Carrying in Mississippi

[Guest jth_3s]

Ill be traveling to MS this week and was wondering if there was anything I should know about Carrying in that state

[Fallguy]

Check here http://www.handgunlaw.us/

Here is a list of off-limits places per the above site.

· Any police, sheriff or highway patrol station: any detention facility, prison or jail.

· Any courthouse; any courtroom, except that nothing in this section shall preclude a judge from carrying a concealed weapon or determining who will carry a concealed weapon in his courtroom;

· Any polling place; any meeting place of the governing body of any governmental entity; any meeting of the Legislature or a committee thereof.

· Any public park unless for the purpose of participating in any authorized firearmsrelated activity;

· Any school, college or professional athletic event not related to firearms;

· Any portion of an establishment, licensed to dispense alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises, that is primarily devoted to dispensing alcoholic beverages; any portion of an establishment in which beer or light wine is consumed on the premises, that is primarily devoted to such purpose;

· Any elementary or secondary school facility; any junior college, community college, college or university facility unless for the purpose of participating in any authorized firearmsrelated activity;

· Inside the passenger terminal of any airport, except that no person shall be prohibited from carrying any legal firearm into the terminal if the firearm is encased for shipment ,for purposes of checking such firearm as baggage to be lawfully transported on any aircraft;

· Any church or other place of worship;

· Or any place where the carrying of firearms is prohibited by federal law.

· In addition to the places enumerated in this subsection, the carrying of a concealed pistol or revolver may be disallowed in anyplace in the discretion of the person or entity exercising control over the physical

location of such place by the placing of a written notice clearly readable at a distance of not less than ten (10) feet that the "carrying of a pistol or revolver is prohibited."

· No license issued pursuant to this section shall authorize the participants in a parade or demonstration for which a permit is required to carry a concealed pistol or revolver