What do you do when you encounter a posted business?

[monkeylizard]

Check TCA 39-17-1359. It has the rules about posting. A written sign has to have specific language that the statute provides. The circle/slash (aka "gunbuster") logo is sufficient so if it's there regardless of a written sign, it's a proper posting.

http://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/tncode/

 

Basically, the property or portion of a property beyond a proper posting is off limits. Carrying past it is a Class B misdememanor with a fine of $500. A conviction is supposed to result in TDOS suspending the HCP for 12 months, but they may do it just from a charge even without a conviction. I don't know for sure.

 

The TN AG issued an opinion about "properly posted" and my reading of that is that he thinks a cardboard sign written in crayon saying "no guns" is good enough. IIRC, that opinion was issued prior to the latest revision of the law to clarify the language requirements, but I can't say for sure and don't have time right now to go check the dates.

 

Anecdotaly, it seems that the most likely scenario is that if you're made in a posted no-guns zone, you'd be asked to leave and nothing more unless you make a stink about it. Schools being an obvious exception to that, but they're not goverened by 39-17-1359. They get their own special exclusions. AFAIK, there has only been one case with 39-17-1359 and that was the motorcycle dealership in the Memphis area where a guy carried in right past a sign and a security guard in a place that had experienced a shooting in its past. I don't know the sepcifics or the final outcome of that case.

Edited April 22, 2014 by monkeylizard

[QuietDan]

What's a posted business? I'm looking it up in my copy of the Second Amendment. Nope, don't see it there . . . 

 

(in a perfect world)

[jaxjohn419]

I was glad to see that the poll let me vote for all 3, because it depends on the business, the urgency of my going there, and many other things. Each encounter is different.

[bersaguy]

The only business I go into that I do disarm is the Post Office if I am shipping off packages of baits to customers. I am working on figuring out how to get them picked up at the house so I don't even have to go there. If I approach a business that is posted like I said earlier. If my concealed gun is not welcome neither is my money.

[E4 No More]

I ain't telln'! :stalk: