Restore American Glory » Bill Would Let Victims Sue “Gun-Free” Establishments
Over the past few years, there has been a remarkable correlation between many high profile mass shootings and the “gun-free” policies in place where these tragedies unfolded. To a nearly exclusive degree, mass shooters have targeted institutions and establishments where guns are strictly forbidden. Is that a coincidence? Or are these regulations actually drawing psychopaths like flies to honey?In Tennessee, a new bill would give citizens the right to sue properties with “gun-free” policies if they are injured by gun violence while inside the establishment. Sponsored by Republican state senator Dolores Gresham, the bill aims to put property owners on notice: Let visitors lawfully carry guns or be held liable for the consequences.“It is the intent of this section to balance the right of a handgun carry permit holder to carry a firearm in order to exercise the right of self-defense and the ability of a property owner or entity in charge of the property to exercise control over governmental or private property,” says the bill.The bill is limited, which is to the credit of the Tennessee Republicans who authored it. This isn’t a sweeping NRA-driven piece of legislation. The bill specifically limits those entitled to sue to only those people who are already licensed to carry a firearm. And it further limits liability to only those circumstances where, if the plaintiff had been armed, he might have had a chance to stop the gunman.
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