No conceal carry allowed

DougE said:
Yes and no.
I carry in posted private businesses since it is not a criminal offense to do so. If made, all they can do is ask you to leave and charge you with trespassing if you refuse to leave ( not sure why one would hang around in that case ).

I do not carry in places where it is prohibited by law though and try to avoid going in such places if at all possible.
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This is also the case in GA, same rules apply. I too will follow the letter of the law, however a sign on a private business isn't difinative. I've never been made carrying my 60, but have no interest in testing it in off limit places.

Cheers,
Sam
 
If they're not statutorily prohibited, I just avoid them for the most part. I disarm before going to the Post Office or restaurants with liquor licenses.

Fortunately apart from places with by the drink liquor licenses and the Post Office, almost none of the places I go to here are posted.
 
I would never consider carrying in the post office or another federal building. The only real issue for me is restaurants (and movie theaters!) that serve alcohol. I'll admit I have carried in those in the past (rarely).

That point will become moot here in another week or so, since the law is changing to allow carry in restaurants as long as you aren't drinking.
 
samIam said:
I had'nt seen one in a long time till last month,at a GUN SHOW.
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We have the same thing at the Orlando, FL shows. I go ahead and go along with it as I am a big believer in respecting the wishes of the owners when on another's property. I demand this of others so I extend the same respect to someone else. I unload and they tie the gun at the door. On the way out the restrooms are next to the exit. I duck in, clip the tie, load it up and go on my way.

Bob
 
The only place I have ever seen a sign like that is at a gun show, and I have no issues with that at all.
 
bk43 said:
We have the same thing at the Orlando, FL shows. I go ahead and go along with it as I am a big believer in respecting the wishes of the owners when on another's property. I demand this of others so I extend the same respect to someone else. I unload and they tie the gun at the door. On the way out the restrooms are next to the exit. I duck in, clip the tie, load it up and go on my way.

Bob
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The gun show that had a no carry sign was at an Armory.In the last year I've been to four other gun shows at Armorys and one at a community center and none of those had signs.Maybe it's different here in the "sticks" of central MN.
 
Love the cards, can think of at lease a dozen people who will be carrying them, adapted to KY. I can think of a few places that I will make a special trip to hand them out too.

Chalk me up to "only if its actually illegal". Waiting for KY to adapt to carrying in bars. I never realized how much I am in bars, not drinking until TN passed theirs.

Also, still looking for those "CDW Welcome" signs...
 
In Texas I took the resort shuttle downtown. When I came back it was no longer running and I had to take the city bus. As I was getting on, there is their sign...L What do they expect me to do realistically...
I was walking down the street with a letter for the Post office, no place to put the gun. Luckily they have a drive through so I walked through the line of cars.
Someone will have to be the poster child for our civil rights. This IS infringement. Ace
 
I carry everywhere it is not illegal to carry. Just because you put a sign on your door, that doesn't make it "illegal".

They know what they can do if they can't take a joke.
 
I carry despite the posted sign. I carry everywhere except those places that have a metal detector - state and federal courthouses, etc. Places that I've carried include the local magistrate, post office, county offices, school, bars, nightclubs, hospitals, doctors' offices, etc. They clearly post "No CCW."

Firstly, taking off the gun and holster is a real hastle. Secondly, some dimwit might state that I was "brandishing" while I was taking off the holster - even though in my state concealed carry is not mandatory as part of the CCW statutes.

I look at this way - if the weapon is truly concealed then no one is going to know except the carrier. I carry only for defensive purposes - not criminal ones. Furthermore, I'm not a "cowboy" just a rootin' for a gunfight. I'm a prudent, law-abiding citizen - just not the unreasonable CCW statutes. It's a legitimate form Civil Disobedience regardless of what anyone says. As far as I'm concerned my conscience is clear. I'm harming absolutely no one.

The real problem is liability and not the criminal consequences. I think in most states carrying where it is prohibited is a misdemeanor (the obvious exceptions are where federal law applies). However, if you have to shoot someone on "prohibited" ground then the civil liabilities would be enormous. Even if you saved a bunch of people you would be branded a "vigilante killer."

So what, I still carry - my life is worth it.

To Each His Own...
 
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Revolver_Fan said:
Secondly, some dimwit might state that I was "brandishing" while I was taking off the holster - even though in my state concealed carry is not mandatory as part of the CCW statutes.
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I take the CCW laws in Ohio very seriously. I NEVER carry into places where I'm not supposed to. I don't want to lose the right to carry everywhere else. I'm from Illinois where the government has determined that it's better for me to be robbed and murdered or for a woman to be beaten, robbed, raped and murdered than for either of us to defend ourselves with a gun. I'm not going to lose my right to carry for something stupid.

I disarm and rearm in public places all the time. I don't have any choice. As I recall, carrying into a liquor establishment is a felony. If anybody wants to hassle me for NOT committing a felony, I know several really good civil attorneys. Bring it.
 
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cmort666 said:
I take the CCW laws in Ohio very seriously. I NEVER carry into places where I'm not supposed to. I don't want to lose the right to carry everywhere else. I'm from Illinois where the government has determined that it's better for me to be robbed and murdered or for a woman to be beaten, robbed, raped and murdered than for either of us to defend ourselves with a gun. I'm not going to lose my right to carry for something stupid.

I disarm and rearm in public places all the time. I don't have any choice. As I recall, carrying into a liquor establishment is a felony. If anybody wants to hassle me for NOT committing a felony, I know several really good civil attorneys. Bring it.
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I'm with you Cmort. I obey the law. The consequences of getting arrested, charged and quiet possibly convicted are just not worth it. I just don't understand those that would take this chance and "bet their future".

Yes, I know why we all carry..(or why we should carry)..but in spite of your firearm being concealed, there are any number of ways your possession could be revealed and then you have no recourse.

To be convicted, this will change your life forever. This is just a chance that I'm not willing to take.

The law is not perfect and in many way completely silly, however, try telling that to the judge! What will that get you.

Over the years, I've told on this forum why I carry. It is not a whim or any thing like that.

My wife has had a threat made on her life...twice...and a guy is sitting in the penitentiary doing a sixty years sentence for soliciting her demise. We live under this every minute of every day.

Don't think for one moment that I don't take personal protection and defense seriously. We are armed 24/7. It is not an "option". It is a necessity. We live under constant vigilance. If there is a place that is "illegal" to carry, I either just find some way not to be there, or find some other way around it. My life is to precious to jeopardize it by breaking the law.
 
Gutpile Charlie said:
My wife has had a threat made on her life...twice...and a guy is sitting in the penitentiary doing a sixty years sentence for soliciting her demise. We live under this every minute of every day.
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Likewise, I've had my life threatened, and very publicly, in usenet. I've had what people thought were maps to my house posted in usenet, along with exhortations to murder me. My reaction? "How come you're not here yet?" Just a couple of weeks ago, a couple of deranged people, separately tried to provoke me. I just "ignored" them while keeping a close eye on them. By the way, the textbook definition of "stupidity" is trying to start a fight with a total stranger, wearing an NRA instructor's cap, reading a book on machine guns. But as I said to an irrationally anti-gun acquaintance, "An armed society is a polite society. Hell, I didn't even talk to either one of them, much less shoot them repeatedly."

I have very good SPECIFIC reasons not to endanger my right to carry, nevermind the examples of the Lane Bryant massacre or the slaughter of the doctor's family in Connecticut.

If you don't like the law, work to get it changed. That's exactly what people in Ohio are doing, both regarding notification and carrying in liquor serving restaurants.
 
Revolver_Fan said:
Places that I've carried include the local magistrate, post office, county offices, school, bars, nightclubs, hospitals, doctors' offices, etc. They clearly post "No CCW."
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You don't say where you are so who knows. In Florida you'd get a second degree misdemeanor(60 days) to third degree felony(5 years) for most of those.

You'd like it behind bars, especially after "Bubba" gets to know you. I'll pass, thanks anyway.

Bob
 
cautioninc said:
I would never consider carrying in the post office or another federal building. The only real issue for me is restaurants (and movie theaters!) that serve alcohol. I'll admit I have carried in those in the past (rarely).

That point will become moot here in another week or so, since the law is changing to allow carry in restaurants as long as you aren't drinking.
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cautioninc...the only time i have seen one of these signs was on a visit to memphis this past aug.it was downtown at the rendezvous restaurant across from the peabody motel...great food there...glad to see the change!
 
cmort666 said:
Likewise, I've had my life threatened, and very publicly, in usenet. I've had what people thought were maps to my house posted in usenet, along with exhortations to murder me. My reaction? "How come you're not here yet?" Just a couple of weeks ago, a couple of deranged people, separately tried to provoke me. I just "ignored" them while keeping a close eye on them. By the way, the textbook definition of "stupidity" is trying to start a fight with a total stranger, wearing an NRA instructor's cap, reading a book on machine guns. But as I said to an irrationally anti-gun acquaintance, "An armed society is a polite society. Hell, I didn't even talk to either one of them, much less shoot them repeatedly."

I have very good SPECIFIC reasons not to endanger my right to carry, nevermind the examples of the Lane Bryant massacre or the slaughter of the doctor's family in Connecticut.

If you don't like the law, work to get it changed. That's exactly what people in Ohio are doing, both regarding notification and carrying in liquor serving restaurants.
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i'm with you cmort...retired LEO here in a small city where i know a lot of less than upstanding people...and they know me...its small enough that they have come to my home with a "question" these range from the petty dopers up through class 1 felonies...so....CCW is taken seriously....however...post office and the few other places...nope...i dont carry there either...either i dont go or i will leave it in the trunk...its simply not worth the risk
 
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