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NotRPB wrote: ↑Mon May 24, 2021 7:38 pm Just like more signs went up after 30.07 passed, I expect that I'll see a 30.05 sign preventing carrying my Keltec folding carbine past the 30.06/30.07/30.05 signs at the hospitals clinics & Doctor's offices in my laptop case like I have for years now... guess it's time to buy a Taser and more pepper sprays & other non-signaged "defense tools"

This is the interesting problem for me. I have ignored 30.06 and 30.07 signs in the past (not often because if they did not want me I did not want to go there but places like hospitals I had no choice) because they only applied if I was carrying under the authority of my LTC. As a retired peace officer, I was not carrying under the authority of my LTC. In several discussions with other former officers, I have pointed out that the exception to 30.05 only applies to active peace officers, not retirees. So, having my LTC gave me the ability to carry in one type of place that my retired peace officer ID did not. So far, I have yet to meet an officer who disagrees with me once I point this out in the law. I agree that if they post just 30.06/07 you can ignore it since you do not need a license to carry there. If they post just 30.05, you can ignore it because you have a license. But if they post all three, about the only people who can carry there are active peace officers, active duty military, and travelers (yes, there is still that exception in the law last time I looked). Retired officers, LTCs, and unlicensed carriers would all be covered then.