Oregon law prohibits the intentional possession of a firearm while in or on a “public building.”¹ This prohibition does not apply to persons licensed to carry a concealed handgun.² “Public building” is defined to include:

• A hospital;

• Any “capitol building.”³ People with concealed carry permits are not permitted to carry firearms in the Capitol, however.⁴

• A public or private school, the grounds adjacent to each such building, and any site or premises being used exclusively for a student program or activity sponsored or sanctioned by the school. However, schools may elect to prohibit carry by people with permits;⁵

• A city hall or the residence of a state official elected by the state at-large;

• The grounds adjacent to each of the aforementioned buildings;
• The passenger terminal of a commercial service airport with over one million passenger boardings per year (however, people with concealed carry permits are not allowed to carry in this location)⁶ and

• That portion of any other building occupied by an agency of the state or certain municipal corporations, other than a court facility.⁷

Any person who intentionally possesses a firearm in a court facility is criminally liable for a felony and must surrender that firearm to a law enforcement officer unless the presiding judge has entered an order permitting the possession of specified weapons in a court facility.⁸

Any local correctional facility, lockup facility or temporary hold must prohibit firearms from the security area of the facility except in times of emergency as determined by the facility’s administrator.⁹

Oregon also prohibits the knowing possession of a firearm in a restricted access area of specified commercial airports.¹⁰

Oregon has no statutes prohibiting firearms in the following places, although administrative regulations may apply:

• Parks;

• Places of worship;

• Bars or restaurants where alcohol is served;

• Sports arenas;

• Certain gambling facilities; or

• Polling places.

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1. Or. Rev. Stat. § 166.370.[↩]
2. Or. Rev. Stat. § 166.370(3)(d).[↩]
3. Capitol building is defined in Or. Rev. Stat. § 166.360(1).[↩]
4. Or. Rev. Stat. § 166.262(1).[↩]
5. 2021 SB 554.[↩]
6. Or. Rev. Stat. § 166.370(1)(b). A person may possesses a firearm in the passenger terminal of a commercial service airport if the firearm is unloaded and in a locked hard-sided container for the purposes of transporting the firearm as checked baggage in accordance with federal law. Id. at (3)(k).[↩]
7. Or. Rev. Stat. § 166.360(4).[↩]
8. Or. Rev. Stat. § 166.370(2).[↩]
9. Or. Rev. Stat. §§ 169.076(6); 169.077(3); 169.078(4).[↩]
10. See Or. Rev. Stat. § 164.885(2).[↩]