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"Violating the posted signs denies permission to be on the private property. You are now guilty of trespassing; I believe it is automatically bumped up so long as there is a posted sign at each entrance to misdemeanor trespass, and carries a $1,000 fine and up to a year in jail as the penalty."

I love Missouri's conceal and carry law -

(15) Any private property whose owner has posted the premises as being off-limits to concealed firearms by means of one or more signs displayed in a conspicuous place of a minimum size of eleven inches by fourteen inches with the writing thereon in letters of not less than one inch. The owner, business or commercial lessee, manager of a private business enterprise, or any other organization, entity, or person may prohibit persons holding a concealed carry endorsement from carrying concealed firearms on the premises and may prohibit employees, not authorized by the employer, holding a concealed carry endorsement from carrying concealed firearms on the property of the employer. If the building or the premises are open to the public, the employer of the business enterprise shall post signs on or about the premises if carrying a concealed firearm is prohibited. Possession of a firearm in a vehicle on the premises shall not be a criminal offense so long as the firearm is not removed from the vehicle or brandished while the vehicle is on the premises. An employer may prohibit employees or other persons holding a concealed carry endorsement from carrying a concealed firearm in vehicles owned by the employer;

Now what is the penalty for violating number 15? Read on -

2. Carrying of a concealed firearm in a location specified in subdivisions (1) to (17) of subsection 1 of this section by any individual who holds a concealed carry endorsement issued pursuant to sections 571.101 to 571.121 shall not be a criminal act but may subject the person to denial to the premises or removal from the premises. If such person refuses to leave the premises and a peace officer is summoned, such person may be issued a citation for an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars for the first offense. If a second citation for a similar violation occurs within a six-month period, such person shall be fined an amount not to exceed two hundred dollars and his or her endorsement to carry concealed firearms shall be suspended for a period of one year. If a third citation for a similar violation is issued within one year of the first citation, such person shall be fined an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars and shall have his or her concealed carry endorsement revoked and such person shall not be eligible for a concealed carry endorsement for a period of three years.

So if you leave peacefully and no summons is issued, no crime is committed.

So if you leave peacefully and no summons is issued, no crime is committed.

So what happens if a madman (or mad woman) bursts into the premises and starts shooting to kill as many people as he can? And thus a CC weapon holder, draws his handgun and shoots the madman, thus saving countless lives. What happens to the CC weapon holder who brought his weapon onto the premises in violation of the posted warning but saved countless lives?

So if you leave peacefully and no summons is issued, no crime is committed.

So what happens if a madman (or mad woman) bursts into the premises and starts shooting to kill as many people as he can? And thus a CC weapon holder, draws his handgun and shoots the madman, thus saving countless lives. What happens to the CC weapon holder who brought his weapon onto the premises in violation of the posted warning but saved countless lives?