Places Off-Limits Even With a Permit/License1. Federal Courthouses*
2. Federal Buildings*
3. Any Building Owed, Leased or Rented by the Federal Government. This includes buildings in
National Forests which are property of the Federal Government. There is no Federal Law that prohibits
carry in National Forests. States control the carrying of firearms in National Forests in their state.
4. Federal Prisons*
5. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers* The Corps builds and runs flood control and navigation Dams. The
Corps has jurisdiction over the Dam Site and usually all waters backed up by the dam. See U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers section below. Carry anywhere on Corps property is illegal. Firearms can be unloaded and
secured in a vehicle while on Corps Property. See Corps of Engineers Section Below.
6. National Cemeteries* CFR Title 38 - PART 1 - 1.218 (a) (13)
7. Military Bases Firearms are forbidden on military bases even unloaded and secured in a vehicle. Carry
not allowed. Some have shooting clubs. You can take firearms onto the Base to shoot if allowed by the base.
Certain rules/regulations must be met before bringing firearms onto a Military Compound. Check at each
Military Post for specific rules on Shooting Clubs. See GSA and operation of Federal Buildings Section
below.
8. Rented Offices, Any part of any building that the Federal Government has rented for Office space or
work force etc. Just their offices or the part of the building they have control over. You can carry in the rest
of the building if state or local laws allow.
9. . Amtrak* Effective Dec. 2010 Amtrak will have a system in place to check firearms/Ammo in
checked (Amtrak Firearms Policy)
Also See See Amtrak Section Below.
10. Post Office Postal regulations prohibit the possession of firearms in their buildings and in their parking
lots or any property they own. Court Case Upholding No Carry on Post Officer Property. Appeals Ct
Ruling Uphold No Carry On Post Office Property (6/2015)
Note: ORDERED, that the Defendants take such action as is necessary to permit Tab Bonidy to use the
public parking lot adjacent to the Avon Post Office Building with a firearm authorized by his Concealed
Carry Permit secured in his car in a reasonably prescribed manner, and it is Further Ordered, that the
other claims of unconstitutionality of 39 C.F.R. § 232.1(l) made by Plaintiffs are denied. Dated: July 9,
2013.Bonidy vs USPS.
11. Bureau of Land Management* If you can legally carry in the state the BLM land is in you can carry
on the BLM land. If it is not legal the area will be posted as no firearms allowed. Any building on the BLM
land operated by the federal government is considered federal property and carry in those buildings is not
allowed.
12. Indian Reservations Carry on Indian property is controlled by Tribal Law. ( See Handgunlaw.us
Listing of Reservation CCW Laws “Here” ). You must check with each tribe before carrying on their
property. Some Indian Tribes consider federal and state highways through their property as under their
control. There is a link to the Indian Nations on Handgunlaw.us. Look at the header on any of the main
pages at Handgunlaw.us and moving your mouse pointer over Indian Nations will give you several links
to check on tribal law. www.handgunlaw.us 4
* This includes parking lots adjacent to or part of the facility if the Federal Agency/Entity owns or has
control of the parking lot and it is posted “No Firearms”. The lot has to be posted under federal law if they
do not wish to have firearms present. See law below.
After Nidal Hasan killed 13 and wounded more than 30 in November 2009, John R. Lott wrote about one of the craziest policies to come out of the Clinton era: making military bases “gun free zones.”
Yes, that’s correct. In 1993, President Bill Clinton decreed that US military personnel were to surrender the Second Amendment rights that they swear an oath to support and defend. Lott, writing in 2009, called for that policy to be ended.