On 8/10/05 3:21 AM, "C. D. Tavares" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Whoa. I believe this is the usual grammatical ambiguity that
> legislatures in the area are famous for.
>
> Instead, parse as follows:
>
> A person is guilty of criminal possession of a firearm if:
> [T]he person possesses any firearm on
> the premises of a licensed establishment
> posted [to prohibit or restrict the possession of
> firearms]
> in a manner reasonably likely to come to the attention of
> patrons,
> in violation of the posted prohibition or restriction....
>
> In other words, the POSTING is reasonably likely to be noticed.
>
Ah. You're right--that does make more sense. I didn't even notice that
possible reading.
--
Bob Woolley
St. Paul, MN
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and
degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling, which thinks that nothing is
worth war, is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing
to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a
miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so
by the exertions of better men than himself."
-- John Stuart Mill
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