“Armed trespass is a felony, but only if you were warned that you were trespassing and refused to leave. Since a mall or any business with an open door is inviting the public to come in, ideally to buy something, they have to tell you to get out before you can be a trespasser. There is a charge for the posession of the concealed weapon in spite of the sign, but several deputies in the area assure me that it is a civil offense - money but no criminal record.”
Thats pretty much what I’ve heard. However the few times I go to the malls around here I have not see a sign.
Brandsmart has the picture of the gun with the red line through it. The Boynton Beach Mall has it in fine print in the rules, which are pasted on a window near one of the entrance doors. Of course, if you enter the mall through one of the department stores, you don’t walk past the sign.