Posted on 03/21/2005 4:32:24 AM PST by marktwain
The following is a report from Emmett McCarthy about a bank, AmSouth, refusing to accept the Handgun Carry Permit as a form of identification, even though they accept other forms of government ID.
I was on my way to renew my drivers' license and had a $100 check in my wallet from a customer. It was not written on my bank, but on another bank (AmSouth) which has a branch inside my local grocery store. I decided to just cash it there instead of going to my own bank. I stood in line, presented the check, thumbprinted it and gave the teller my drivers' license which had a chunk missing off the corner because it sits in my wallet in my backpocket all day. She said that since my drivers' license was "mutilated", she'd need another form of ID.
I gave her my Handgun Carry Permit (HCP) which is a laminated state-issued photo ID containing all the same information as the DL. It's the only other ID I carry, unless they were going to accept my "Liberry Card", which has no photo. The teller told me that she could not accept that as ID. I said that anybody and their dog Spot can get a DL but that an HCP requires state and federal background checks so why should it be a problem? I need to emphasize that I always use my DL first and only use the HCP if I'm asked for a 2nd ID. I was polite and respectful at all times.
When I got home, I called AmSouth's administrative offices and, at first, the lady told me that they accept any gov't.-issued ID, but then she talked to her supervisor and came back on the line and said that there are some gov't.-issued IDs that they don't accept and HCPs are one of them. I then asked what other types of gov't.-issued IDs they don't accept, but she had no answer. I've e-mailed AmSouth, but have only had the usual acknowledgement that they've received the e-mail and no real reply.
The policy is not just prejudicial but irrationally prejudicial since, as I said, HCP holders have been subject to some real scrutiny while a DL doesn't even necessarily mean that a person's even in the country legally.
The e-mail address there at AmSouth is: moreinfo@amsouth.com and perhaps getting that out there would put a few (thousand?) more protests in their inbox.
Has anyone else had experience with using an HCP or CCW as identification?
Emmett McCarthy
Perhaps others can relate their experiences as well.
I wish I had your problem, sir.
What city did this happen in?
Makarov 9x18mm (also in .380)
;-)
I bwt if a socialist democrat insurgent showed their "abortion permit" they would have excepted it.
Obviously, this is political against the right to carry guns, and so STOP USING THEIR SERVICES - put them out of business, just like when K-Mart stopped selling guns in their store, and was using the anti-gun Rosi odum-ass as an advertisment agent and look what happened to them! Bankrupt, and now sold.
You can get a Florida ID if you want. Provided you do all of the paperwork, they'll issue an ID nationwide. Granted, it's no good without reciprocity, but it will still get you CCW in a number of states.
I recently used my GA carry permit as an acceptable ID to be added to a safe deposit box at a Bank One in KY, so it must be up to the individual banks.
Where are the Sigs? Are you prejudiced or something? lol
I've got that montage on a T-shirt :-)
"Why do you people like to use this as ID?"
i'd have replied...
'Why do people like you like to bitch about it?'
Ruger P90TH. Anything less is just that.
Bet they'd accept a "Registered Terrorist" ID.
Thank you.
The problem probably isn't AmSouth. As you demonstrated, they couldn't come up with their policy on WHAT government IDs are not accepted. The problem more likely is some pencil-neck at the branch who is so afraid of handguns that his/her mind shuts down at the sight of any piece of paper related to them. In that persons' ignorant mind, the permit is equivalent to some undefined proof of criminality, whereas in reality it is proof of a higher level of scrutiny of identification and character.
We have enough problems with the liberals blaming guns rather than criminals already. Let's not fall into the same trap. AK-47's and Makarov's had no responsibility at all for US deaths. They are inanimate objects and there was always a human being that loaded them, aimed them and pulled the trigger.
Those same AK's have been and are being used by our own troops in Afghanistan and Iraq as well as by our allies like the Poles and the Israelis.
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