[Wegahe]

If they receive any federal or state support they should receive any federal or state controls as well. Almost all do receive tax dollars from federal and/or state tax payers. I said almost because I'm sure someone can name at least one that doesn't.

 

[Wegahe]

Coffee shops, shoe stores, department stores, and restaurants are almost always "private property" too. Thus they can make their own rule about weapons carry and enforce that rule by way of the criminal trespass law if push comes to shove.

Why should a private "school" be treated differently than a private hospital or movie theater?

Because coffee shops, shoe stores, department stores, and restaurants do not receive tax dollars to offset the cost of provided services to their customers.

 

[Wegahe]

Well, museums do. And hospitals. And a few other kinds of places that are publicly-supported or subsidized. And yet THEY don't get the State banning guns for them-- if they're private entities and want guns banned, they have to pass a rule and enforce it on their own, unless things go so far that it becomes a criminal trespass offense.

Places that receive federal or state monies taken from tax payers should be under the laws and jurisdiction of said governments when it comes to public access. The little coffee shop that doesn't is private because they receive no public monies.

Understand the difference? When public money is involved it's public not private. No public money involved then it is private. It really is (or should be) that simple. Too many lawyers is what makes it complicated.