sohighlyunlikely said:
I have Open Carry-ed in the Hazelwood location at least 40 times.
They have their own entrance and do not go by the malls no firearm rule.
I don't suppose laws about renting vary all that much from state to state, at least on the basics...
I've always heard that the stores can set their own policies, but the common areas of the mall are under mall control. So if a store has its own entrance, as many of the anchor stores do, their rules apply on the property they're renting. Just like if you rent an apartment, you can have a rule inside your rented walls that nobody can wear pink, or drink alcohol, or talk about that purple dinosaur.
The fun comes when a state requires a posted notice that the mall infringes certain rights, & there aren't any signs to that effect between the anchor stores & the common area of the mall.
Thing is, your apartment is not public property, nor accessable to the public.
A mall or other store is. In fact, it's specifically held out as a place that
invites the public to enter. So how can they get away with denying/infringing people's rights?
(Or at least, some rights... try telling someone they can't come in while wearing a cross.)