Asked movie theater security whether he "carries".

[bangswitch]

So many things here...

First off: if I'm on the job and not obviously armed and someone asks me if I have got a gun, you are getting the stink eye and a snarky answer. You are not getting the truth. My usual reply is. "They don't trust me with a gun, but I have a vicious squeaky chicken" Trust me, if you are asking me if I'm strapped, you've gone straight to the top of the suspicious person list.

I'm with you on this. My response to anyone who asked if I'm armed would be, "Why do you ask?" I don't carry in prohibited areas, and give no indication of "poor behavior", so 'reasonable suspicion' wouldn't be reasonable, and probable cause wouldn't exist, either. Concealed carry is just that......concealed from view, concealed from knowledge of others. You'd find out soon enough if I were carrying, if there became a legitimate need to draw it. Why advertise to anyone, who could conceivably "blow your cover" ?

 

[Hokie_PhD]

I'm with you on this. My response to anyone who asked if I'm armed would be, "Why do you ask?" I don't carry in prohibited areas, and give no indication of "poor behavior", so 'reasonable suspicion' wouldn't be reasonable, and probable cause wouldn't exist, either. Concealed carry is just that......concealed from view, concealed from knowledge of others. You'd find out soon enough if I were carrying, if there became a legitimate need to draw it. Why advertise to anyone, who could conceivably "blow your cover" ?

I’m with you.
The exception, which was after my class being shot us and someone spreading a rumor that I was illegally carrying on campus. And I had to make it clear that I follow the laws even if I don’t like them.

 

[CapnMac]

Saw no exit signs, in typical red or any other color. Maybe they were just behind me at 8:00 and 4:00, sitting past half way down and weren't obvious. The only normal access seemed to be the center aisle and the right edge, hidden walkway.

Theater design is complicated.

The number and size of aisles is dictated by the number of seats. As are the number of exits and where they are placed. Accessible seating is also an issue. Modern theaters, with "stadium" or "lounge" seating are more steeply pitched than in theaters of old. Center aisles are very much no longer preferred in movie theater design, even with the limitations on the number of continuous seats with side aisles. Which is quite reasonable, as people want to be in the middle of the theater to get the best view of the screen.

IBC Requires exit signage to indicate the actual exit, or the direct path to the exit (by way of an arrow; or being in a sequence of signs). Against this, the theater wants to control extraneous light in line with the projection. So, yes, the exits signs were probably behind you. Theaters have been using self-luminous and electroluminescent signage. These run at a low lumen output, and have a "high output" setting which is keyed into the building emergency system--which also raises the house lights as well.

 

[buck460XVR]

Yeah, but if they ask an employee to leave, it's a little harder on the guy than if they ask a customer to leave.

That second paragraph in my reply did not have to do with the employee, it was just a general statement backing up why I questioned why the OP was surprised the theater allowed employees to carry. As with most of us, I have certain rules I must follow at work. One of them is no guns allowed in or on the property(school district). I follow them even tho I do not agree with them. If my employer allowed me to CWC, you can be sure I would and most folks would not be surprised.

 

[Hokkmike]

Nobody ever know whether I am carrying or not. I prefer to leave it that way. No one except good shooting friends have ever asked me. To them, I will give a straight answer. When we were in a city garage late at night once my wife asked me if I had my gun. She was scared. I had to reply, "Sorry Hon, we are in Maryland." As for the movies, do I carry? - well, maybe.

 

[Hokie_PhD]

Nobody ever know whether I am carrying or not. I prefer to leave it that way. No one except good shooting friends have ever asked me. To them, I will give a straight answer. When we were in a city garage late at night once my wife asked me if I had my gun. She was scared. I had to reply, "Sorry Hon, we are in Maryland." As for the movies, do I carry? - well, maybe.

Don’t get me started in the “No Longer” Free State.

I’m with you. I don’t let anyone but family and close friends know I’m carrying. And they know if it’s legal to carry then it’s not an issue if if I’m carrying but what I’m carrying.

As for the original question. If some I didn’t know asked if I was carrying I’d treat them as suspect and keep an eye on them. I’d think a wise security guard would too. Of course that’s probably an oxymoron for most.

As an aside, my son and I were at the local shopping mall last month and we were told to leave as there was an “incident”. As were walking out, my son asks me if I’m carrying as he wanted to be sure. I told him of course, and his look of concern went away as he joked about me being able to protect us if needed. Now I have been in a shooting where I want armed when my classroom was shot up, so stuff like this is rough on me.

Anyway we got out safely and learned that it was a bomb threat. Now one can’t do much against a bomb, but being armed at least made my son feel comfortable as we were leaving the mall.

As for the mall. It’s funny, I’ve heard it has a no gun policy, and I think I saw something on their website but it wasn’t clear or easy to find. The also don’t have the doors clearly marked so as far as I’m concrned, I’m going to go on the theory that since it’s not marked it’s ok. If asked to leave I’d comply. But then the issue would be how someone knew I was carrying!

 

[GEM]

I would suggest that we do not announce on the Internet whether we violate a law about carry. Reason is not a lack of purity to the RKBA but such can back to haunt you if you end up in front of the Black Robes and I don't mean the Nazgul.

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