Posted on 01/23/2016 4:12:11 PM PST by aimhigh
This legislation creates owner liability for gun owners who get victimized in a gun free zone.
(b) Any person or entity authorized to post property pursuant to § 39-17-1359 who elects, pursuant to that authority, to prohibit the possession of firearms by a person authorized to carry a handgun pursuant to § 39-17-1351, thereby assumes absolute custodial responsibility for the safety and defense of the permit holder while on the posted property and while on any property the permit holder is required to traverse in order to travel to and from the location where the permit holder's firearm is stored.
(c) The responsibility of the person or entity posting for the safety and defense of the permit holder shall extend to the conduct of other invitees, trespassers, employees of the person or entity, vicious animals, wild animals, and defensible man-made and natural hazards.
(1) Any handgun carry permit holder who is injured, suffers bodily injury or death, incurs economic loss or expense, property damage or any other compensable loss as the result of conduct occurring on property that is posted pursuant to § 39-17-1359, shall have a cause of action against the person or entity posting. In addition to damages, the person shall be entitled to reasonable attorney fees, expert witness costs, and other costs necessary to bring the cause of action.
(Excerpt) Read more at capitol.tn.gov ...
Outstanding.
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WOW. What a law. Liberals are having apoplectic Fits. Will the Governor sign it if it gets to his desk? A blueprint for America.
yes, Yes, YES!
Good. If you want to advertise your business as a gun free zone you should be held liable if it is not.
Haslam is an anti-gun RINO, not a chance.
..Haslam is an anti-gun RINO, not a chance...
Votes there to override veto?
I would say this is commonsense legislation.
BINGO!!!
Makes perfect sense. You prevent me from protecting myself and I get attacked and injured, you must be liable.
The legislation signed by Gov. Walker in Wisconsin has that provision included, as well.
We just had an incident where a local resident attended a televised Board Meeting and he was carrying. Someone noticed and the Mayor freaked...and said it was a gun free zone (which it wasn't) and so now the Mayor he wants to make it a gun free zone.
Think you meant “...should be held liable.” (not “...should be held liable if it is not.”)
We should turn this into a national movement, state by state!
GO TN!!
“The legislation signed by Gov. Walker in Wisconsin has that provision included, as well.”
It is similar, but not so clearly worded. It directly grants immunity from lawsuit for owners who do not ban people from carrying on their property.
Haslam is an anti-gun RINO, not a chance.
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Then the legislature needs to deny him taxpayer armed security. Do you detect some interesting push back taking place?
“and while on any property the permit holder is required to traverse in order to travel to and from the location where the permit holder’s firearm is stored.”
I don’t think that part is going to hold up.
One of my grandmothers was born in Tennessee, and later an alternate delegate at a GOP convention from Colorado. She is looking down and smiling.
“Will the Governor sign it if it gets to his desk?”
Great question. Haslam is cut out of the same squish/pantywaist mold as Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker.
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