#1903885 - 03/10/14 07:01 PM
Re: Concealed Carry in FIs
manimal
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In 20+ years of carying the only day I left mine at home was the day they tried to rob our bank. I have never forgotten it since. It's posts like this that worry me. What would you have done if you'd had your weapon the day the robber entered? You don't have to answer, but I just want people to think about what others with a CC weapon might do in such a situation and why it may be a safer option to put that sign up and prohibit it altogether. Thats exactly what I was thinking when I saw this post. I carry at times but I NEVER EVER EVER want to be responsible for taking a life. At the same time I will not allow anything to happen to my family if I can prevent it. In regards to money or material things I say who cares... take my watch at wallet but don't touch my family.
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#1903915 - 03/10/14 07:40 PM
Re: Concealed Carry in FIs
RR Joker
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My take was that if someone who usually carries gets shot, they have a claim because the outcome may have been different had they had their gun. That is exactly one way they pointed out why they did not want us to post. Here is a good article that talks about the liability issues that MAY come up, of course until our state has case law to back it up it is all a guessing game. http://forum.opencarry.org/forums/showthread.php?97657-Posting-no-guns-signs-carries-liabilityBut the new law raises several questions about liabilities and insurance coverage if someone is injured by a concealed weapon brought onto the property.
“Property owners or occupants who do not prohibit an individual from carrying a concealed weapon on their premises are immune from any liability arising from their decision,” says Ron Von Haden, CIC, Executive Vice President of the Professional Insurance Agents of Wisconsin (PIAW). “Conversely, if a business prohibits concealed carry, it may be accepting some liability for the actions of customers and employees arising from the use of a concealed weapon.”
If a business doesn’t prohibit concealed carry and an employee brings a weapon to work and that weapon falls on the floor, discharging and wounding a customer, the business owner is “immune from any liability arising out of its decision” under the law.
However, if the business prohibits weapons, then it has no such immunity. So the customer could presumably sue the business for negligence in failing to enforce its no weapons policy.
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