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What Would You Do?

Mike

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Renters at an apartment community just south of Denver are between a rock and a hard place, ordered by their landlord to either get rid of their weapons or move out.
The manager at Oakwood Apartments in Castle Rock, Colo., sent a notice to renters last week advising them of the new rule banning all “firearms and weapons” from the premises, a local news station reported.


Residents have until Oct. 1 to comply. The rule has one worried — and outraged.
Art Dorsch, 77, a Marine Corps veteran and avid hunter with a concealed carry permit, said he lives on a fixed income and can’t afford to move. But he said managers gave him three options: willingly remove the guns and stay, keep the guns and move, or keep the guns and wait to be forced to leave.
“It upsets me very much,” he told the station. “They want to take them all away from me. They say I can’t live here.”
One legal analyst said courts tend to fall on the side of favoring landlords’ rights to impose “reasonable regulations” on renters. But the question is, he said, “Is an outright ban of firearms reasonable in light of the U.S. Constitution?”


Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/aug/7/colorado-renters-told-toss-guns-or-move-out/#ixzz2bOoQjkzo
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Whitewing

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I'd fight 'em in court. If I didn't have the money, I'd ask for help in the form of donations to fight 'em.

Do nothing, move, forced to leave....means just giving up one more right without so much as a wimper.
 

Mike

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A court battle could be interesting with the 'D.C. vs. Heller' decision affirming that a person can have a gun in his home for protection..

I guess the argument would be based on whether an apartment is a "Home" or not? Or whether the renter is gun permittee or not?

Seems like a dang stupid rule cause the thugs will know that everyone in the complex is defenseless.

Or why would anyone tell them if they have a gun or not? Are they going to search each apartment?
 

Cowpuncher

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This is current news here. We live near Castle Rock.

Both the Federal and State governments have ruled the no-gun rules void since the organization financed the apartments with federal money.

On the news last night, they refused to talk to the media.

CP
 

Mike

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That is both good and bad news. If I were a renter and could afford to, I would vacate as soon as my lease was up.

Someone needs to advertise an apartment complex for "Gun Owners Only".
 

Steve

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What Would You Do?

I would start looking for another place to live even if the rule is considered void...

like all liberals with an agenda they will find another way to get you out...

and just for fun I would sue them to recover moving expenses, past rent,.. and the difference in the amount of rent I will have to pay to get a decent place.. oh and throw in a bit of emotional suffering just to make it look good.. :mad: .. and then go to the pound and adopt a bunch of stray cats... :twisted: :twisted:

ok I might not sue them,.. but I would certainly consider providing a good home to a bunch of nasty shelter cats.. (just my way of saying p--s on them) :D
 

hypocritexposer

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The gun owners should immediately refuse to pay their rent. Save their money, and wait for eviction. Let the landlord pay the court costs to evict them.
 

Whitewing

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Mike said:
I guess the argument would be based on whether an apartment is a "Home" or not?

I'd say without a doubt an apartment would be considered a home.

And that reminds me of something. A few years before my dad died we rented a ranch house in Llano, Texas for deer hunting. I recall coming back from the afternoon hunt and my dad was po'd because the owner had a habit of just walking in the place without even knocking on the door.
According to my dad, didn't matter that he was the owner, once we'd leased the place we had a right to privacy....which meant the guy should at least knock before entering.
 

Steve

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According to my dad, didn't matter that he was the owner, once we'd leased the place we had a right to privacy....which meant the guy should at least knock before entering.

as a landlord,.. I tried not to be at any property without first notifying the tenant.. often by phone first.. and then knocking when arriving,.. after all it may be my property but it was their home...

I would probably still have rentals if I could have found decent tenants that cared about the properties... a few were great and I was upset when they moved on.. but most were just slobs..

(BTW I learned a good reference is just a way to get rid of a bad tenant.. )
 
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