Charles,Charles L. Cotton wrote:The only reason I asked about the new Texas law requiring businesses to allow vets with service dogs to enter was in response to a Member's statement about private property rights and 30.06 signs. It's my fault that this thread has gotten way off topic and I apologize.
I realize and respect that there are two diverse opinions about the scope of private property rights. One camp feels that private property rights should be absolute and without any government control or regulation, even if it is business property. The other camp accepts the fact that business property is different from residential property and that government safety regulations are reasonable.
I won't belabor the point since I've posted this a few times before. People have a right to expect less regulation on their homes since it is not open to the general public. Business owners ask people to come into their property for the owners financial benefit. Business property is already regulated and the level of regulation varies by jurisdiction. The requirement to post a 30.06 sign is the least onerous of the many regulations business owners face, so I don't see it as any imposition. I would go so far as to say owners of business property should not be able to bar entry by armed CHLs, just as they cannot bar entry to LEOs, service dogs, wheelchairs, Baptists, etc.
Chas.
was it a Texas law? or was it a fix to the ADA? ...or...was it an adjustment to the Texas law to meet the ADA? I know things were changed over the last year to take into account the growing use of PTSD dogs and allergy dogs and such, so I'm not sure which law what changed when. I have a friend who is in the process of getting an allergy dog. so we're learning all about the laws.