Want a Gun-Free Zone? Tennessee Says That’s on You: LITERALLY

[Mechanicos]

Want a Gun-Free Zone? Tennessee Says That’s on You: LITERALLY

Heading into law this Friday is Tennessee’s Senate Bill 1736, which will put into action something gun owners have been encouraging for years.

As of July 1, if a handgun carry permit holder in Tennessee is injured, suffers bodily injury or death, incurs economic loss or expense, property damage or any other compensable loss on a property posted as a gun-free zone, they can sue the person or entity who stripped them of their right to self defense.

SWEET!

The law will enact a “duty of care” on any person who posts their property as a gun-free zone, making them responsible for the safety of any handgun carry permit holder while the permit holder is on the posted premises as well as while during their travel to and from the premises and the location where the permit holder’s firearm is stored. The statute of limitations is within two years of the event and provided the defendant meets the following requirements:

    were authorized to carry a gun at the time of the incident
    prohibited from carrying a firearm due to the posting of a gun-free sign
    the property owner was not required to be posted by state or federal law and posted by choice

Can you imagine? Holding gun-free zone property accountable for injuries people sustained by being disarmed and left defenseless? Groundbreaking.

Think this legislation belongs in your state? Call your representative today, then get your friends and community involved as well. If it has to start with one person, why shouldn’t it be you?

http://bearingarms.com/jenn-j/2016/06/28/want-a-gun-free-zone-tennessee-says-thats-on-you-literally/?utm_content=buffer014c4&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

[kidd]

I like this.

I like this a lot.

The liability insurance will prevent frivolous "gun free zones"

[Doug Loss]

Want a Gun-Free Zone? Tennessee Says That’s on You: LITERALLY

Heading into law this Friday is Tennessee’s Senate Bill 1736, which will put into action something gun owners have been encouraging for years.

As of July 1, if a handgun carry permit holder in Tennessee is injured, suffers bodily injury or death, incurs economic loss or expense, property damage or any other compensable loss on a property posted as a gun-free zone, they can sue the person or entity who stripped them of their right to self defense.

SWEET!

The law will enact a “duty of care” on any person who posts their property as a gun-free zone, making them responsible for the safety of any handgun carry permit holder while the permit holder is on the posted premises as well as while during their travel to and from the premises and the location where the permit holder’s firearm is stored.

I am so proud to be a citizen of the state of Tennessee!  Where rationality occasionally wins in government!

[Sanguine]

Yes, this is surprisingly rational!

[EC]

I give it 6 weeks until it's overturned outright. 4 days until it's challenged in court by the Dems,who can't abide the thought of personal responsibility in any situation, never mind in one of their pet causes.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Great. To me though this should go both ways. If your guns are stolen and used to commit a crime, you should be held liable in some way as well. This isn't a popular position among conservatives but so be it.

[Sanguine]

Great. To me though this should go both ways. If your guns are stolen and used to commit a crime, you should be held liable in some way as well. This isn't a popular position among conservatives but so be it.

How does that follow?

[EC]

Amend that to "If your guns are stolen and used to commit a crime and you didn't report the loss .... " and I'll agree. You can never stop a sufficiently determined thief. It would also cut down on some of the supply of guns to criminals. Now a clean person goes and buys one, sells it on, then if anyone bothers to ask says it was stolen.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Amend that to "If your guns are stolen and used to commit a crime and you didn't report the loss .... " and I'll agree. You can never stop a sufficiently determined thief. It would also cut down on some of the supply of guns to criminals. Now a clean person goes and buys one, sells it on, then if anyone bothers to ask says it was stolen.

Fair enough. If you leave your gun out on your front seat of your car and it's stolen you should be held liable for whatever crime it's use for.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

How does that follow?

What do you mean? You don't see a connection between the two positions?

[Sanguine]

What do you mean? You don't see a connection between the two positions?

No, not the way you had written it.  EC's contribution made it clearer. 

[EC]

Fair enough. If you leave your gun out on your front seat of your car and it's stolen you should be held liable for whatever crime it's use for.

Agreed. Double the punishment if you are a cop, please. They lose their weapons FAR too often.

[Fishrrman]

Weird wrote:
"What do you mean? You don't see a connection between the two positions?"

Sumthin' tells me you're not a gun owner in any capacity...  ;)