Who’s to know? I know several people who carry and visit Starbucks. If it became a issue, I would argue their lack of posting the policy and informing customers when making a reservation…society is getting to soft, a bunch of snowflakes!
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Simply put, take your business and money elsewhere.
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I agree with Paul51 if I don’t like the hotels’ policy I stay somewhere else.
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Has Starbucks made all of their stores ‘gun free’? I have not heard that nor have I seen it posted, but I do not frequent Starbucks and it has been a while since I was there.
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@Craig9 “IHG (holiday inn) has a no firearms policy”
Not the one in Port Clinton Ohio! We stayed there last march for a competition at Camp Perry and every person walking in the door had at least one rifle case. There must have been over 200 guns at the place for competition weekend. They also host a ton through the years so the staff doesn’t even blink.
Also the one we stayed at in Arizona (i’m an IGH member) had no signs what so ever.
Both of those COULD be state related though. In NY, it’s at most a trespassing charge for violating signs. (my local hospital which I still carry at)
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Same in Iowa
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Not going to leave it in the car
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Living in Nevada this is straight forward. The state has reserved exclusively for itself the right to regulate any and all firearm issues. That ones for open and concealed carry. However, I never do open carry as there is no reason to get people upset and calling 911 for something legal. No commercial business has the legal right to exclude guns. Mine goes where I go but it is concealed at all times. No need to upset everyone around
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For those that visit Texas, an establishment that wants to legally prevent you from having a firearm has to display one or a combination of signs. The signs have to be posted at the entrance of the establishment, be printed on a contrasting background, have 1" block letters, and be printed in English and Spanish to carry legal weight. A 30.06 sign prohibits concealed carry, and 30.07 prohibits open carry. If an establishment has only a 30.06 sign you can OC, and vice versa. If the establishment has both, you can legally do neither. An establishment can ask you to leave and can call LE if you refuse.
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I like Texas. Who else has a 30.06 sign?
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If it’s not “posted” and if you are in fact “concealed” what’s the problem? No one should ever know you’re carrying anyway (or you’re not doing it right😏). Never, ever, leave a weapon unattended, anywhere when you’re not at home. THAT is just asking for problems. I traveled for decades and spent a LOT of nights in hotels/ motels of every flavor you can imagine. Pistol was on me, always. If I had to go to a gun free zone, weapon was locked in a small lock box secured in my vehicle.
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This is what I do, I cannot be in trouble legally in my state anyway.
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@Dwayne as I remember, the details were on the fine print of the sign in sheet. By signing you also agreed to allow a room search… as I said, if I had known that I would not have gone there. I bet a prosecutor could have fun with that document if you are involved in a shooting.
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And you signed?
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Wow!! I have been staying in Extended Stay America a lot lately and didn’t know they had this kind of a policy! I generally work under the premise of “don’t ask, don’t tell” with this sort of thing, but I will definitely try to be a little more aware of it now.
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You read the thread? And do you read all the fine print when you check into a hotel?
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When I check into a hotel, I work on the “don’t ask , don’t tell” premise. If they don’t ask me about it, I don’t tell them about it. My firearm stays concealed all the time until I get ready to go to bed. I figure State laws apply for the State that I’m in, but I could be mistaken.
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Actually, yes, I read the fine print.
I have traveled over much of the US, and a considerable part of the world, and reading what you sign is rather important.
I failed to read once, and it cost me… only some money, but still.
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If they have a no gun policy, and they catch you with a gun… they can request you depart.
If you do not, then you are trespassing, and the police will ask you to leave.
If for whatever reason, that happens at an inconvenient time, and finding new accommodations is not easy, you may find yourself sleeping in your car…
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And thus the reason I started this thread. To let people know about this. I have never come across this policy before.
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