jegoodin
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I'm a private pilot that flies out of Manassas airport and was at their open house today. I routinely carry there when I'm flying; sometimes open and sometimes concealed.
I flew yesterday and carried concealed and I returned today for the open house and also concealed.
As I was going into the terminal I noticed several "No Weapons" signs posted at the gates and doors. Since I've always understood that it is quite legal to carry at airports that do not have regularly scheduled airline flights I did not feel compelled to disarm and just went in and went about my business. I thought about converting to open carry, but didn't have a holster with me that allowed it. I had my .380 Kel-Tec in a pocket holster.
There were several Manassas and State LEOs around because there was a LEO helicopter on displayand K-9 unit doing a demo. I was never approached and no one said anything. If you know what to look for you can just make out the print outlineof the grip in my hip pocket, but that is unlikely so I wasn't surprised.
Since Manassas is a regional airport that is controlled by the city (at least it seems to be since itand the airport commissionare bothlisted under the city of Manassas web site) I don't think they can legally ban weapons. At least not legally carried (open or concealed) handguns.
I planon calling the Airport Director and making an inquiryabout the signs and who posted them.
I'm a private pilot that flies out of Manassas airport and was at their open house today. I routinely carry there when I'm flying; sometimes open and sometimes concealed.
I flew yesterday and carried concealed and I returned today for the open house and also concealed.
As I was going into the terminal I noticed several "No Weapons" signs posted at the gates and doors. Since I've always understood that it is quite legal to carry at airports that do not have regularly scheduled airline flights I did not feel compelled to disarm and just went in and went about my business. I thought about converting to open carry, but didn't have a holster with me that allowed it. I had my .380 Kel-Tec in a pocket holster.
There were several Manassas and State LEOs around because there was a LEO helicopter on displayand K-9 unit doing a demo. I was never approached and no one said anything. If you know what to look for you can just make out the print outlineof the grip in my hip pocket, but that is unlikely so I wasn't surprised.
Since Manassas is a regional airport that is controlled by the city (at least it seems to be since itand the airport commissionare bothlisted under the city of Manassas web site) I don't think they can legally ban weapons. At least not legally carried (open or concealed) handguns.
I planon calling the Airport Director and making an inquiryabout the signs and who posted them.