I don't understand how the parking lot is prohibited unless one is allowed to carry drinks into the parking lot-- are you talking about a festival grounds or an area closed off for an event? The violation would be for the person carrying drink out of the bar, not for someone driving through the parking lot with a gun, right?srothstein wrote:The second is the same postings but you are caught carrying while walking around the grounds. I can see a strong defense here based on the Penal Code definition. Unfortunately, I am aware that there is a fairly extensive case history that applies the ABC definition to the parking lots. We made many arrests for carrying weapons in parking lots. I do not know if the passage of CHL has changed this in case law. I am pretty sure I would not want to be the test case and I am sure there will need to be one if the legislature does not act.
Alcoholic Beverage Code, Sec. 11.49. PREMISES DEFINED; DESIGNATION OF LICENSED PREMISES. (a) In this code, "premises" means the grounds and all buildings, vehicles, and appurtenances pertaining to the grounds, including any adjacent premises if they are directly or indirectly under the control of the same person.
"Any adjacent premises if they are directly or indirectly under the control of the same person." So a guy owns a bar and the adjacent ice cream shop in a strip mall. Carry in the ice cream shop and parking lot is prohibited?