cmwoodruff wrote:Brett2413 wrote:My wife had a question this weekend after I had to walk back to the truck to disarm.
She asked me if I had heard any discussion of legal liability, or heard of anyone holding the owners of an establishment liable for making someone disarm before entering said establishment and then have a shooter come in and the CHL not able to defend himself or anyone else.
This all came up after having to disarm before entering IKEA, she has gotten used to me being armed and feels safer when I am, she said it gave her kind of an odd feeling watching me make the walk back to the truck and walking around knowing I could do nothing to protect her from a shooter.
What say those smarter than I.
Legally, I have no idea.. I know that they aren't forcing you to be there though. You are free to go elsewhere.
My thoughts though.. I think if they go out of their way to tell you that you aren't allowed to have it, then they should assume responsibility for the safety of their customers. If you are put in a situation where they have created an unsafe environment, I would say that they should be held responsible. Not sure how it would go legally...
My thoughts are that it is the same liability as if a mirror fell off of the wall and hit you. Just my .02