Fallguy
Regular Member
I have seen quite a few threads that suggest never advising the owner/manager of a business to read the law and follow the law...but isn't that actually bad advice? If the owner/manager (with the support of "corporate") expresses a firm desire to not allow OC/CC on their property, is there really any point in making it so that other OC/CC people might have trouble via the lack of "proper notice" in the future?
I say, better that they take their "scarlet letter" and post their anti-2A stance publicly. It is their right to control their property, and it is our right to be notified properly so we can take our business elsewhere with out unnecessary hassles with local LE. This is suppressing someone's property and 1A rights in favor of your 2A rights. Better to keep the high road.
If a place has posted an improper sign or you know there is a policy against carry, I'm not necessarily opposed to telling them the law.
But in this case it sounds like it was a couple of upset customers and not policy. Granted a better outcome would have been for the manager to tell other customers that it's legal and they don't have a policy to ask those legally armed to leave, but that didn't happen.
I'm not opposed to OC by any means, but I usually CC, one reason is situations like this. Whoever it is upset about carry (customers, manager or corp) in this case sounds like it was more over the sight of the gun and not against carry in general. Much better to be armed even if concealed than told to leave...at least in most cases. Know if you don't want to patronize a place that doesn't allow OC even though they would allow CC, that is a different situation.
However the main reason I suggest not telling them to check the law is even with an improper sign or a policy to ask you to leave is that you haven't violated the law by carry in there unless and until asked to leave and then don't. However if they have a properly posted sign and you happen not to see it, then you have violated the law just by walking in.