaded gun in his car without a permit too which would cover him making bank deposits at the drive up window for his business.  So he would be fine without a permit to carry from his home in his car to his business, to say the bank, and then on the way home in his car.

Since the business is just like your house, you could keep a loaded long gun for protection.  Long guns are not covered by handgun carry permits.

39-17-1308. Defenses to unlawful possession or carrying of a weapon.

(a)  It is a defense to the application of § 39-17-1307 if the possession or carrying was:

(3)  At the person's:

          (A)  Place of residence;

          (B)  Place of business; or

          (C)  Premises;

 

 

Edited by 300winmag
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