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In reply to the discussion: Should businesses that forbid the carrying of guns have any responsibility to protect patrons? [View all]MotherPetrie
(3,145 posts)11. Then by your logic, everyone who isn't armed is legally responsible for not protecting everyone else
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Should businesses that forbid the carrying of guns have any responsibility to protect patrons? [View all]
TPaine7
Sep 2012
OP
Actually, if you read the claim, the problem being cited is that they failed to alarm the door,
TPaine7
Sep 2012
#5
This is a clownishly silly argument. Anyone who is fooled by it deserves to be.
TPaine7
Sep 2012
#10
We have this public service called "the police" that we pay taxes for that provides this service
Warren Stupidity
Sep 2012
#6
Then by your logic, everyone who isn't armed is legally responsible for not protecting everyone else
MotherPetrie
Sep 2012
#11
In a world full of armed adults, a child would be caught in the cross-fire all too often.
JDPriestly
Sep 2012
#54
You people really won't stop until EVERYONE is FORCED to be armed, will you?
MotherPetrie
Sep 2012
#9
You simply shoehorn your pre-existing beliefs into whatever you read that isn't anti-gun, don't you?
TPaine7
Sep 2012
#15
Not true. We don't want criminals, the young, the mentally unstable or "you people" to be armed
DonP
Sep 2012
#40
And they did a wonderful job in this case, no? No one was hurt. Oh, wait... n/t
TPaine7
Sep 2012
#39
No it is clearly the policy of Cinemark to forbid concealed guns (or any guns) at their theaters.
TPaine7
Sep 2012
#62
Forbidding guns IS protecting their patrons! I will never let a gun into my business.
robinlynne
Sep 2012
#33
no diea what you are talking about. the question is: Should guns be allowed in businesses. If not,
robinlynne
Sep 2012
#43
the problme in thsat case was a LACK OF GUN CONTROL in this country! That is why people were killed
robinlynne
Sep 2012
#49
But,... but... they had the protective sign! Aren't signs a form of gun control? n/t
TPaine7
Sep 2012
#59
People who don't disarm the NRA should all be blamed for any gun killing
graham4anything
Sep 2012
#45
Does the same apply in the reverse case--in an establishment that does not forbid carry?
TPaine7
Sep 2012
#48
I say "No" in both directions - a private property owner should be able to bar
petronius
Sep 2012
#56
It is not the business owner's responsibility to protect patrons from crazies.
Starboard Tack
Sep 2012
#68