§ 50-269. Concealed weapons in city buildings.

(a)

No person who has a concealed carry endorsement issued by the Missouri director of revenue under Section 571.094 RSMo. who has been issued a valid permit or endorsement to carry concealed firearms issued by another state or political subdivision of another state, shall, by authority of that endorsement or permit, be allowed to carry a concealed firearm or to openly carry a firearm in any building or portion of a building owned, leased or controlled by the city.

(b)

Signs shall be posted at each entrance of a building entirely owned, leased or controlled by the city stating that carrying of firearms is prohibited. Where the city owns, leases or controls only a portion of a building, signs shall be posted at each entrance to that portion of the building stating that carrying of firearms is prohibited.

(c)

This section shall not apply to buildings used for public housing by private persons, highways or rest areas, firing ranges, or private dwellings owned, leased or controlled by the city.

(d)

Any person violating this section may be denied entrance to the building or ordered to leave the building. No other penalty shall be imposed for a violation of this section.

(e)

Prior to July 1, 2004, when the director of revenue begins issuing concealed carry endorsements, no person who has been issued a certificate of qualification which allows the person to carry a concealed firearm shall, by authority of that certificate, be allowed to carry a concealed firearm or to openly carry a firearm in any building or portion of a building owned, leased or controlled by the city.

(Ord. No. 040248, § 2, 3-4-04)

Editor's note

Ord. No. 040248, § 2, adopted March 4, 2004, amended the Code by adding new §§ 50-268 and 50-269. In order to prevent duplication of section numbers, the new sections have been renumbered as §§ 50-269 and 50-270.