As a conservative, I tend to land on the side of fewer laws are a good thing. I don't like the idea of the government forcing businesses to serve clients they prefer not to serve (although I do understand the argument- not necessarily agree- for these laws given the Jim Crow era).jmra wrote:Sure, all it takes is a law stating they have to. Hope and pray.LDB415 wrote:If businesses can be forced to serve clients they prefer to not serve under penalty of law they can be required to allow concealed carry since they won't even know if/when it is happening!
As a matter of consistency, I'd have to say I don't think businesses should be forced by law to allow either open or concealed carry in their establishments. I do wish fewer businesses prohibited open carry, and certainly concealed carry.
That said- I do think a legal argument SHOULD exist that if I am denied my constitutional right, and an injury does occur to either me or my family, and I was not able to defend against that threat because of a business prohibiting my right to carry, that business should be held negligent/liable.
I know that is a pipe dream. As someone stated earlier, I don't believe any court would agree with my thoughts on this.