Post by Logan on Feb 4, 2017 22:33:04 GMT -6
Florida businesses that ban guns could be held liable in mass shootings
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: www.tampabay.com/news/politics/stateroundup/florida-businesses-that-ban-guns-could-be-held-liable-in-mass-shootings/2311710
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: www.tampabay.com/news/politics/stateroundup/florida-businesses-that-ban-guns-could-be-held-liable-in-mass-shootings/2311710