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I sent a message to them about their no carry signs (which carry weight of Law in Ohio) and this is what I got in return:
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Folks...if we don't all stand up to these self serving businesses they will continue to deny us our rights. Thanks for reading, Nasty ____________
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Well done & well stated.
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I would seem to me that a reference to the Aurora shooting would be the best response to their claims of "assuring safety".
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In Ohio, if they think you are carrying in a posted area, they don;t need to confront you. They can call a cop and if the officer finds you armed, you are in violation.
If the Judge finds you guilty of a minor offense, the Court can let you off with *only* a 2 year suspension of your CCW. Thanks to those in support.
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You need to get that law changed. Businesses will open and close, corporations will change policy with the wind direction. You can play whack-a-mole with the no carry signs from now 'till eternity. I'm not saying that you did anything wrong - in fact I love that letter - but I hope you folks are making a calculated, determined effort to change that law - it's ridiculous. They can achieve the same illusion of safety if the signs don't have the force of law - a force that is naturally ignored by the lawless.
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Been down this road with them and they didn't react much. One of the problems is what theatre are you going to send them receipts from showing you took your business elsewhere? Every last one in my area bans carry.
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I'm just playing devil's advocate here and do not personally condone or recommend what I'm about to say, but what is keeping anyone (good and bad guy alike) from carrying inside these theaters? I understand that it's a violation, but we haven't seen the case where an armed civilian in violation of any posted policy has effectively stopped a criminal. What sort of repercussions would there be if this happened? Would the civilian be deemed a hero/charges pressed? My personal opinion is, and always has been, that a business owner can dictate the terms of his transactions with their clients. If they want to post a "Gun Free Zone" sign, then they have every right to do so. When you conduct business with them, being shot by an armed gunman is the risk you have to be willing to take. I love your letter, don't get me wrong. Will it do any good? No, I don't believe so. I also respect their right to ignore your letter and think they should do whatever the hell they please. I have Netflix, so I'm good.
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Let me also add, a little off topic, that I don't believe this should apply to any government institutions or schools. We own those as taxpayers, and we should be able to vote carry in those institutions.
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I understand that it's a violation, but we haven't seen the case where an armed civilian in violation of any posted policy has effectively stopped a criminal.
Probably depends on the jurisdiction, but the first shooting by a CCW in Wisconsin took place about a year ago, when an armed robber with a shotgun was engaged by a citizen standing in line, resulting in the criminal suffering a wound and being neutralized. This took place in a larger supermarket that had "no firearms allowed" signs posted. The Prosecutor declined to present any charges. Actual mileage will most obviously vary, and no general observation is offered. Willie . |
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I can't speak to any generalities but I have seen a number of different cases in different states and involving different versions of possession violations which also involved self-defense and I have never seen the relatively minor possession charge pursued.
For example, there was a case in NY where a woman shot an attacker with a handgun that she was not authorized to possess, as she did not have a permit of any kind, say nothing of that particular firearm being on her permit. However, the shooting was obviously righteous and no charges were brought. |
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As for your rights, they have rights to. Strangely, theaters also squelch your 1st amendment right, but I noticed that you apparently are okay with giving up that right. Simply put, carrying a gun into a business as a patron isn't your right. It isn't your right by the plain fact that you can only do it legally if it is allowed by the business. So it is a privilege regardless of whether you think it should be your right to do so or not. Until laws change, that is the way it is. Quote:
The efforts to get business to let people carry in them that have been successful seem to be those efforts that don't try to punish businesses for not complying, but instead are those efforts that attempt to persuade in a logical manner the reasons why it is in fact beneficial for a business to allow law abiding citizens to carry. Obviously, this is the much harder way to try to make a business change because it requires quite a bit of maturity, eloquence, business logic, and humbleness, not to mention being personable and having the gift of persuasion. Being combative, argumentative, or expressing a sense of entitlement when going into a business personally, verbally, or with written communication isn't likely to result in a beneficial outcome. This just reinforces the business' perspective that it doesn't want people like you as patrons. That you are now engaging in your punitive action by publicizing the horrors of Regal theaters will undoubtedly help you to feel empowered and feel better about your decision, but Regal hasn't a clue about these "largest firearm forums on the internet" and isn't likely to notice any actual effect outside of the normal business variation they experience from day to day or cycle to cycle. They know this. You don't change peoples' minds by trying to force them to see things your way. If you haven't noticed, their policy hasn't forced you to see things their way so why would you think your policy will force them to see things your way?
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It's nice to live in a state where such signs have no legal meaning.
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And we've had especially good luck with rewarding and reinforcing good behavior -- witness the Starbucks "buycott" where gun owners dedicated a day to buying something from that company. Probably happens that way because the business owner doesn't see the dollars that would have come into the business. They only see the dollars that actually do come in. pax |
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One example Mas has discussed, where the self-defense case found in favor of the defendant but possession charges were pursued, would be that of Bernard Goetz.
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They can post in Florida but they have no legal recourse.
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That's true, I hadn't considered places where the gun was completely illegal. I'd imagine other such cases have happened in NY, Chicago, etc that never made the public attention threshold.
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Have never had a problem in any Regal Theatre. I CCW always. They don't ask. I don't offer. We get along well.
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I'm pretty sure the person who said it, concluded with something like, "Think about how many times you've had to use your gun in self defense, compared to the number of times you've accidently flashed, or your gun printed, or something like that." Basically, you are far more likely to get a possession charge, than you are to have to use your gun in defense. So...do what your going to do at your own risk. Wikipedia entry on this concept: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competing_harms |
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We have a Regal theater in Medina, and I can't remember seeing a No Guns sign. We will be going to a chic flick there Monday and I will look.
Signs such as those should be ignored. Better to be tried by twelve, than carried by six.
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http://www.thehighroad.org/showthrea...=gun+free+zone. Here are just a few examples from this year and you may not have heard of any of them. 1 Jan 2013 - 4 shot at a house party, McKeesport, PA http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2013/...in-mckeesport/ Jan 2013 - teenage shoots and kills 5 in ABQ home http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0...n_2516424.html Feb 2013 Mardi Gras Bourbon Street mass shooting, 4 shot http://www.newsday.com/news/nation/m...-say-1.4610011 Feb 2013 - 5 shot and 1 killed in a home in SF, CA http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/201...lejo-shooting/ This morning, Feb 16 2013 - 5 shot outside of a club in Columbia, SC http://www.wyff4.com/news/columbia-s...yff%2Bnews%2B4
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DNS, it seems like you are using shootings that don't meet the normal standard for mass shootings.
Some of the examples you listed involved shooting of family members or persons known to the shooter. Some involved a shooting subsequent to a verbal or physical altercation. I thought the way the government and media defined "mass shootings" or "spree shootings" required 4 or more victims; victims not friends or family of the shooter; not the result of another crime (such as killing hostages during a standoff with SWAT). Using those criteria, the vast majority occur in either Federal Gun Free Zones, posted no gun zones, or in the case of Luby's in an area where there was no mechanism for lawful concealed carry. |
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