Wondering what effect this may have on area theaters in regards to heightened metal dectectors/security/pat downs etc .... While I cc all day every day and simply don't go where not legal ....wife wants to go to movies today... and didn't want to be made an example by someone in light of the co tragedy
One little note, corporate policies are not law. So, even if having the weapon is against their policy, the most that they can do is ask you to leave. If you refuse to leave or secure the weapon outside of their establishment, then that changes things -- but mainly in regard to trespassing.
Remember, concealed means they can't see it, and if they can't see it -- it ain't there!
agreed!..that is my sop...i carry everywhere other than places prohibibited by actual law...and have never had a problem or been asked to leave as im very diligent of not printing....even though the corp. policy isnt law...and you can only be asked to leave or secure your weapon and re-enter...in light of the recent event..i can see where an over zealous security guard with a wand thinking policy is law could make it into a huge ordeal...and with my wife not being supportive a pat down/metal detectorat the door would be "so embarrassing" to her..id decided to avoid the situation all together and we just went to dinner and then took her shopping..lol ...
A few of the Philly and PA re-re "leaders" made it onto the local and national news today. Listening to them spew their non-sense, coupled with the how the sheeple typically think, creates an unworkable plan. I'm not going to waste our time talking about the most of the junk, but I will comment on the thoughts of entrance security -- which is something that a lot of people will (and do) have a lot of unrealistic (and brilliant) ideas on. First, we can't have LEOs stationed at the entrances of theater, malls, and the like for the obvious reason that there simply isn't enough LEOs. Additionally, it's a slippery slope, because the next step would be grocery stores, department stores, McDeath, gas stations, and so forth. Second, the idea of security guards. Really, what are most of these folks going to do? Several years ago, Happy Harry's had a bunch of visible security guards. They came in two flavors -- the 70-year-old armed kind, and the scrawny, unarmed, 22-year-old kind. Neither appeared very intimidating. And normally, these places only have one guy on duty at a time, so that only lessened the barrier. And lastly, metal detectors. Most (but obviously not all) of the metal detectors are set up in places where there are armed folks with the power of arrest stationed near them. No one ever gets bitchy at these places (well, except the airport) when things slow down. If the movie theater hires the scrawny, dumb, 22-year-old to man the scanner -- how well is that going to go? Do you know how hard it is to go into the NCC courthouse and NOT buzz -- and that's after taking everything off!!! Folks will get a little irritated after dropping a king's ransom to see 20 minutes of commercials, and have that delayed because the 20-year-old mom up front keeps ringing because of her car keys, spare car keys, mobile telephone, belt buckle, metal tin of mints, nipple rings, necklaces, bracelets, watch, grill, and funky metal tag in her sneakers.
It's going to be a tough road ahead, with us being forced to listen to these short-sighted folks coming up with the solutions to the problems that were caused by them in e first place (with is a sympathetic attitude towards criminals, and a general misunderstanding of what causes crime).