On 6/17/03 8:40 PM, "heather martens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Calhoun Square is in the news today for its dilemma on the gun-sign posting > question. It is impossible to be neutral on the issue because not posting a > sign means guns are welcome on the premises. <snip> Everything was just fine when only outstate permit holders could walk into Calhoun Square. What's th'matta? You don't trust them city folk? > Calhoun Square is hearing from people who want the posting of no-gun signs. > I have been encouraging businesses to post signs - including Calhoun Square. Someday, someone will learn about the concept of vicarious liability. (Def. When person A is liable for the negligent actions of person B, even though the person A was not directly responsible the injury caused by person B.) Encouraging businesses to put "We are unarmed, we make a better target" signs is one way of finding out. The hard way. Case Law, starring The Original Cast. > Just to give some background on the law, major business groups vehemently > opposed the shall-issue gun law from the start of the legislative session > this year (as did law enforcement). Who in law enforcement? The bosses? The rank and file? <snip> > Some of those same supporters are now going to businesses and > telling them they won't shop there if they post signs. As is their right. > For years I have gone out of my way to shop at city destinations to support > Minneapolis. I now plan to support businesses that post signs as much as I > can, wherever they are. One of my new destinations for that reason is the > Mall of America. As is your right. Why is there vapor-locking over this issue? Drivers in Minneapolis who run red lights are more of an immediate danger than government approved permit holders who will be carrying concealed handguns in some yet undetermined time in the future. N.I. Krasnov Loring Park TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. 2. If you don't like what's being discussed here, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course.) ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
