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To: Lurker

SPOT ON!

Banning guns in a public accommodation or a place of business should be prima fascia evidence of a tort. If anyone is harmed by a violent act in a place that bans guns the only question in court should be how much to pay the injured.

Banning guns is the moral equivalent of chaining a fire exit closed.


9 posted on 06/19/2015 10:16:51 AM PDT by tschatski
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To: tschatski

“Banning guns is the moral equivalent of chaining a fire exit closed.”

I’m stealing that. Thanks.

L


13 posted on 06/19/2015 10:20:22 AM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: tschatski

I don’t know if you’re correct about the tort implications here. If a place of public accommodation is openly declared to be a “gun-free zone,” the any liability on the part of the person or persons responsible for that policy would be heavily offset by the failure of any aggrieved parties to reduce their own risk. In other words, a person who conducts business in such an establishment knows full well what the risks are, and shouldn’t complain when something like this happens.


20 posted on 06/19/2015 10:25:46 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("It doesn't work for me. I gotta have more cowbell!")
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To: tschatski

...or banning the use of seat belts in automobiles.


40 posted on 06/19/2015 12:28:41 PM PDT by WayneS (Trying to save myself from those who want to save me from myself...)
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