Where Guns Are Barred
AS 11.61.220 — no loaded gun where drinks are served, none at child care, courts or state funded shelters, and schools need permission
- A loaded firearm on the person anywhere liquor is sold to drink on the premises.
- A firearm on the grounds or adjacent parking lot of a licensed child care facility, other than a private home, though a person 21 or older may keep an unloaded one in a car's trunk there.
- A firearm in a courtroom or office of the Alaska Court System, or a courthouse used only by the courts and justice agencies.
- A firearm in a domestic violence or sexual assault shelter that receives state funding.
Who handles this in Alaska: Alaska Bar Association Lawyer Referral Service; and legal aid programs and the state offices, listed in the Alaska directory.
Each is misconduct involving weapons in the fifth degree, a class B misdemeanor. A firearm is loaded when a cartridge is in the chamber, magazine, clip or cylinder and that part is in the firearm.
Restaurants. It is a defense to the bar rule that the gun was a concealed handgun, the place had a restaurant or eating place license or endorsement, and the person did not drink there. It is also a defense that the place was the person's own business premises or their workplace.
Anyone but a student who knowingly has a deadly weapon or a defensive weapon in a school's buildings, grounds or parking lot without permission from the school's chief administrator commits misconduct involving weapons in the fourth degree, a class A misdemeanor.
Sources for this section (2)
- AS 11.61.220 — Misconduct involving weapons in the fifth degree
- AS 11.61.210 — Misconduct involving weapons in the fourth degree
Legal information, not legal advice. Verified as of October 2026. Applying it to a particular situation is the work of a licensed Alaska attorney.