@Zee you bring up an interesting point. In my case at BWW it was a 1A issue. No guns were present, just a discussion.
Does a private property owner or person in control of the property have the right to ask a person to leave because they don’t like the topic of conversation? Effectively they’re violating the right to free speech.
Should they have asked us to change our topic of conversation?
My thoughts on this: A property owner or person in charge of the property absolutely has the right to ask someone to leave the premises if they don’t like language a person is using. On the other hand asking someone to leave because you don’t like the topic is another ballgame.
No shoes, no shirt no service, if they don’t want my business because I’m barefoot or naked from the waist up fine, I’ll go to an establishment that welcomes me as I am.
I look at it this way, they’re excluding me from patronizing their business not because of the color of my skin, religion, sexuality, or because I have one blue and one brown eye, these I don’t have a control over. They excluded me for a conscious choice I made to carry or not wear shoes and shirt.
On this very topic, yesterday at Costco a very alert employee noticed my defense tool when I reached to grab something. Very discreetly she said “Costco has a no weapons policy, but I’m glad your carrying so I’m not going to ask you to leave.”
When I asked what drew her attention to me, she said as my shirt road up she noticed a bulge that seemed unusual and decided to see if she was correct by speaking with me. She never actually saw my defense tool, just an out of place bulge. We talked for a few, turns out she had attended a training class where they taught what to look for.
I’ve been a Costco member since 1991 and never knew they had a no gun policy. Time to re-evaluate our relationship.
Costco seems to be under the false impression that membership = safety, umm do you know how many members of Browns Town (local gang territory) that I see at Costco. If for a minute they believe membership makes their employees and customers safe they’re sadly mistaken.
