Fun With FEDEX Employees!

[brown3345]

Just found this web site for CCW holders, The Michigan Coalition for Responsible Gun Owners . Answers almost any question you could ever ask. and they even list a "few" business that have signs up like FEDEX.

You should see how many there are:
http://www.mcrgo.org/mcrgo/d_no_gun_signs.asp

It's a shopping list for criminals!!!

[JRI]

Whatever floats your boat. I basically ignore those sorts of signs if I am carrying except at places like court houses, airports, etc. Businesses that are open to the public are considered "places of public accommodation" and cannot discriminate, like tell black people they cannot come in, even as "private" property. My right to carry is a civil right and I don't think they have the right to discriminate against me given the laws on "public accomodation." (If those laws did not exist then I might feel differently)

It is none of their business if I am carrying concealed -- after all, out of sight, out of mind. They never know and no harm no foul.

I never quite thought of it in that way. I do tend to ignore the private business postings relying on the concealed is concealed principle. The public accommodation view never entered my mind. I wonder if it could be raised as a defense? The Supreme Court has ruled on 2A which could back up a constitutional rights issue much as discrimination of race, color and creed.

[M4tographer]

It's my understanding that outside of areas prohibited by law(federal buildings, courthouses, or wherever) the only thing you could be found guilty of is trespassing. But if they know you're carrying, generally it would mean that you have broken other laws.

I'm obviously not a lawyer, nor am I familiar with laws in different states.

In a lot of places they can ask you to leave. If you REFUSE you can then be considered trespassing. But I'm with ya: If they see it when I'm trying to conceal then something's not right.

[Don Robison]

You did the right thing with the AR.

However, with the Kimber..........?

Gun owners need to obey all the rules all the time, especially in todays
environment.

Whether or not you agree with the rules is irrelevant.

Depends on what state he's in, for example in FL those signs hold the same legal authority as used toilet paper.

[JBnTX]

Depends on what state he's in, for example in FL those signs hold the same legal authority as used toilet paper.

You're right, I should know better than to post something like that on a gun
forum.

The CCW zealots jump on me every time.

Gun owners don't need any more enemies, and a little discretion
and maturity would go a long way in ensuring we continue to have
the right to carry concealed.

[Don Robison]

You're right, I should know better than to post something like that on a gun
forum.

The CCW zealots jump on me every time.

Gun owners don't need any more enemies, and a little discretion
and maturity would go a long way in ensuring we continue to have
the right to carry concealed.

A couple of points.

1. I'm not a CCW zealot whatever that is.

2. Carrying concealed is using discretion.

[M4tographer]

You're right, I should know better than to post something like that on a gun
forum.

The CCW zealots jump on me every time.

Gun owners don't need any more enemies, and a little discretion
and maturity would go a long way in ensuring we continue to have
the right to carry concealed.

I think there are those of us who have an aversion to anal rape, so we go about our normal lives while quietly carrying an extra tool in the waistline...much as others would carry a wallet or comb. I guarantee you couldn't pick me out of a crowd.

[96GTS]

I pack heat even in Disneyland

[mattjmcd]

Might've been meant for employees.

I was a long-time FedEx guy. We shipped guns all the time, but an employee having a gun, even in his/her car, was grounds for immediate termination.

[Rider79]

Simmer down now!! It's not like he broke the law when he walked into that FeDEX store with a concealed handgun. The worse they could have done is ask him to leave, never to come back again or charge him with tresspassing. JM2CW.

That's pretty much how it is in Nevada with the exception of courthouses and places like that.