"No outside food or drink"

[cce1302]

If I go to a movie theater and there's a sign that says "No outside food or drink" will I be arrested for trespassing when they catch me eating a bag of M&Ms I bought at the grocery store?



























Now do you get it?

 

[Dirtebiker]

Absolutely!


Although, I've always concealed mine, and have never gotten a second look!





Na na!

 

[Gluemanz28]

If you OC you can eat what ever you want and they won't even notice as they will be too busy checking out that polished 1911

 

[jagee]

I'm guessing if you OC a bag of M&M's into the theater you'll be told that is not allowed and asked to either get rid of them, or leave. If you then refuse to leave you are trespassing, and could possibly be arrested.

If you CC a bag of M&M's in there no one will know you even have them...

 

[Slawburger]

I'm guessing if you OC a bag of M&M's into the theater you'll be told that is not allowed and asked to either get rid of them, or leave. If you then refuse to leave you are trespassing, and could possibly be arrested.

If you CC a bag of M&M's in there no one will know you even have them...

....but the Peanut M&M's will give away your position.

 

[jsx1043]

Twizzlers are more tactical

 

[jagee]

....but the Peanut M&M's will give away your position.

Peanut butter ones wouldn't even make it in because I'd eat them all in the car driving there...

Twizzlers are more tactical

Only the black ones, the red stands out too much.

 

[Kutnupe14]

Will you get arrested if you post "no hunting" all around your property, someone ignores it, and hunts your land anyways?

 

[JetGirl]

Carrying around M&Ms is not Constitutionally protected. If I were you, I'd ditch the unprotected M&Ms and carry something Constitutionally protected... Like arms of some sort. Maybe bear ones.

 

[jagee]

Carrying around M&Ms is not Constitutionally protected. If I were you, I'd ditch the unprotected M&Ms and carry something Constitutionally protected... Like arms of some sort. Maybe bear ones.

 

[jwh20]

In spite of the sign, taking outside food or drink into a theater is NOT a crime in Indiana. So you should not be arrested if you do it as that is not trespassing per Indiana law. The law on trespass is here:

Indiana Code 35-43-2

Since you presumably purchased a ticket you are there lawfully in spite of carrying in food or drink. But say someone takes exception to your having outside food like your M&M's. Since it's private property they can request that you leave since you did not follow their rules and that is their option and depending on their stated or published policy they may or may not offer to refund your ticket. If you leave, peacefully, there is no crime committed and you, again, should not be arrested. If you make a scene, then you may cross a (granted fuzzy) line into criminal trespass and may be subject to arrest. Of course that doesn't mean you're guilty of trespass, just that you were arrested and possibly charged. The court, should it get that far, will sort that out.

In most cases unless you're giving them some OTHER reason to kick you out, I've never seen a theater enforce these policies, but I'm sure there are some a-hole theater employees who think they're some sort of emperor and would do so.

 

[cce1302]

Will you get arrested if you post "no hunting" all around your property, someone ignores it, and hunts your land anyways?

I don't need anybody to hunt my land. I already know where it is, because I posted "no hunting" all around it.

If someone would hunt my keys, we'd be all set & I could get out of here.

 

[jimbobcooters]

Twizzlers are more tactical

hate twizzlers yuck

 

[JetGirl]

hate twizzlers yuck

Who let that^ kid in?!

 

[rhino]

I like pie.

 

[Ruger-9mm]

I remember once when the wife and I were at a Harry Potter Movie on opening night (I think it was the 1st or second movie, actually) in Bloomington, there was a guy in line ahead of us with a sub from Subway. A footlong sub, in plain view. Manager simply walked by, looked it over and said "Enjoy!" Pretty ballsy to OC a footlong.

 

[Kutnupe14]

Carrying around M&Ms is not Constitutionally protected. If I were you, I'd ditch the unprotected M&Ms and carry something Constitutionally protected... Like arms of some sort. Maybe bear ones.

Don't fall into that trap, that indicates rights are only those listed in the Constitution.

 

[N8RV]

Personally, I don't have a problem with it, OC or CC. However, it's the RELOADS that irk me.

Tearing open the second bag always makes noise.

 

[MisterChester]

Every time I am caught:

 

[jwh20]

Don't fall into that trap, that indicates rights are only those listed in the Constitution.

Indeed! How few people know that Article 10 even exists in the Constitution. It says:

"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."

In other words the federal government is intentionally LIMITED in the scope of its power and influence to ONLY those things that the Constitution grants it authority over. But of course that's how the SCOTUS was able to justify upholding ObamaCare. There is NO provision in the Constitution for the federal government to provide or require health care but there is a provision to permit the federal government to levy taxes. So by calling ObamaCare a tax, the SCOTUS saw its way to uphold it. Sadly, however, those on both sides of the aisle in DC who are FOR bigger and badder government, will now know that all they have to do to have anything pass constitutional-muster is make sure it's backed up by a "tax".