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Zombified wrote: ↑Sun Oct 04, 2020 7:27 pm I was about to renew my membership online and I was required to scroll down a list of "Member Privileges & Conditions" and check a box agreeing to these conditions. At the bottom of that list was this statement: "Costco policy prohibits firearms to be brought into the warehouse, except in the case of authorized law enforcement officers." I am guessing they have had enough encounters with carriers to make their policy more obvious. I did not renew online and will see if it's any different to renew in the store.

I suspect the wording will not be any different. Also, this wording in the manner communicated does not meet the requirement for notification. It cannot get you prosecuted, but if discovered carrying there you can lose your membership.

srothstein wrote: ↑Mon Apr 06, 2020 2:29 pm Either private property rights should trump all, or no one can discriminate against us for being armed (well, except maybe Quakers practicing their religion).

LOL

srothstein wrote: ↑Fri Apr 03, 2020 8:53 am For those of you who are saying the policy is irrelevant to an LTC, I would like to point out a very important distinction. Their warning in the policy book does not meet the legal requirement for notice. This means you cannot be criminally charged for carrying there. It does not mean you are allowed to carry or cannot suffer any other consequences. For example, in this case, they gave legal verbal notice, so there is now a permanent ban on the OP for carrying in that Costco, and possibly from all Costco's in Texas (an interesting case for a court but they did not limit it to their store - I don't know if the statement that the company does not allow it would stand for all company owned property or not).

But there is another potential consequence if Costco wanted to take it. Their membership is a contract and you are now in breach of the contract. At a minimum, they could cancel the membership with you having no recourse on it. My opinion on that is that it would be no real loss but some people like Costco. As with any other contract, lawsuits for the breach are possible, though I think all they could get is the cancelation of the membership since there was no other loss.

It is an interesting point to be sure. I've made the same point to various folks about the 1st Amendment regarding the right to free speech and religion. It prohibits the government from infringing on free speech or prohibiting one from worshiping whichever religion they choose. It does not prohibit a private company or individual from doing so. However, IIRC, and since I've
been paraphrasing so far anyway, there have been several court decisions that do prohibit businesses from discriminating based on a persons religion. It is interesting and difficult to discern how or why courts have ruled the way they have in the past or might in the future regarding whether or not private companies can prohibit or censure an employee or potential employee based on a 1st Amendment right. Every company I've worked for has prohibited employees from talking to each other about pay rates and salaries. Other prohibited topics include politics and religion. I have yet to see anyone reprimanded or terminated for doing so, but it was in the employee handbook. I don't even know if anything like that has been challenged in court before.

I think it is interesting which private property rights are protected by courts and which are not.