I haven't been in a mall that wasn't. Psssssst......I carried anyway.
No. In fact in 2005 a Mall shooter at the Tacoma Mall was confronted by a good citizen who was legally carrying. Sadly he did not get a shot off, before this hero was hit twice.
http://www.komonews.com/news/archive/4169986.html
Tacoma Mall Shooting Victim May Never Walk Again
TACOMA - Parents of the man most seriously wounded in a shooting rampage at a shopping mall said Tuesday that he drew a pistol and confronted the gunman before being shot.
Brendan “Dan” McKown, 38, was hit twice in the abdomen on Sunday, when a gunman opened fire on crowds in the Tacoma Mall.
Doctors at Tacoma General Hospital believe McKown may have suffered permanent paralysis because of spinal damage, hospital spokesman Todd Kelley said.
Tacoma police spokesman Mark Fulghum said detectives don't know if McKown simply brandished his handgun to show the gunman he was armed, or if he was preparing to fire the weapon. Witnesses told the family McKown was shot after he pulled the gun.
Roger McKown, 63, of Yelm, called his son a hero and said he has been licensed to carry a firearm for years.
“Dan has been one that always believes in protecting other people, and he put his life on the line for other people,” he said at a hospital news conference.
The younger McKown has undergone two surgeries and remains on a respirator, the hospital said. He also suffered a superficial gunshot wound to the right elbow.
Dominick Sergio Maldonado, 20, of Tacoma, pleaded not guilty on Monday to assault, kidnapping and firearms charges for Sunday's shooting. He was held by Pierce County authorities on $2 million bail.
Authorities said Maldonado marched down a mall corridor, firing from an assault rifle and semiautomatic machine pistol before ducking into a store and taking several hostages.
Police said they received a call from Maldonado's cell phone seconds earlier. The caller told a dispatcher that he planned to start shooting, and said to find him, police should “just follow the screams.”
The Rogue Valley Mall in Medford allows carry...at least they have no signs prohibiting it.
Ed