Houston Zoo reinstalls signs prohibiting guns

[Lizzie Poppet]

6. That's their right. I honor such signs, despite there being no legal obligation to do so.

With certain exceptions (usually part of federal law or explicitly stated in Oregon law), "no guns" signs carry no force of law here. All they can do, if the believe you to be armed, is ask you to leave (and that does have force of law behind it: if you refuse, you're guilty of trespass).

But I respect the right of the person in charge of the property to make that request, and I honor it. I (very) rarely make an exception if I happen to be out on a multi-stop errand running trip and unexpectedly encounter such a sign at one of my stops. I won't stash my weapon in the car (even if it's out of sight, that's just not proper weapon security), and if I'm clear across town and the errand at the "no guns" business is urgent, I occasionally just go with "what they don't know won't hurt them."

Not often at all, though. I really do consider this to be the right of the business owner/manager.