2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 244 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- PROHIBITIONS, RESTRICTIONS, AND REGULATIONS
244.125 Prohibition against possession of loaded firearm in room where alcoholic beverages are being sold by the drink.

Download as PDF 244.125 Prohibition against possession of loaded firearm in room where alcoholic beverages are being sold by the drink. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, no person shall be in possession of a loaded, as defined in KRS 237.060, firearm while actually within the room where alcoholic beverages are being sold by the drink of a building on premises licensed to sell distilled spirits and wine at retail by the drink for consumption on the licensed premises pursuant to KRS Chapter 243. This section shall not apply to the owner manager, or employee of licensed premises, law enforcement officers, or special local peace officers commissioned pursuant to KRS 61.360. This section shall not apply to a bona fide restaurant open to the general public having dining facilities for not less than fifty (50) persons and which receives less than fifty percent (50%) of its annual food and beverage receipts from the dining facilities by the sale of alcohol. Nothing in this section shall be construed as permitting the carrying of a concealed deadly weapon in violation of KRS 527.020. Any firearm possessed in violation of this section shall be subject to forfeiture and shall be disposed of pursuant to KRS 237.090. Effective:July 15, 2014 History: Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 22, sec. 21, effective July 15, 2014. -Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 125, sec. 8, effective July 12, 2012. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 119, sec. 2, effective October 1, 1996. -- Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 396, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1994.