I can't answer the question in detail. But I can say that large corporations as well as mom-and-pops have private property rights, including the right to refuse to allow various items (including firearms) on their property, at least unless this right is specifically voided by some state statute (e.g., one that requires even private property owners to allow their employees to possess guns in the privately-owned parking lot). "Private" and "public" mean different things in different contexts; even a "publicly held" corporation is still very much a private property owner for legal purposes. Whether that's proper or not (I think that it is), that is indeed the law. Eugene ________________________________
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Laska Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 7:26 PM To: Firearms Regulation List UCLA Subject: Enforcibility of gun free zones Gentlemen, Recognizing that some states have statutorily specified gun free zones (schools, courts, drinking establishments, etc.), and some permit individual sites to post themselves as "gun free," for those states that do not statute wise permit locations to declare themselves gun free, what is the legal standing of such a location that posts such a sign? I have heard the argument of private property rights, but personally consider this specious, as these are rarely mom and pops, but more often corporate identities, themselves not "private" identities. First, other than to attempt to have a "violator" warned against trespass and removed from the location, do they have any legal standing to prevent a legal firearms bearer from entry? Second, do they encumber any specifi liabilty themselves by this action, not being supported by law? Paul Paul R. Laska cell 561-722-4435 landline 772-781-9014 In the name of freedom, there has to be a correlation between rights and duties, by which every person is called to assume responsibility for his or her choices. -- Pope Benedict XVI, addressing the UN General Assembly
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