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Gun Control & RKBA

In reply to the discussion: Should businesses that don't prohibit carrying guns have any responsibility to protect patrons? [View all]
 

trouble.smith

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23. The police are good at investigating your murder. They're terrible at actually preventing it though.
Reply to Peepsite (Reply #9)
Mon Sep 24, 2012, 11:20 PM
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Should businesses that don't prohibit carrying guns have any responsibility to protect patrons? [View all] ashling Sep 2012 OP
No because government is not obligated to protect citizens and neither should any other entity. nt jody Sep 2012 #1
Huh? rfranklin Sep 2012 #2
What I said is fact as SCOTUS has said, see Castle Rock v. Gonzales, 545 U.S. 748 (2005) jody Sep 2012 #7
Which bears on relationship to any legal obligation... PavePusher Sep 2012 #8
Police only have an obligation to protect those in their custody, not the rest of us. Peepsite Sep 2012 #9
The police are good at investigating your murder. They're terrible at actually preventing it though. trouble.smith Sep 2012 #23
Even in scary Chicago your chances of being murdered are .0002 rfranklin Sep 2012 #28
when you add to that your chances of being robbed, burglarized, assaulted, raped, etc trouble.smith Sep 2012 #30
And they have no obligation to protect YOU. Callisto32 Sep 2012 #31
If a business forbids me to carry a gun, then they are not allowing me to defend myself. GreenStormCloud Sep 2012 #11
I cited a case for my statement. Please cite a case that supports your second sentence assertion. jody Sep 2012 #13
I misread the OP. I am in agreement with you. N/T GreenStormCloud Sep 2012 #15
Thanks nt jody Sep 2012 #27
Luby's cafe had a sign. trouble.smith Sep 2012 #24
They better have good Liability Insurance. formercia Sep 2012 #3
Why shouldn't the one carrying a gun be upaloopa Sep 2012 #5
Why should anyone... discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2012 #26
It is my understanding that in some places SheilaT Sep 2012 #4
?? Where would that be? PavePusher Sep 2012 #10
In some states Reasonable_Argument Sep 2012 #16
Well, practically, yes they can... PavePusher Sep 2012 #17
True Reasonable_Argument Sep 2012 #18
No, they're protecting themselves with guns. MrSlayer Sep 2012 #6
The patrons are responsible for their own defense, just like on the street. GreenStormCloud Sep 2012 #12
The movie theater in Aurora is being sued for some of that ProgressiveProfessor Sep 2012 #14
Nnnnnope. cherokeeprogressive Sep 2012 #19
Hypothetically Reasonable_Argument Sep 2012 #20
Simple. Glaug-Eldare Sep 2012 #21
The question I answered pertained to a business that allows customers to carry guns. cherokeeprogressive Sep 2012 #22
I answered in the other thread, but I'll answer here too: IMO businesses should be able petronius Sep 2012 #25
NO!!! None At All. DWC Sep 2012 #29
They're already promoting a safer business model. ileus Sep 2012 #32
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