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psycho_bob42 wrote:Do metal detectors alone count for verbal notice? I wouldn't think so, unless there is someone standing there saying no firearms allowed.

Metal detectors are kind of useless without an attendant monitoring them. But the person giving you verbal notice needs to have the authority of the building owner to do so. Let's say that you go into a restaurant and, for whatever reason, your cashier sees your CCW and tells you to leave. They don't have the required authority to provide you with verbal notice. Now, if the manager comes and tells you, then you would need to leave as the manager has been given that authority by the owner. So, if some john q. public guy is monitoring the metal detectors and tells you that you can't enter with your gun, do they have the authority to provide you with verbal notice? Guards don't necessarily have the authority to provide verbal notice simply because of their job duties Just something to think about...

Was this some type of governmental meeting? If so, then they could prevent entry. I don't think the mere presence of federal employees makes it off limits; needs to be on federal property.