Texpatriate
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So I've been wondering about this lately. Does anyone know of any instances where a crime was committed against a person (lets say a CCW holder) who was necessarily disarmed because they were in a "gun free zone" (or traveling to or from such a zone), and the individual or their family has sued for damages?
In our overly litigious society where businesses, schools, etc. fear liability seemingly more than anything else, many of these "gun free zones" are motivated by a fear of litigation, perhaps more so than a true anti-gun sentiment. If victims (who could have otherwise been legally armed) start holding these companies financially responsible, maybe the corporate policies might start to shift back the other direction.
For example, have any of the surviving victims or families of vicits of the Virginia Tech attempted to sue VT for not adequately protecting the students who where not permitted to be armed?
I started thinking about this because here in Saint Louis we have the Muny Theater which is in the middle of Forrest Park (lager that Central Park in NYC). Concealed carry is legal afaik in Forrest Park, but the Muny is a gun free zone. Sometimes you have to park as much as a half mile to a mile away and walk to the theater, leaving your gun in the car. Anything could happen to you and your family on the way (or at the theater for that matter). If something did happen, I would want to sue the heck out of the City of Saint Louis.
In our overly litigious society where businesses, schools, etc. fear liability seemingly more than anything else, many of these "gun free zones" are motivated by a fear of litigation, perhaps more so than a true anti-gun sentiment. If victims (who could have otherwise been legally armed) start holding these companies financially responsible, maybe the corporate policies might start to shift back the other direction.
For example, have any of the surviving victims or families of vicits of the Virginia Tech attempted to sue VT for not adequately protecting the students who where not permitted to be armed?
I started thinking about this because here in Saint Louis we have the Muny Theater which is in the middle of Forrest Park (lager that Central Park in NYC). Concealed carry is legal afaik in Forrest Park, but the Muny is a gun free zone. Sometimes you have to park as much as a half mile to a mile away and walk to the theater, leaving your gun in the car. Anything could happen to you and your family on the way (or at the theater for that matter). If something did happen, I would want to sue the heck out of the City of Saint Louis.