PA Hospital Carry

[welder516]

I have done a MDS search and i am surprised i could not find a thread. Than i went on other sites and get both sides of the same coin. Yes & No
Can you carry in hospitals ?

 

[Squaregrouper]

As a PA native, I am unaware of any restrictions.
EBMD

 

[traveller]

The ones I deal with are posted.

 

[welder516]

Thank You SG

 

[Squaregrouper]

Thank You SG

I just checked. MENTAL hospitals/mental health facilities are a no go. There are no restrictions in other healthcare facilities.

 

[welder516]

I just checked. MENTAL hospitals/mental health facilities are a no go. There are no restrictions in other healthcare facilities.

That is what i read as well from a attorney.

 

[eruby]

I just checked. MENTAL hospitals/mental health facilities are a no go. There are no restrictions in other healthcare facilities.

If I visit someone in the PA booby hatch, I'm packing iron

 

[RFBfromDE]

“Booby Hatch”

 

[Boondock Saint]

If I'm breathing, I'm packing iron

Fixed, probably.

 

[MigraineMan]

>> Hospital Carry

When six-o'clock-carry goes wrong.

 

[welder516]

York, they have have signs oddly place and worded. Signs don’t look right, no detectors at main entrance

FYI.

 

[67temp]

Doesn't PA have a ruling that all signs are unenforceable unless it's a federal or state building like post office/police dept? Though I believe if caught with a firearm in places with a sign you can be asked to leave, if refused you can be charged with trespassing.

 

[67temp]

Looks like hospitals you can but not mental health facilities.

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Days after gunfire rang out in Park City Center, Lancaster County District Attorney Heather Adams announced a bystander who intervened legally armed with a handgun would not face charges.

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Photo retrieved from Michael Ball’s Twitter page (@Mike_Ball423) Our Pennsylvania Law Abiding Gun Owner (Penn LAGO) members often call and say “I have a License to Carry Firearms. Do I have to obey those ‘No Gun’ signs?” This question has become more and more prominent with highly publicized...

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[gamer_jim]

I have done a MDS search and i am surprised i could not find a thread. Than i went on other sites and get both sides of the same coin. Yes & No
Can you carry in hospitals ?

There's nothing in PA law that I'm aware of which causes a criminal issue. Like all businesses though, you will be asked to leave and charged with trespassing if you do not.

My wife used to work at a community hospital in PA. They have a "no-guns" policy. An MD was seen changing in the locker room with a gun and reported. He was nearly fired and then had to sign a document saying he wouldn't do that again. Likewise for the police are asked to stow firearms in their vehicle.

There have been gang fights in the parking lot of the hospital which my wife used to work in.

 

[teratos]

Looks like hospitals you can but not mental health facilities.

I worked inpatient psych through college. No guns. We even had the Secret Service disarm when they came to investigate a guy who threatened the President.