The sign above was posted on the front door of my church, Trinity Lutheran of South Milwaukee, last week, with the advent of the concealed carry law in Wisconsin on Tuesday.
The city, too, has also banned concealed weapons in city-owned buildings, including the City Hall complex and the library.
I’m wondering what other businesses, churches and organizations are doing to react to the law. Are weapons banned at your church or favorite restaurant or shop? Let me know what you’re seeing. And do you agree with the decision? Also, are you carrying, or expecting to carry, in the near future? If so, when and where? And why?
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I heard a news report that the law exempts establishments that allow guns from liability related to any gun-related incident that occurs on that property, but establishments that don’t allow guns can be sued. An acquaintance says the opposite is the case. Which is right?
Jerrianne: Not sure. This story from the Janesville Gazette sheds some light on the subject. As much as I hate to think a business or church could be held liable for a death because they made the individual choice to not allow weapons on their premises, it looks like that is possible …
http://www.gazettextra.com/news/2011/nov/03/businesses-liability-issue-when-considering-whethe/
I “think” the whole purpose of this liability immunity section of the law is to prevent somebody from suing an establishment solely because they decided NOT to post a “no guns allowed” sign. The concern was that, like it or not, the state allows concealed carry and the state decided that if a business wishes to allow a legal carry – just like somebody walking down the street – they should not have to worry about if somebody gets shot they will be liable only because they didn’t ban it. (Sort of like if I got shot in City Hall last week, it wasn’t the fault of City Hall). Negligence would still be there (last week and this week) if they should have known that a situation was brewing and did nothing.
You know, the only people that are going to follow these signs are the good people–the bad guys aren’t. I’d rather be in a place were the good guys can bring their guns because the bad guys might cross those places off their list.
Banning guns like this is just putting up a sign that says, “Easy target.”
John – you are correct. The thing that I never see discussed, though (except when I mentioned it on a previous post here), is what is happening to the guns that are being carried by law-abiding citizens when they enter one of these establishments? I doubt that is someone is only going to go to one place and then leave their gun home. Most likely, those guns will stay in the car – where they will be real easy targets for thieves.