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<blockquote data-quote="JD8" data-source="post: 1961044" data-attributes="member: 24">Yep, heard all that before, people have been saying the same rhetoric on this board for years.&nbsp; Nothing happens, because you&#039;re going after the wrong people.&nbsp; Sorry, but it&#039;s probably not going to be a consideration to worry about the ~1% of people that will want to open carry versus a possibility of a frivolous suit from some ********* BG/BG&#039;s family if something happens.&nbsp; Personally, if I owned a business it would be a tough situation.&nbsp; Wouldn&#039;t bother me a bit if people carried and would personally invite it.&nbsp; However, when you have good legal advice telling you to put signs up to keep someone for sueing you for the rest of your days, as a business owner you consider it.&nbsp;&nbsp; Even though THEY and YOU know it&#039;s complete BS, it&#039;s something you can hold above a jury&#039;s head.&nbsp; Unfortunately, it&#039;s little things like that that relieve people of liability, instead of common sense.&nbsp; Consider this, I&#039;m saying all of this because I&#039;ve been exposed to a ridiculous lawsuit recently, of a self inflicted death.&nbsp; Now due to the way the law was written, the languange allowed for the proprietor of a business to have some liability.&nbsp; Fortunately ONE small incident/situation that you&#039;d never logically consider having to use as a defense, was what relieved the business of liability.&nbsp; Whereas it should have been quite obvious the business had no part in the death.&nbsp; Now to me, seems we need clearer laws in WHO can or cannot be held liable after someone committing a criminal act and there is a SD shooting.&nbsp; It&#039;s sad that common sense/logic needs to be legislated..... BUT business will protect themselves until it we do so.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JD8, post: 1961044, member: 24"] Yep, heard all that before, people have been saying the same rhetoric on this board for years. Nothing happens, because you're going after the wrong people. Sorry, but it's probably not going to be a consideration to worry about the ~1% of people that will want to open carry versus a possibility of a frivolous suit from some ********* BG/BG's family if something happens. Personally, if I owned a business it would be a tough situation. Wouldn't bother me a bit if people carried and would personally invite it. However, when you have good legal advice telling you to put signs up to keep someone for sueing you for the rest of your days, as a business owner you consider it. Even though THEY and YOU know it's complete BS, it's something you can hold above a jury's head. Unfortunately, it's little things like that that relieve people of liability, instead of common sense. Consider this, I'm saying all of this because I've been exposed to a ridiculous lawsuit recently, of a self inflicted death. Now due to the way the law was written, the languange allowed for the proprietor of a business to have some liability. Fortunately ONE small incident/situation that you'd never logically consider having to use as a defense, was what relieved the business of liability. Whereas it should have been quite obvious the business had no part in the death. Now to me, seems we need clearer laws in WHO can or cannot be held liable after someone committing a criminal act and there is a SD shooting. It's sad that common sense/logic needs to be legislated..... BUT business will protect themselves until it we do so. [/QUOTE]

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