SEC. 3. The right to keep and bear arms.
(a) In general.—Section 927 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
Ҥ 927. The right to keep and bear arms
“(a) No State or political subdivision of a State may impose a criminal or civil penalty on, or otherwise indirectly dissuade the carrying of firearms (including by imposing a financial or other barrier to entry) in public by residents or nonresidents of that State who are citizens of the United States and otherwise eligible to possess firearms under State and Federal law.
“(b) Any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage of a State or a political subdivision of a State that criminalizes, penalizes, or otherwise indirectly dissuades the carrying of firearms (including by imposing a financial or other barrier to entry) in public by any resident or nonresident who is a United States citizen and otherwise eligible to possess firearms under State and Federal law, shall have no force or effect.
“(c) The term ‘State’ as used in this section includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the possessions of the United States (not including the Canal Zone).
“(d) The term ‘public’ as used in this section—
“(1) includes any place held open to the public, regardless of ownership, but in the case of a privately-owned location held open to the public, does not include a place where the owner communicates clearly and conspicuously a prohibition of firearms on the premises; and
“(2) does not include a place where screening for firearms is conducted under State law.”.
(b) Clerical amendment.—The table of sections for such chapter is amended by striking the item relating to section 927 and inserting the following:
“927. The right to keep and bear arms.”.
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