TN Senate Bill 1736 puts the onus on businesses for gun free zones on their property

[TresMonos]

Interesting....let's see where this goes in TN.

If a Tennessee grocery store bans guns on its property and a black bear or wild hog kills or injures a person who otherwise would be carrying his or her gun, the gun owner would be allowed to sue the property owner if a newly introduced bill became law.

Sponsored by Sen. Dolores Gresham, R-Somerville, Senate Bill 1736 has a very specific purpose.

“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,” the bill states.

To accomplish that goal, the legislation allows any Tennessean with a valid gun permit to sue a property owner in the event of injury or death provided the incident occurred while in a gun-free zone.

http://www.tennessean.com/story/new...-suits-over-gun-free-zone-incidents/78862948/

 

[JDG.]

Interesting....let's see where this goes in TN.



http://www.tennessean.com/story/new...-suits-over-gun-free-zone-incidents/78862948/

didnt read the whole thing, but does this mean you can sue the state gov for areas like a school zone if you get hurt there and could of used a gun in defense?

 

[the_great_white]

didnt read the whole thing, but does this mean you can sue the state gov for areas like a school zone if you get hurt there and could of used a gun in defense?

like everything else, they probably exempted themselves...........

 

[TresMonos]

didnt read the whole thing, but does this mean you can sue the state gov for areas like a school zone if you get hurt there and could of used a gun in defense?

This looks more like a private property law based on bullet point three....unless a crafty attorney can claim that the defendant (IE The State) has chosen to exclude guns and was not required to post said exclusion (gun free zone sign).....one example may be if you walk in to a Movie Theater and are told you cannot bring your gun in and then are attacked and injured in that theater and could not defend yourself because you had no gun, you can sue if the theater is not required to have a no guns sign. Seems very specific but is a start in the right direction.

A handgun carry permit holder who is injured by any of the aforementioned would be able to file a lawsuit within two years of when the event occurred, provided they meet the following requirements:

• the plaintiff had to be authorized to carry a gun at the time of the incident
• the plaintiff was prohibited from carrying a firearm because of the gun-free sign
• the property owner was not required to be posted by state or federal law but was posted by choice of the defendant

 

[JDG.]

ahh the catch all cyoa

• the property owner was not required to be posted by state or federal law but was posted by choice of the defendant