Carrying of Firearm in Public Place

[Anand]

Some of us have been talking about the facility for placing their firearms in a locker or such at malls or theatres, but the point is that you are being disarmed just the same, and illegaly at that, and the most important fact is, even if there was a facility of a locker, are the providers licensed to keep arms and ammunition of other licensees??

The next time anyone says that they provide a locker, I am going to ask them for their license to keep firearms and ammunition.
Anand

[.32]

More importantly even if such facility(depositing) is provided, how safe is it going to be! One cannot deposit arms/ammo at any nook & corner.
I guess Malls, Theaters, etc. would avoid getting arms deposited just for the simple reason that they would prefer to avoid hassle. This facility would need permission form DM/Authority concerned & then proper keeping of records, register maintenance, regular exchanges with concerned office, etc. Now the no. of footfalls of licensed weapon carriers would not justify providing such facilities.

[ebenezer]

It all depends on how the cop who intercepts you interprets it. Some years ago in Chennai, two people on a bike had been caught by an ACP and his patrol team on Mount Road with an airgun. The officer reportedly asked them to produce the licence for the 'weapon'. When he was told that it was an airgun and it didn't need a licence, the men in khaki took them to the police station and from there, they had called up the dealer from whom it was bought. After getting it confirmed that an airgun didn't need a licence, the two were let off with a warning against carrying the airgun 'openly in public and creating unneccessary panic'. While this may not attract any legal action, it creates unneccessary hardship to the person carrying the gun because of such ignorant cops.

Regards,
Ebenezer

[GlockFanWorld]

What does the law say about it, a mall/shopping center, cinema is a public place afterall!

It depends on the store, or mall manager whether he wants to allow firearm or no. But I rather keep my firearm concealed if I wanted to go in mall.

[Happy]

Dear GFW,
Most of the Malls here are equiped with metal detectors and also you are physically frisked.......what do you do in such a case ?

[.32]

Yes, most malls/multiplexes have metal detectors & frisking is also carried out.

Now, if its displayed on a notice that firearms not allowed inside(mall/cinema, etc) but one is able to sneak through metal detector/frisking. In this case if somehow it becomes evident or someone finds out that the person is carrying a firearm inside the premisis, what is the legal recourse then? Can the mall people take action against the person carrying firearm?

[Happy]

Yes I think so....like call the police....and get your lic. checked...and try to settle the matter as it says you are not allowed to carry any firearm inside the mall and you sneaked it in.....maybe you had some other intentions, questons like these will certainly be raised.
regards
Happy

[rajanipvt]

Prohibition as to carrying of notification arms or through public places in disturbedareas etc.
(1) Where the Central Government is satisfied that there is extensive disturbance of public peace and tranquillity or imminent danger of such disturbance in any area and that for the prevention of offences involving the use of arms in such area it is necessary or expedient so to do, it may, by notification in the Official Gazette,--
(a) specify the limits of such area;
(b) direct that during the period specified in the notification (which period shall be a period commencing from a date not earlier than the second day after the date of publication of the notification in the Official Gazette), no person shall carry or otherwise have in his possession any arms of such description as may be specified in the notification (the arms so specified being hereafter in this section referred to as notified arms) through or in any public place in such area;
(c) authorise any such officer subordinate to the Central Government or a State Government as may be specified in the notification,--
(i) to search at any time during the period specified in the notification any person in, or passing through, or any premises in or forming part of, or any animal or vessel or vehicle or other conveyance of whatever nature in or passing through, or any receptacle or other container of whatever nature in, any public place in such area if such officer has reason to believe that any notified arms are secreted by such person or in such premises or on such animal or in such vessel, vehicle or other conveyance or in such receptacle or other container;
(ii) to seize at any time during the period specified in the notification any notified arms being carried by or otherwise in the possession of any person, through or in a public place in such area or discovered through a search under sub- clause (i), and detain the same during the period specified in the notification.
http://www.indiankanoon.org/doc/1934415/