[Glenn E. Meyer]

There is a debate in TX whether a restaurant can ban folks in biker clothes. It was on the news just BEFORE the Waco shootout. The issue seems to have been dropped.

It's a complicated issue. One can argue you can go elsewhere. That principle fell in the protected class debate as blanket bans on race were used as instruments of segregation. The denial of service was insidious.

Now is carrying for SD an intrinsic right (as race, ethnicity) that overwhelms the prejudice of the property owners? That has not been decided.

If it is then, carry bans (except for highly techy reasons) are wrong. We do not support the property owner denying rights. If it is not, then the bans are morally legit.

Personally, I come down for the bans not being moral or legit. If you open to the public - you respect the intrinsic rights of the public.

You might say the shopper doesn't have to go to that store. But you can say that you don't have to have that business - do something else - if you don't respect basic rights.