Alphecca: Nebraska "No Guns" Signs

November 20, 2006

Nebraska "No Guns" Signs

As the state gears up for it's new CCW law, already folks are discussing what signs business should use to show they prohibit concealed carry firearms. The one thing I found interesting:

Businesses that don’t want weapons in their building are required to post “conspicuous notice” that handguns are banned.

You’ll be seeing signs at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus, where a gun ban is not new.

You will not see them at Wal-Mart. The company does not post signs banning concealed weapons in states with concealed-carry laws, according to an e-mail from a corporate media manager.

Good for Wal-Mart! That's why I keep buying ammo there. It's also why I will never shop at Costco.

Posted by Jeff Soyer at November 20, 2006 06:54 AM

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Right. I shop at Sam's Club.

Posted by: ben at November 20, 2006 10:56 AM

So.... does this mean they don't post signs or they don't prohibit concealed weapons, or both?

Posted by: MD at November 20, 2006 02:14 PM

MD,

They take the default position of not posting signs against concealed carry, which (if there are no other laws to the contrary) generally makes it OK.

There are some states where carrying concealed in a place that sells alcohol (even for off-premisies consumption) is forbidden. In those cases they do post against concealed carry, but that's due to legal requirements, not corporate policy.

No, I don't work for Wal-Mart. I just recall this being hashed out in a thread at The High Road (or some other, similar, site).

Posted by: Aubrey Turner at November 20, 2006 02:23 PM

Wal-Mart's friendliness to CCW is why it's a semi-joking tradition for people to make it their first trip out with their new CCW permit (and piece). Most folks buy more ammo.

Posted by: KCSteve at November 20, 2006 03:45 PM

Splains why the Democrats are always attacking Walmart. All things become clear to those that wait.

Posted by: Wyostk at November 20, 2006 07:50 PM

Wal Mart in the SF Bay Area no longer sells guns or ammo. They caved here and it pisses me off since there is no other place to go for it.

Posted by: Ron at November 21, 2006 11:13 AM

My Wal-MArt down on the Peninsula still sells ammo, I bought 100-rounds of .30 Carbine on National Ammo Day. :-)
As far as gun-sales, what I heard and read was that they ran into trouble with the typically (very) inexperienced staff vs. the myriad of CA forms and gun-regulations (designed as intended to thwart gun-purchases) that MUZT to-be filled out Juszt Eggzakkly Zo!! Between the white-forms, blue-forms, and yellow-copies, some of them went in the wrong binders and during an audit got them in hot water with the CA-DOJ who love to make gun-trouble.
Costco has never sold guns or ammo, but sometimes they have a Gun-Safe on sale.

Posted by: DirtCrashr at November 21, 2006 01:43 PM

In Texas, there is a very clear and explicit description of the the required sign in the CHL law--the sign that must be posted to prohibit concealed carry. Any other sign is legally invalid.

Here, Walmart posts signs saying that entering the store with a concealed handgun but without a CHL is prohibited. The sign is kind of silly, but I guess their heart is in the right place.

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Nebraska "No Guns" Signs

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