And this is why I don't go to the movies anymore. Their idea of public safety is to prevent citizens from legally concealed carrying and tell us to rely on learning hand to hand defensive skills to defend against someone with a gun. Ok, let someone else be an idiot and try to run through a crowd of scared fleeing people to try and take out an active shooter using only their hands and feet. I'll be sitting at home waiting for the movie to come out in relative safety or at the local drive in theater. I'm not putting myself in a situation where I'll be an unarmed target for some deranged lunatic who wants his 15 minutes of fame. I'd rather be able to carry to protect myself and others against that deranged lunatic.

 

Nicely said. Frankly, watching movies at home is just more comfortable and fun. Snack breaks and bathroom runs are at will!

 

No metal detectors or armed guards, this is useless gesture. It seems that if you have a gun on your person, you are good, as they don't seem to be doing pat downs.

Besides, that joker a-hole, left by an emergency exit, propped it open, went outside to gear up and came back in blasting. Wonder if these corporate liability geniuses have thought about how to prevent that from happening again.

Idiots.

 

I doubt it as it seems they want to impede our right to defend ourselves and just make us bigger targets. No but seriously, they're idiots.

 

Unless they want to put their hands in my pocket, they are not going to find my pistol.

 

I carry a Smith & Wesson M&P 40. Unless I wear a baggy shirt or a jacket, they will see the imprinting of it. Which thankfully now is not illegal in my state, however if they recognize it and ask to search me legally I have to comply and can be banned from their properties.

 

This has been in practice since 2012, it's nothing new. I used to manage a Regal theatre.

The first policy change was after the Aurora movie theatre shooting, along with an employee checking to make sure the emergency exit doors are closed and minimum of 2 times during a movie. And the Ushers were required to check the doors when they cleaned up after a show.

And at our theatre, anything bigger than a purse was required to be kept at the front desk. No back packs, giant tote bags, shopping bags were allowed in theatre..

Last time I checked, you have your bags checked going into any sporting event, theme park, concerts, really any entertainment event/venue. This is nothing new.

It's advertised, so you don't have to go if you don't like it. There are already no concealable weapon signs on the door. And during my time, there were quite a few people that ended up getting arrested for having firearms in the theatre, it was fairly common. We also denied admittance to plenty of people that refused the bag search. I think most people were more worried about being caught with their own drinks and snacks lol.

I'm all for protecting yourself and family, but realize it's not the public and there are consequences for violating a private companies policy.

 

Hence why they do not get my money.

 

In other news...movie theaters somehow still exist in 2015.

Seriously...netflix, hulu, redbox...why do theaters still exist?

 

The whole experience.
FoV filling screen, better sound effects than most have in home.

The downside is more people however.

 

They're just doing this for the $$$, can't sneak in sodas and candy anymore then.

 

Which is the real reason for the searches. Remember the mantra of the current administration "You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it's an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before." Rahm Emanuel.

 

I haven't been to a movie in over 15 years. Hollywood actors and actresses are paid whores who make me sick. I'm glad they frisk everybody and check all their bags now. I hope people stop going to movies and all those disgusting Hollywood freaks stop finding work.

 

Yep with you tube and other outlets on the ready, those elitists should diminish. However they are in the same way constantly in social media presenting their perversion for aimless souls to follow as role models

 

Useless time wasting junk to appeal to the mom's demand action bozos.

 

They were probably losing customers due to all of the recent events and in their thinking subjecting people to the searches makes the general sheeple feel safer so they come back and buy a 5 dollar coke a 4 dollar bag of skittles and a 10 dollar movie ticket. Nothing to do with actual safety

 

A couple more shootings and it`ll be as bad as the airport. No thanks.

With the size and definition of televisions these days, and Netflix, Redbox and the like, Theaters are dinosaurs. Soon they`ll be like drive-in`s, few and far between. More of a novelty.

 

Agreed, they can have any policy they want and I will keep my money and stay away.

I have two young boys and I take them to see all the latest Marvel movies as that is their thing right now. It's a reward for good behavior/school work, etc. and a chance to spend time with them.

If it wasn't for the kids, no movie theater would ever see me or my money, as it's all about downloading content. Heck, I don't even have cable/satellite, as most of what they have on is crap.

 

Movies

I'm a actor(bad one!) I don't even go to the movies I was in. Too many buttholes talking, making phone calls and five bucks for popcorn ran me off.

 

My daughter said that they made her open even the smallest compartments, too small to hide any weapon. It took quite a bit of time to get into the theater.

When did this start?

I was at a Regal last month with my wife, no searches whatsoever.

 

Talk about a soft target. I would never go to a theater that did this. Depending on your state, most "no guns" policies don't carry the weight of the law. Which means if you somehow got caught, all they could do is ask you to leave. In those theaters, you at least have a chance.

This search policy is stupid in a few ways. It disarms folks who aren't inclined to hurt others. It also doesn't address people who carry on their person. Measures like this don't offer a real bulwark to theater shootings.

Those inclined to hurt others would simply let themselves in a back door. Or shoot their way in. Having a "search" procedure only disarms those willing to get searched.

 

As other's have said, my gun is inside my waistband.

They start waiving wands and I'll just switch theaters. Currently, I use a smaller theater chain that is excellent and MUCH cheaper that Regal.

$17 bucks for an Imax ticket at Regal is ridiculous. (And it's not even "real" Imax.)


I still go to theaters to watch certain big releases. I choose my timing carefully to help prevent much of the "displays of humanity" that manifest these days.

On the list:

Man From Uncle - Aug 14
The Martian
Steve Jobs
The Last Witch Hunter
Spectre
Final Hungergames
Starwars - duh
Dead Pool


I'm a huge movie buff, and if you have been on the forum long, you have probably figured that out by my posts. I will not voluntarily restrict myself from going to certain places and events. If I want to go see a move, I go. If someone wants to pull a gun and start shooting in the theater I'm sitting in, I will return fire. Period.

And statistically, I feel confident saying that I've probably practiced more than the other guy.

 

My girlfriend and I went to the Rolling Stones concert and they had metal detectors. I normally just walk through at events but after the alarm went off they made me empty everything out of my pockets. (I always carry a concealed knife on me). After the third time through taking off more stuff each time and the bewildered look from the guard and the fact that the line was getting longer and longer they let me through. My girlfriend knows about the knife so she found it quite funny. Back in the old days I used to carry it on planes through the first generation detectors. Now i just put it in my cargo hold bag and I'm good to go when i get to my destination. I would rather carry a gun in a theater than rely on the theater to stop a gunman.

 

I rarely go to movies anymore (unless they are action or CGI heavy ones) because they bend you over on everything. Never was big into the concessions but for $20 for me and my wife to go I would rather grab a Netflix and a bottle of wine. The state law in MN is the same as others have said. Even with a properly posted sign (which roughly 1% of them are legally correct) the worst an establishment can do is ask me to leave and if I don't comply I will get a misdemeanor trespassing. I would not go to a theater that checks purses or the like. It's bad enough to get on an airplane to travel, I'm not dealing with that just to see a movie.

 

are they still "gun free "zones?

 

Since Holmes came in a Fire Exit,This policy makes perfect sense

 

AND it prevents cheap snacks from being brought in🗿

 

Well, that would certainly put a cramp in my drinking, if I had been to a movie since the re-release of the Exorcist (or whatever it was with Linda Blair and the pea soup).

 

"Off duty in uniform? Smells fishy to me.
Were they police or private security?"


I know in NYC you can hire NYPD officers to act as security for your business. You actually pay NYPD, its sanctioned and the Officers wear their uniform are armed and get paid OT.

It can't be cheap, but is a serious deterrent to crime, and if anyone is arrested the process is streamlined with all "Real Law Enforcement"

 

I know in NYC you can hire NYPD officers to act as security for your business. You actually pay NYPD, its sanctioned and the Officers wear their uniform are armed and get paid OT.

It can't be cheap, but is a serious deterrent to crime, and if anyone is arrested the process is streamlined with all "Real Law Enforcement"

Ethically I am against it. Either they are law enforcement or they are private security, they are not both. In other words, either they are acting in the capacity as a LEO (with the restrictions and protections) or they are acting as private security (with less protections and different restrictions).

This if getting off-topic though.

 

Ultimately, this will come down to a liability issue in civil court. Right now, the movie theaters are implementing these measures out of fear that they will be sued by the victims of the next mass shooter. The other side of the coin is that the victims need to start suing for the theater not providing security equal to that afforded by inclined patrons carrying concealed.

 

As far as I know, it's not an issue here in Georgia.
They don't have signs (signs don't have force of law in Georgia anyway), and I carry to theaters all the time.

They will never learn.

AA

 

Numerous states and jurisdictions allow off duty in uniform work...Its up to the ruling authority and in all of the ones I know of they are fully sanctioned Law Enforcement with all powers...You see it all over Louisiana and the New Orleans PD has done it for decades...Its not really a matter of whether some citizen "likes" it or "approves" of it...The courts have upheld their use of powers...THATS what counts

 

The courts have upheld their use of powers...THATS what counts

It varies state by state and there HAVE been legal questions around their actions (generally with LEO's actions as bouncers) this is why I bring it up. I have no problem with a LEO acting as private security/bouncer, but if they are employed as that, they they need to follow those requirements/restrictions and NOT law enforcement ones. They are vastly different.

 

A local chain in this area posted one of their theaters against concealed carry, and the backlash encouraged them to take the sign down and agree to follow state laws.

Hi xxxxx,
I just wanted to let you know that we have removed the sign prohibiting licensed concealed carry from Smitty's Cinema in Topsham (the only Smitty's location where it was posted). We will proceed based on standard state laws and regulations. Please pass this information on to your fellow enthusiasts.
Thanks,
xxxxxxxxxxx

 

This happened in my area as well. It was not limited to Regal, several businesses put up signs like that. Now, they are strangely all gone . . .