p35bhp09
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It always amazes me that on a firearms forum where people argue the case for everyone having the right to carry we can have so many people that are o.k. with being disarmed.
Correia,
Let me pose the question this way...a guy you do not know at all (a complete stranger) comes into your shop armed and loaded. Because he is a complete moron and does something stupid like drop his weapon, have a negligent discharge, etc one of the other customers is wounded. Do you except full reposibility for that other wounded customer since it was your policy of allowing loaded weapons into your store?
The law would see it that way. You would be the one ending up getting sued and possibly losing everything you own.
How is that gun store any different from any other public establishment in that regard? More to the point, isn't this the Brady Bunch argument - that the demand for public safety begets the loss of individual rights for everyone 'just in case something bad MIGHT happen'?Let me pose the question this way...a guy you do not know at all (a complete stranger) comes into your shop armed and loaded. Because he is a complete moron and does something stupid like drop his weapon, have a negligent discharge, etc one of the other customers is wounded. Do you except full responsibility for that other wounded customer since it was your policy of allowing loaded weapons into your store?
NineseveN,
It is all about intent. If you can show that you did everything within reason to prevent such an occurance you are more likely to held as liable as if you fostered the "dangerous" enviroment.
It also goes further. I would actively not want my customers to carry if I owned a shop just to prevent such a event and to help protect myself and my employees from idiots. I know I would not allow stangers to carry a weapon into my home.
Ever been in a gunshow when some idiot accidently lets one go? Neither have I and I want to keep it that way. Too many people too close together handling too many firearms. It ain't got nuthin' to do with rights and has everything to do with safety. You may be the epitome of safe gun handling. You can not say the same for those on either side of you.
Fair statement, but not a propos to a retail establishment that actively solicits foot traffic in the hopes of relieving their wallet of coinage by selling them weapons.I know I would not allow stangers to carry a weapon into my home.
It is all about intent. If you can show that you did everything within reason to prevent such an occurance you are more likely to held as liable as if you fostered the "dangerous" enviroment.
And you would have had the same protection, such as it is, had the state seen fit to regulate the carrying of paintguns and required each individual carrying a paint gun in public be fingerprinted, background investigated, and put thru a mandatory training regimen - thus relieving you of the need to determine their staus and qualifications and knowledge of safety guidelines and relevant law in advance.Atthat point the families lawyer suggested they drop the case because the child was "willfully violating" a set safety guidline.
Gilberts in NoVA used to have this sign - 'Don't draw on us and we won't draw on you.."Our shop has no signs against carry.
We do however carry ourselves. Pull a gun from your holster-pocket-waistband etc. sweep me a salesman or customer with the muzzle DO NOT BE SURPRISED when we draw our own on you