Crime and Courts: Want to keep guns out of your home? Buy a 'no-gun' sign from the city

madison.com ^ | 12 nov 2011 | Steven Elbow

[TigersEye]

Maybe even OCD.

[xkaydet65]

Why even bother to post such an inane unconnected string of musings?

[Kickass Conservative]

Obviously just to upset you.

Lighten up Francis.

[Tainan]

I, fr the most part agree. This is open to a number of interpretations.
IMO, if someone is all that concerned about "strange guns in their home (whatever they may think that means), a better sign would be, just inside the door:

Please place all firearms on table when entering home.
They will be returned upon exit.
Thank you kindly, Homeowner

[5th MEB]

They don't seem to get it, a 3 inch blade is not necessary, it's the slashing cuts that kill you, the stabbing cuts can be treated. When you are slashed length wise on the arms, legs, or torso you bleed out before EMS can get to you. I give you the box cutter

[Gaffer]

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.

[xrmusn]

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.

[AnalogReigns]

“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....

[SIDENET]

My policy when CC at somebody's house:

I don't say, and they don't know.

Problem solved.

[SIDENET]

LOL, that sign only served to remind me that I need a .357 in stainless.

[supercat]

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.

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.