No actually they are a property owner. They have a legal and moral right to determine what happens on their property.
Not to mention getting caught with it could be armed trespass, a felony in my state.
Open to the public means they have to accommodate rights. And people have a right to self-defense. Just as people have a right to be homosexual and demand homosexual wedding cakes.
Laugh if you want, but those legal issues are joined at the hip. Liberals are bringing on something they can't even imagine.
as I implied it varies state to state.
Here in Texas, IF you are a property owner, you have to put a sign up with EXACT wording, and it has to cite the section of the law. (it’s called citing section 30.06) Note that its easy to remember since 30.06 is also a rifle caliber :)
So If you (a property owner, or a store, or Kroger or Starbucks) just “say” something or put up a sign that does not cite 30.06 properly in the state of Texas, it holds no force of law.
In Texas, as part of CHL training, you learn the laws, like this.
However, other states are different in that regard... I would say DO NOT take word of mouth — always LOOK UP what the local laws are.
I went to the State Fair of Texas. It’s legal to carry there, but discouraged. They made me show my carry license and DL to an officer. I got to bypass the metal detectors though. :) I won’t say if or what I was carrying, but I like bypassing the search no matter what :)
There is NO SUBSTITUTE for know and Exercising your rights.
If you don’t use it, we will loose it.
Just because you are a property owner does not mean your make the law.
Try not renting to someone because of their race, or not serving them in your establishment because they are gay. See what I mean? You are no more the King of your Castle.