Tennessee Bill creates owner liability for safety in gun-free zones

Tennessee General Assembly ^ | 01/15/2016 | Representative Faison

[FunkyZero]

"So if you don’t want to disarm, you don’t go in, right?"

Correct, I make the decision. It's not my property.

"What if you don’t want to disarm, but have to go in?"

I don't "have" to go into any place that isn't a government building and what I "want" doesn't mean I can trump the rights of the property owner who doesn't want me there. I can find one that will allow me in, just like people wanting gay cupcakes and cookies. It's private property, not mine either.

"What if some guy then starts to shoot up the place?"

What if? I chose to be there, unarmed. Bad choice on my part. I should have made better decisions and went elsewhere.

"Who’s responsible for your safety?"

I am, no one else... unless I am a minor child.

[chaosagent]

I can think of several places you might ‘have’ to visit.

1. The last time we bought a house in the Houston area, even though it was in the Clear Lake area, we had to drive to north Houston, 40 miles away, to the closing, even though the title company had a local office less than two miles away. When I protested and said I wanted to do it at the local office. I was told the closing was in north Houston and if I didn’t show up, the closing and the sale would be cancelled, and I would forfeit my deposit.

So what if I get up there and the office building owner has posted a 30.06 or 30.07 sign?

2. What if the office building where your long-time family lawyer, CPA, or doctor has his office, posts a ‘disarm’ sign?

Do you forfeit your $10,000 deposit, or drop your long-time doctor, accountant, or lawyer?

[sarge83]

I agree take away his armed detail and see how he likes living like the commoners. I just remember his anti-gun crap when he was mayor in Knoxville. He is a Jeb Bush Republican liberal.

I hope the legislature overrides a Haslam veto but the Tennessee Republican Party has a lot of libs in it.