The site of the mass shooting in Jacksonville today has this in it’s rules of conduct:
a. The commission of any act defined by Federal, State or local ordinances as a criminal act is prohibited. These include, but are not limited to: graffiti, property damage, defacing, damaging or destroying any real or personal property, etc.
b. Possession of a weapon, even if legally carried (except by law enforcement officers) is absolutely prohibited on Landing property
c. Using or possessing fireworks is prohibited
A mass shooting in a “gun free zone”. This comes as no surprise. It is to be expected. Most people will be hard pressed to name a mass shooting that doesn’t occur in a “gun free zone”.
Of course this won’t stop the anti-gun people from demanding the entire country be turned into a gun free zone.
If I am allowed a correction: The owners of The Landing can go blue in the face declaring the mall Gun Free Zone and it has no legal weight other than if you are found carrying. If you are found carrying a concealed , the only thing they can legally do is ask you to leave and you must. Refusing to do is trespassing and in Florida, trespassing while in possession of a weapon is a felony.
That being said, the shooting occurred inside GLHF Game Bar. Florida Statutes do prohibit the carrying of firearms inside bars so GLHF is a Gun Free Zone.