Chapter 9.70
UNLAWFUL CARRYING OF A LOADED FIREARM IN A PUBLIC PLACE
Sections:
9.70.020 Loaded firearms prohibited.
9.70.010 Definitions.
(1) “Public place” means a place to which the general public has access and includes, but is not limited to, hallways, lobbies and other parts of apartment houses and hotels not constituting rooms or apartments designed for actual residence, and highways, streets, schools, places of amusement, parks, playgrounds and premises used in connection with public passenger transportation.
(2) “Public building” means a hospital, a capitol building, a public or private school, as defined in ORS 339.315, a college or university, a city hall or the residence of any state official elected by the state at large, and the grounds adjacent to each such building. The term also includes that portion of any other building occupied by an agency of the state or a municipal corporation, as defined in ORS 297.405, other than a court facility.
Statutory Reference: ORS 221.401, 166.173
History: Ord. 1413, 2008.
9.70.020 Loaded firearms prohibited.
(1) No person in a public place or public building shall carry a firearm upon the person unless all ammunition has been removed from the chamber and from the cylinder, clip or magazine.
(2) Subsection 1 of this section does not apply to or affect:
(a) A law enforcement officer in the performance of official duty.
(b) A member of the military in the performance of official duty.
(c) A person licensed to carry a concealed handgun.
(d) A person authorized to possess a loaded firearm while in or on a public building.
(e) Any person summoned by any law enforcement officer to assist in making arrests or preserving the peace while said person so summoned is actually engaged in assisting the officer.
(f) A corrections officer while transporting or accompanying an individual convicted of or arrested for an offense and confined in a place of incarceration or detention while outside the confines of the place of incarceration or detention.
(g) When authorized by the officer’s employer, a parole and probation officer, as defined in ORS 181.610, may carry a firearm while engaged in official duties if the officer has completed: (i) a firearms training program recognized by the Board on Public Safety Standards and Training; and (ii) a psychological screening.
(h) An armed private security officer, proprietary security manager or security contractor certified and permitted by the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training to possess a firearm while in the performance of their duties.
Statutory Reference: ORS 221.401, 166.173
History: Ord. 1413, 2008.
9.70.030 Violation—Penalty.
A person who violates this section commits a Class “A” Misdemeanor.
Statutory Reference: ORS 221.401, 166.173
History: Ord. 1413, 2008.