1. Private businesses which choose to prohibit carrying , day care
centers, family child care homes, or health care facilities. However
it is not a crime to carry in these areas and it is only grounds for
disciplining employees that carry.
2.
Colleges, universities, and post-secondary education facilities
Colleges, universities, and post-secondary education facilities (including
technical schools and community colleges) have the right to control the
possession of deadly weapons (concealed or unconcealed) on property owned or
controlled by them.
3. State, city, county, or urban-county governments
The legislative body of the state or of a city, county, or urban-county
government may prohibit or limit license holders from carrying concealed
deadly weapons in those parts of buildings owned or controlled by that unit
of government. Any such restrictions must exempt the following places: (1)
buildings used for public housing by private persons; (2) highway rest
areas; (3) firing ranges; and (4) private dwellings owned or controlled by
that unit of government. Signs must be posted at the entrance to areas where
carrying concealed is prohibited or limited. Carrying a concealed deadly
weapon into one of these prohibited areas is not a crime, but the person may
be prevented from entering the area or asked to leave if already in the
area. If the violator is an employee, that employee may be disciplined.
E. License holders who are under a domestic violence order
If a domestic violence order (for example, an EPO) is issued by a court
against a license holder, the license holder must surrender the license to
the court or to the law enforcement officer who serves the order. The court
will explain how and when the license will be returned.
F. Carrying a loaded firearm in a bar; restaurant exception
State law (KRS 244.125) prohibits anyone, including a license holder, from
possessing a loaded firearm, whether concealed or in the open, in a
room where alcoholic beverages are being sold by the drink. This prohibition
does not apply to restaurants open to the general public that seat at least
50 people and receive at least half of their gross annual income from the
sale of food.
