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Dear Mrs. Bell,

I'm writing you in regards to your theater's anti-firearms policy; in specific, in Texas, your decision to post signs barring good citizens legal concealed carry of weapons.

I wanted to bring a few things to your attention about this matter.

First, I am an avid moviewatcher. My wife and I usually see movies together most every weekends. Now, due to your policy, I will be more than happy to visit another theater, farther away.

Second, I'd like to bring to your attention a few facts about how the laws in Texas work in regards to carrying of weapons.
In order to legally carry a concealed handun in Texas, you must meet the following criteria:
1) You must not have any felony convictions on your records. Expungements do not count, meaning even if your felony convition was expunged, you STILL cannot legally carry a handgun in public
2) You must not have any class A or B misdemeanor convictions on your record for the past 5 years.
3) You cannot be convicted of ANY domestic violence misdemeanor offenses.
4) You cannot have any pending or existing protective orders against you
5) You cannot be "Mentally Defective", basically an archaic legal term meaning unable to handle your own affairs, or committed involuntarily to a mental institution.
6) You cannot be chemically dependant on alcohol or other drugs
7) You cannot be in default to the State of Texas for any student loans, taxes, or child support.

As you can see, not just anyone can legally bring a handgun into your theaters. If someone doesn't meet these requirements, they are already breaking the law.

While you might think that barring your clientele from carrying legally concealed handguns might make your theaters safer, I might point out exactly the opposite might happen. Concealed Handgun License holders are a far more law-abiding group than most, and if they legally have a CHL, you automatically know 7 things about them that you don't know about your other customers. In effect, you'll be turning away your most law abiding customers.


I urge you to bring this to the attention of your upper management. Until this policy is reconsidered, I will be watching movies at one of your competitors, Cinemark, located at 7201 N. Central Expressway, Plano, TX. I'll be driving over 20 miles away, instead of visiting your theater that is less than 2 miles away. I'll be letting everyone in my shooting club, as well as everyone I know in the right-to-carry forums I frequent about your policy, and urge them to to the same.

While this might seem like something that's not a big deal, to many of us, it is.

When I am legally allowed to carry my handgun in your theater, I'll gladly give my business back to AMC.

Thanks for your time,
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