Florida businesses that ban guns could be held liable in mass shootings

[TexasTowelie]

TALLAHASSEE — Say a movie theater in Florida banned its patrons from carrying concealed handguns, but a mass shooter came in anyway and attacked — not unlike what happened in Aurora, Colo., almost five years ago.

Under an NRA-backed measure proposed this week in the Florida Legislature, victims who had permits to carry concealed weapons could sue the theater for damages if they could show the weapons ban left them disarmed when they might have been able to use their gun to thwart or stop the attack.

The new proposal (SB 610) from Senate Judiciary Chairman Greg Steube — a conservative Sarasota Republican who has proposed a slew of controversial gun-rights measures this year — says the "Legislature intends to find a balance" between gun-owners' rights and private property rights.

And Steube's plan to do that means businesses would be held responsible — and put at risk of being sued — for decisions to ban guns.

Read more: http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/stateroundup/florida-businesses-that-ban-guns-could-be-held-liable-in-mass-shootings/2311710

[50 Shades Of Blue]

1. Unfuckingbelievable! How I loathe guns. And the NRA.

[madaboutharry]

2. This is nonsense.

Patrons are at the theaters, businesses, etc of their own free will. They have the freedom to decide if they want to be at a location without their gun. Or they can not go to a place that prohibits guns.

The NRA and their extremist bullshit has ruined this country.

[J_William_Ryan]

3. The issue is moot.

The proposed legislation is unnecessary and without merit.

Florida doesn’t allow open carry (and likely never will).

Otherwise, a business owner has no idea one is carrying concealed.

A Florida resident can carry a concealed firearm in all manner of venues that ‘prohibit’ firearms – such a business owner doesn't know someone is carrying a firearm because it is indeed concealed.

[Rhiannon12866]

4. What??!