acritical
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Sorry for the long post, but I tend to get wordy to ensure that I do not leave out any important details. Please bear with me.
So I go to Streets of Southpoint Mall every so often since my girl likes to shop there. I personally tend to stay away from most malls due to them being overpriced. Also, when I do go the to mall, I like to carry concealed due to the amount of people that are there, and to be honest, you cannot watch everyone, to ensure that no one tries to accost from behind to attempt a grab at your firearm.
Anyway, it has been quite hot, and I do not currently have summertime cover (cannot find anything that I like), and when we go to Southpoint, we usually see a movie also, so I leave my firearm in the car. However, my girl asked me a couple of months ago, why do I disarm so often when I go to the mall, but never when I go to other stores. Previous reasons aside, I could not think of a reason, except for the fact that most malls in this area are posted with no firearms, except for outlet malls. So we entered the mall, and noticed that there are no signs anywhere that prohibit the carrying of firearms (whether opened or concealed).
I decided to check their website and again, I could find no restrictions. We ended up going back there the next day to seea movie and do some shopping. I noticed that before 6 pm, there are no LEO on the mall premises, only unarmed mall security. After 6 pm, LEO is there is full force. I sent an email to the mall management asking about their policy and they stated that anyone carrying a firearm on mall property would be proscecuted, for it is strictly prohibited. Not sure what the prosecution would be, but whatever. So last weekend we went again to see a movie (theatre is close by her house) and again saw no LEO, only unarmed security. The movie let out after 7 pm, and as expected saw a multitued of LEO. I decided to approach a couple of them (extremely out of character for me) and asked them about carrying in the mall.
I was told by both officers, that even though they carry concealed when off duty and at the mall, since there is no signs, it is perfectly legal for me to carry there if desired. However, if security calls it in, they have the obligation to respond and may have to ask me to leave if they request it (normal procedure). Any way, I am considering choosing a slow shopping moment at the mall and carry. If anyone is interested, or even read this far , I will inform of the results when it happens.
Sorry for the long post, but I tend to get wordy to ensure that I do not leave out any important details. Please bear with me.
So I go to Streets of Southpoint Mall every so often since my girl likes to shop there. I personally tend to stay away from most malls due to them being overpriced. Also, when I do go the to mall, I like to carry concealed due to the amount of people that are there, and to be honest, you cannot watch everyone, to ensure that no one tries to accost from behind to attempt a grab at your firearm.
Anyway, it has been quite hot, and I do not currently have summertime cover (cannot find anything that I like), and when we go to Southpoint, we usually see a movie also, so I leave my firearm in the car. However, my girl asked me a couple of months ago, why do I disarm so often when I go to the mall, but never when I go to other stores. Previous reasons aside, I could not think of a reason, except for the fact that most malls in this area are posted with no firearms, except for outlet malls. So we entered the mall, and noticed that there are no signs anywhere that prohibit the carrying of firearms (whether opened or concealed).
I decided to check their website and again, I could find no restrictions. We ended up going back there the next day to seea movie and do some shopping. I noticed that before 6 pm, there are no LEO on the mall premises, only unarmed mall security. After 6 pm, LEO is there is full force. I sent an email to the mall management asking about their policy and they stated that anyone carrying a firearm on mall property would be proscecuted, for it is strictly prohibited. Not sure what the prosecution would be, but whatever. So last weekend we went again to see a movie (theatre is close by her house) and again saw no LEO, only unarmed security. The movie let out after 7 pm, and as expected saw a multitued of LEO. I decided to approach a couple of them (extremely out of character for me) and asked them about carrying in the mall.
I was told by both officers, that even though they carry concealed when off duty and at the mall, since there is no signs, it is perfectly legal for me to carry there if desired. However, if security calls it in, they have the obligation to respond and may have to ask me to leave if they request it (normal procedure). Any way, I am considering choosing a slow shopping moment at the mall and carry. If anyone is interested, or even read this far , I will inform of the results when it happens.