http://www.wallsofthecity.net/2009/06/wish_list_civil_liability_for_posted_properties.html defending our rights from the ramparts Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:20:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.wallsofthecity.net/2009/06/wish_list_civil_liability_for_posted_properties.html#comment-2609 Linoge Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:32:40 +0000 http://www.wallsofthecity.net/?p=1629#comment-2609 Well, you may never get it codified into law (much though I would approve of it myself), but there is already something approximating a judicial precedent for it here in TN, in the form of <a href="http://www.tennesseefirearms.com/law_regs/caselaw/walmart.asp" rel="nofollow">McClung Vs. Delta Square Limited Partnership</a>. Granted, that case did not pertain directly to firearms, but it certainly goes in the right direction with regard to liability. This liability frenzy is just another symptom of an overarching problem we have been having with the debate, though... Did fast-food joints flip out when concealed carry was legalized here in TN? Did they start getting frantic about their liabilities, or what would happen if someone actually had to defend themselves in the fast food establishment? Not really. And yet here we are, with folks spreading hysteria over a non-issue... it is almost like they do not have a rational reason to be opposing handgun carry into restaurants ;). Well, you may never get it codified into law (much though I would approve of it myself), but there is already something approximating a judicial precedent for it here in TN, in the form of McClung Vs. Delta Square Limited Partnership. Granted, that case did not pertain directly to firearms, but it certainly goes in the right direction with regard to liability.
This liability frenzy is just another symptom of an overarching problem we have been having with the debate, though… Did fast-food joints flip out when concealed carry was legalized here in TN? Did they start getting frantic about their liabilities, or what would happen if someone actually had to defend themselves in the fast food establishment? Not really. And yet here we are, with folks spreading hysteria over a non-issue… it is almost like they do not have a rational reason to be opposing handgun carry into restaurants .

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