C-dub wrote:SpringfieldXD9 wrote:Either way, the location still seemed to not be following the law. The signs have to be posted at every entrance, and if you can "enter" the theater without going to the ticket window, that would be incorrect signage.
This is very wrong. See the part I emphasized in red below. It does not have to be at every entrance. It doesn't even have to be at an entrance to be seen prior to entry. If your instructor told you this I would be suspicious about anything else you were told.
I stand corrected. For some reason I thought it had to be posted at every entrance. Might have been something my instructor told us that was incorrect. Thanks for clearing it up.
This is all hypothetical since the sign in question does not meet the other requirements of this section. That said, if the sign is not anywhere near any of the multiple entrances to the location, then I would argue that it is not "displayed in a conspicuous manner clearly visible to the public". This is similar to a business that has multiple entrances that are commonly used and only posts a few of them. At a minimum, I think it would be a defense to prosecution if the facts were that you entered the location through an entrance that is commonly used by the public, and there were no signs visible when you entered. If someone has to go out of their way to search all possible entrances (and in this case places that are not even near entrances) to see a sign, then I think the sign is by definition not "displayed in a conspicuous manner clearly visible to the public".
A similar situation would be a gas station / convenience store that put the 30.06 sign on the gas pumps, but had no sign near the door. Some customers will be at the gas pump before entering the building, others won't, just like in this case. Would we really expect a jury to convict a CHL holder because they stopped by the store to buy some milk and failed to walk around the entire premises searching for a potential 30.06 sign before entering?
Very good point, and I that's why the "at every entrance" idea made so much sense to me. Seems logical, but we know that doesn't mean it becomes the law.