So why can't I carry in a bank?

[Indy_Guy_77]

I've seen a 5/3rd branch with a little "no guns" sticker on the door. It looked like an old S&W 39 inside a circle with the line through it. I'm ok, though, because the pistol I carry doesn't look anything like a Model 39. And if I carry a revolver, I'm really safe!

The branch I normally "do business" with has no such stickers. I carry routinely in there, too.

-J-

 

[TomN]

Warning..... You have been......

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Tell me we're not allowing ourselves to be taken advantage of.

 

[TRWXXA]

I've seen a 5/3rd branch with a little "no guns" sticker on the door. It looked like an old S&W 39 inside a circle with the line through it. I'm ok, though, because the pistol I carry doesn't look anything like a Model 39.

A good, sound legal defense, if I ever heard one.

 

[ryanmercer]

I can't remember the last time I actually went inside the bank, if I can't do my business at the atm, online, or in the drive-thru... I guess I could go inside... but I haven't been inside a bank in 2 years. I'd CC in a bank though for sure. So when someone fires off a few rounds and tells me to hit the floor, as I'm getting down I'm drawing.

 

[jmb79]

When I was young, every bank had at least one armed guard in the lobby. Bank robberies were popular in the movies, but rarely happened in real life.

Somewhere along the line (in furtherance of their goal to put more of OUR money into THEIR pockets) banks realized, "Hey! The money is insured by the federal government. We don't need to pay someone to stand around protecting it." "We'll get rid of the armed guards, and if any ne'er-do-wells come in to take the money, we'll just give it to them."

In the late 1980s, I worked as an armed guard for a company in San Antonio, Texas. For about a year I was assigned to a bank. I stood in the lobby, in uniform, Ruger GP100 on the belt, all day long. Very boring work.

In any event, all bank guards had explicit instructions to take no action in the event of a robbery. In fact, we were told to make ourselves as invisible as possible and never, never, try to interfere.

The bank didn't care about the money. The bank did care that some idiot guard would try to play hero and end up in a "gun battle" with the robbers and that lots of inoccent customers would be injured.. and sue the bank.

 

[Lars]

.... This is a gun forum. Take your pet issue back to freerepublic where it belongs.

I've been shown.....

Thank you sir, may I have another....

Never mind I've never even heard of Free Republic, nor have any real Pet issues......

 

[TomN]

Lars you have officially been

heh been wanting to use that one for a while!

 

[medicman]

I've seen a 5/3rd branch with a little "no guns" sticker on the door.

The 5/3rd in Nashville has that sticker. I was told that it is corporate policy. However, I have not seen signs on other branches (Columbus branch for example). I go by the What They Don't Know Won't Hurt Them principle

 

[TomN]

I don't bank at 5/3 but I might have to stop by one in the area and see if there's a sign there. Maybe if I see one I'll walk in and tell them that I was wanting to open an account to put my $5 million inheritance but didn't feel safe there because of the no guns allowed sign.

 

[jrogers]

Never mind I've never even heard of Free Republic, nor have any real Pet issues......

Fair enough. I'm just here to talk about guns. You can always bring up non-gun issues in the politics subforum, if I'm not mistaken.

 

[Ford Truck]

I've open carried in the Wells Fargo Bank in Angola, Indiana on several occasions. Nobody got their panties in a wad.

 

[chezuki]

I've open carried in the Wells Fargo Bank in Angola, Indiana on several occasions. Nobody got their panties in a wad.

Holy thread resurrection...

 

[actaeon277]

I don't believe I've ever seen a zombie thread from this far back.
Is this a record?

 

[Roadie]

I think it just might be a record.. wow

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

This thread is full of users you don't hear from anymore...some of which I've never heard of before.

 

[other dave]

 

[BiscuitNaBasket]

 

[other dave]

Check his post history. Funny stuff.

 

[cobber]

Check his post history. Funny stuff.

TWO posts in the last five years.

Necroposter. Maybe the spammers hacked his account, and will soon be using it to sell fake Russian passports.

 

[level0]

Did he hit fifty yet? I'm anxiously awaiting the next Ice Age post revival.