There’s a simple way to deal with businesses who want to ban the lawful carry of firearms on their premises.
As it is private property, they have the right to do so. However, many of them do it not just out of fear of firearms but also out of fear of liability lawsuits - they think that if something happens, they can point to their sign on the door and say “See, we didn’t permit this so we’re not responsible”.
So make the choice a lot simpler. Pass a law that says that any business that chooses to deny its customers and employees the right to lawfully carry arms for self defense on the property may do so. However, the business must then post large (3’x2’, in high-visibility black and white) signs at *every* entrance to their facility and again at every entrance to their building(s). The business must also provide an armed security guard at no charge to each and every person (that’s one guard per person) unless they specifically state that they do not wish such protection. Failure to do the first should result in large fines; failure or choice not to do the second should result in large fines compounded daily *and* total civil and criminal liability should a shooting incident occur on their property.
Now to compensate for this huge liability exposure, any business who *does* allow lawful carry and provides “normal” levels of security (for whatever region and industry) should be immune from civil or criminal liability if a shooting incident should occur on their property.
This is no more onerous than some OSHA or other such Federal regulations. And I should think that many businesses would jump at this.
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If officials cannot keep victims safe — and will not allow them to protect themselves — then some believe those officials ought to be held liable in lawsuits for violating the victims’ true “equal protection” rights. Gun-free zone liability acts have been introduced in Georgia and Arizona, and are being considered in other states.