What if im carring and at a Strip Mall and parked in front of a store maybe Play it Again Sports. I decide i want to eat dinner at the restaurant 5 stores down. I walk to my car leave my weapon in the car, leave my car at the store i was shopping in, walk to the restaurant that serves alcholic beverages to eat dinner am i legal at this point. Even tho my intentions were not specifically to go eat dinner it was just spur of the moment thing.
Probably falls under the 200 yard rule that you have to be careful of per Farmer v. State from our Caselaw page.
Having said that though...I dunno if most cops would know about Farmer V. State and just assume it was ok so long as it was not on the actual property.
What about an enclosed mall, then? If one is strolling through the mall, armed to the teeth, and happens to walk past the entrance to Ruby Tuesday's, has he committed a crime? The mall promenade is not a parking lot. It operates on its own hours and terms, and would seem to be a separate entity that just happens to be adjacent to the restaurant. And what about the reverse? If the mall is hosting a concert or a political rally or a Santa convention, can one carry into Sears via the outside entrance?