First, it wasn't a hospital. I worked at UMMC and that is a private practice building across the street that houses one of the medical centers Family Practice offices among others. The hospital is across the street.

Second, off body carry is very common for women and particularly for older women that carry. In Mississippi when I was in residency there I was amazed at how many older women carried some interesting weapons in their purses.

Finally, gun buster signs seem to still carry the weight of law in Mississippi from what I can determine.

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