Embarq federally controlled?

[Pro2A]

I went to Embarq the other day only to find a new 18 U.S.C. Section 930 sign entering the parking lot and on the door (basically no guns) I assumed Embarq is not federal property, nor is anything around the building that might share the parking lot federal property.

Does that sign still hold legal water? Or does it really only apply to federal property and not private business. Either way I made note of the sign to the manager inside. He objected my view in which I closed my account and took my business elsewhere...

[DefensiveCarry.com]

[i12flytoday]

This is directly from 18 USC §930

It only applies to:

(g) As used in this section:

(1) The term ''Federal facility'' means a building or part thereof owned or leased by the Federal Government, where Federal employees are regularly present for the purpose of performing their official duties.

So, other than any other law prohibiting carry, that facility would only be off limits if it's partially leased by the Fed Gov, or if Fed Employees are regularly there.

If you are talking about the Embarq communications company, there are probably federal employees there regularly and the sign would be legal. Remember, the feds set up a bunch of equipment inside the communications companies to spy on us!

[Paco]

When you say you went to Embarq the other day, were you at a CO or some other facility that may house Federal equipment? Or were you at a store front?

[matiki]

This is directly from 18 USC §930

It only applies to:

(g) As used in this section:

(1) The term ''Federal facility'' means a building or part thereof owned or leased by the Federal Government, where Federal employees are regularly present for the purpose of performing their official duties.

So, other than any other law prohibiting carry, that facility would only be off limits if it's partially leased by the Fed Gov, or if Fed Employees are regularly there.

If you are talking about the Embarq communications company, there are probably federal employees there regularly and the sign would be legal. Remember, the feds set up a bunch of equipment inside the communications companies to spy on us!

Based on your citation, it looks like you are reading it a little differently than I would.

In particular (emphasis added):

(1) The term ''Federal facility'' means a building or part thereof owned or leased by the Federal Government, where Federal employees are regularly present for the purpose of performing their official duties.

The presence of Federal employees is a condition (where, not or) of the section. In other words, if it is federally owned or leased property, this citation indicates that guns are prohibited if the facility is also where federal employees are regularly present in their official capacity.

[Hopyard]

I think Matiki's reading makes sense, because read the other way, a business (of any sort) where IRS auditors regularly review the books would be considered off limits. Or, better yet, a scientific company that entered into a cooperative development agreement with a Federal Agency, would be off limits because Federal scientists regularly worked there. That reading of the law just doesn't make any sense.

I have no idea what Embarq does. Heck, maybe they are owned by the CIA so the sign is legal; stranger things have happened. I think I'm just joking on that one, but you never know.

My guess, someone at Embarq just put up the wrong sign and was too stubborn to take it down.

I think the first thing I would want to know is more about the nature of the facility; is it some sort of retail store open to the public? If so, it ain't a Federal facility.

All of that said, I personally never like to take a very stringent legalistic view of anti-gun sign; even dumb ghostbuster ones. IF the owner doesn't want you armed there, don't go there, don't buy there. Don't argue.

Life's too short for that sort of thing.

[archer51]

I also agree with matiki's interpretation. Just because federal employees perform duties at a location shouldn't matter, as long as the facility is not owned or leased by the government.

[luwarren]

In Kansas Embarq is the company that was Sprint wired communications. I think Sprint spun that division off and made Embarq. All the Embarq offices and communication facilities are posted with the appropriate Kansas gunbuster.