Tb0n3
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Hello to all the members in Vermont. I just recently found and joined OPDO and I had a question. What's the general consensus on private business's ability to issue a trespass order on someone because they carry a firearm? I recently had an experience at the local Cumberland Farms where I was expelled by a clerk who called the cops and issued a trespass order on me because she felt uncomfortable around any sort of gun. The thing is, however, that I had open carried in the store before, she displayed a dislike of guns and the following visits I used a CC IWB holster and my gun was not visible. However this was not good enough and I was questioned by her when I entered the store and when I refused to answer if I was armed she called the police. I know that some states make it so that businesses are unable to discriminate against those who carry firearms, but what about Vermont? Would anyone be opposed to legislation that limited the rights of businesses to create rules that would deny the right to carry on their property? I look at it as an issue of discrimination against gun owners as it would be against someone who is a minority or openly gay. We wouldn't want businesses posting signs restricting access to businesses by either of them, what makes it ok to discriminate against the constitutionally protected bearing of arms?
Hello to all the members in Vermont. I just recently found and joined OPDO and I had a question. What's the general consensus on private business's ability to issue a trespass order on someone because they carry a firearm? I recently had an experience at the local Cumberland Farms where I was expelled by a clerk who called the cops and issued a trespass order on me because she felt uncomfortable around any sort of gun. The thing is, however, that I had open carried in the store before, she displayed a dislike of guns and the following visits I used a CC IWB holster and my gun was not visible. However this was not good enough and I was questioned by her when I entered the store and when I refused to answer if I was armed she called the police. I know that some states make it so that businesses are unable to discriminate against those who carry firearms, but what about Vermont? Would anyone be opposed to legislation that limited the rights of businesses to create rules that would deny the right to carry on their property? I look at it as an issue of discrimination against gun owners as it would be against someone who is a minority or openly gay. We wouldn't want businesses posting signs restricting access to businesses by either of them, what makes it ok to discriminate against the constitutionally protected bearing of arms?