Neo Sharkey
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I just voted, it's running 50/50.
I just voted, it's running 50/50.
Damn makes me wish I was in Tennessee I would be up for this. This is a blatant affront to our liberties.Do any of you TN residents know the details about Beale Street?
What about setting up a protest outside Beale St. if police in fact do establish an illegal gun ban check point? I wonder if tourists will come to see the picket line too?
I just found this editorial about an ongoing lawsuit between the some of the controlling intrests of Beale Street. It clearly states the City of Memphis is the owner of the street.I'm thinking some open carriers might need to try to visit Beale st. and be barred entry to ensure they have standing to sue.
Can somebody in TN take the lead on this, find out the particulars, and consider filing a lawsuit? Under Section 1983 prevailing Plaintiffs usually recoup atty fees and costs.
I think we need to take a stand now against "Beale Street Tactics" or every localitiy in the coutnry will start doing monkey see, monkee do policy making.
Doesn't Tn Statutes allow municipalities to regulate firearms on such owned properties? Although, I'm not sure how that would play out since the City of Memphis leases the buildings to private entities for business purposes.Mike wrote:I just found this editorial about an ongoing lawsuit between the some of the controlling intrests of Beale Street. It clearly states the City of Memphis is the owner of the street.I'm thinking some open carriers might need to try to visit Beale st. and be barred entry to ensure they have standing to sue.
Can somebody in TN take the lead on this, find out the particulars, and consider filing a lawsuit? Under Section 1983 prevailing Plaintiffs usually recoup atty fees and costs.
I think we need to take a stand now against "Beale Street Tactics" or every localitiy in the coutnry will start doing monkey see, monkee do policy making.
http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=42768
So would state preemption laws prevent the city of Memphis from banning guns here? Definately need someone more skilled in the law than I am.
In my humble opinion the higher cost would either make some businesses change their tune or at least cost them more... not only would they be losing the business of firearms carriers but they would have to employ 1 or 2 guards per facility during the entire time they are open...:celebrate I say it would serve them right!!!!The most a lawsuit would manage is to put the security guards at the businesses instead of at the ends of the street. Still a win, and resulting in a higher per-business cost to maintain the no-firearms policy for every business on the street, but a pretty similar end result. The security guards can do a metal detector pass (or require full nudity with clown noses, for that matter) at the businesses themselves, as it's the individual's choice to agree and enter, or disagree and not enter.
Still, I hope it goes well.
I don;lt think so - the city owns the whole palce and it is run by an agent of them - [preemption should apply.The most a lawsuit would manage is to put the security guards at the businesses instead of at the ends of the street. Still a win, and resulting in a higher per-business cost to maintain the no-firearms policy for every business on the street, but a pretty similar end result. The security guards can do a metal detector pass (or require full nudity with clown noses, for that matter) at the businesses themselves, as it's the individual's choice to agree and enter, or disagree and not enter.
Still, I hope it goes well.
NightOwl wrote:I don;lt think so - the city owns the whole palce and it is run by an agent of them - [preemption should apply.The most a lawsuit would manage is to put the security guards at the businesses instead of at the ends of the street. Still a win, and resulting in a higher per-business cost to maintain the no-firearms policy for every business on the street, but a pretty similar end result. The security guards can do a metal detector pass (or require full nudity with clown noses, for that matter) at the businesses themselves, as it's the individual's choice to agree and enter, or disagree and not enter.
Still, I hope it goes well.
35 NO
65 YES