Hello All,
I have a question for PA CCW permit holders. My wife works in the Pittsburgh area for a place that is classified by the state as a school. It is in fact a facility for the mentally and physically handicapped. They live there and have some schooling, and various activities are set on the grounds there for them. My question is this. We live in West Virginia about 50 minutes away. My wife has a WV CCW permit and would like to be able to carry her pistol with her when she drives to work and when she drives home at 11 P.M. each night. She would lock it up in the car in a lock box cabled to the driver's seat before she ever got on school property. Then on the way home, she would unlock the box and get her pistol for the drive home. At no time would she ever have her gun on her when on the school property. We both realize that this is contrary to the PA state law about school property. But because of the distance to our home and the drive home at night, she would feel safer if she had her pistol with her. We greatly resent the fact that the state of PA has effectively taken away her right to self protection. I personally would take the chance and take it with me and do as I described above. We are wondering what the ramifications of her having the gun on school property would be, if somehow it was discovered. Such as in the instance of her being in her car on the grounds of the school and someone tried to kidnap her or carjack her car with her in it? She knows that she must be very careful to reveal to no one that she has a gun in her car. I have told her and she feels the same way, that her being safe by having a gun with her in the car if something should happen that she needs it is the most important thing. We would happily deal with whatever the consequences that should come as long as she was safe! Does anyone have any thoughts or ideas what could be done legally to her? Would or could she lose her CCW permit? Could she be prosecuted? Any help would be appreciated.
I have a question for PA CCW permit holders. My wife works in the Pittsburgh area for a place that is classified by the state as a school. It is in fact a facility for the mentally and physically handicapped. They live there and have some schooling, and various activities are set on the grounds there for them. My question is this. We live in West Virginia about 50 minutes away. My wife has a WV CCW permit and would like to be able to carry her pistol with her when she drives to work and when she drives home at 11 P.M. each night. She would lock it up in the car in a lock box cabled to the driver's seat before she ever got on school property. Then on the way home, she would unlock the box and get her pistol for the drive home. At no time would she ever have her gun on her when on the school property. We both realize that this is contrary to the PA state law about school property. But because of the distance to our home and the drive home at night, she would feel safer if she had her pistol with her. We greatly resent the fact that the state of PA has effectively taken away her right to self protection. I personally would take the chance and take it with me and do as I described above. We are wondering what the ramifications of her having the gun on school property would be, if somehow it was discovered. Such as in the instance of her being in her car on the grounds of the school and someone tried to kidnap her or carjack her car with her in it? She knows that she must be very careful to reveal to no one that she has a gun in her car. I have told her and she feels the same way, that her being safe by having a gun with her in the car if something should happen that she needs it is the most important thing. We would happily deal with whatever the consequences that should come as long as she was safe! Does anyone have any thoughts or ideas what could be done legally to her? Would or could she lose her CCW permit? Could she be prosecuted? Any help would be appreciated.