Posted on 11/12/2011 2:09:02 PM PST by rellimpank
Now that Wisconsin allows people to carry concealed guns, here's one thing you might want to know: That includes your home. That means that everyone from the Mary Kay lady to the plumber can come into your home packing heat, unless you tell them they can't, or unless you post a sign.
The law, which allows people to apply for licenses to carry concealed guns, knives, Tasers and billy clubs, went into effect on Nov. 1.
People who oppose the law -- according to some polls they make up the majority of the state -- might be put off at having to stick a sign on their door to keep guns out of the home. But I think it beats having to tell everyone who comes to the door that they need to put their gun in the car.
So I'm going to buy a sign, which are being sold at the Madison City Clerk's office in Room 103 of the City-County Building at 210 Martin Luther King Blvd., from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The sign, a 5-inch-by-7-inch vinyl sticker, costs $5.
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Maybe even OCD.
Why even bother to post such an inane unconnected string of musings?
Obviously just to upset you.
Lighten up Francis.
I’d say ole Steve is an effing idiot! I hope he has the sign in his front yard near the street. I’d hate to have the cruiser drive-bys go door-to-door looking for an idiot.
Just because you forbid others from being armed on your property in no way implies that you’re unarmed.
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I had a friend (Ret USMC COL) who had been raised in pre state Alaska, did 35 in the Corps, had a well stocked home etc who got VERY upset with me for bringing a loaded pistol into his home without his knowledge.
His ‘theory’ being you carried for safety etc and if you didn’t feel ‘safe’ in his home, don’t come in.
I took it to the Military feeling that once on base the MP’s etal would ‘protect’ you - of course this was before Ft Hood and he had already passed by the time Ft Hood happened so I was unable to ‘question’ him on it.
“If anyone on FR believes a person does not have the right to deny a visitor the right to carry a firearm in their own home,than you believe property rights mean nothing”
You’re right, of course, in principle.... You certainly have the right to ban someone carrying a weapon into your home (or ban them for any other reason). However, given concealed carry laws, why would you let ANYONE into your home if you were afraid of them?
Besides that what criminal is going to ponder “Let’s see, does he mean HE doesn’t have a gun, or that he doesn’t want mine there? Hmmmmmm....” NO!
A criminal will look for any sign of weakness—and a “no-guns” sign will look like just the opposite of an “Insured by SMITH AND WESSON” sign.
Given 2 houses...surely he’d go to the “no guns” house first...as very likely it’d be owned by an anti-gun zealot....
I don't say, and they don't know.
Problem solved.
LOL, that sign only served to remind me that I need a .357 in stainless.
A homeowner who discovers that a visitor is armed against his wishes has the right to demand that the visitor leave. A homeowner who wishes to discover if a visitor is armed has the right to demand that the visitor either consent to a search or leave. If a homeowner wants to search all visitors before they enter, the homeowner should have the right to do so. A homeowner who lets someone in without being searched retains the right to demand at some later time that the person either permit a search or leave. Visitors, however, retain the right to leave without being searched.
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