Buffalo Wild Wings and No Guns

Was in there a week ago for a work function and didn't know. A buddy and I went to the head at one point and he noticed me "adjusting". He carries semi-regularly and knew about the policy... "hey man, they've got a sign on the door"... "oh, really?"

So I went out and looked for the "sign" and it took me a minute. I usually look for a big red circle-X with a gun in it and this was just big white letters right in the middle of the door... I totally missed it until I left.

The fact that it's so big is clearly meant as [something more than] simply corporate following the suggestions of the lawyers. Somebody in BWW upper management is obviously very anti-gun and chose this course of action.

http://www.netgunsmith.com/2013/01/buffalo-wild-wings-becomes-a-gun-free-zone/

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I would help them advertise their noble decision to ban guns from the premises. I would write all the local gun clubs, ranges, and sporting goods stores in the area, and attach a picture of their front door in the e-mails. I know I would appreciate someone letting me know of their policy before I wasted a drop of gasoline driving there.
 
As far as I know they can't make you stop carrying. They can ban you from the restaurant if they find out but if it's concealed it's concealed and I don't believe a company can make it illegal to carry a gun on their premises
 
As far as I know they can't make you stop carrying. They can ban you from the restaurant if they find out but if it's concealed it's concealed and I don't believe a company can make it illegal to carry a gun on their premises
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This is worth checking out the local/state law. In many states, the business owner (or his representative) can ask you to leave, and if you refuse you can be charged with trespassing, but otherwise there's nothing inherently illegal about carrying in a private business where guns are prohibited.

But, I believe there are a few places where this is not the case, and simply carrying inside a private establishment where it's prohibited is actually illegal.
 
"BUFFALO WILD WINGS BANS GUNS ON THESE PREMISES"

(Because gang-bangers and felons who ignore the law as a matter of course will suddenly come to Jesus over this stupid sign. Now don't you feel safer?)​
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There, I fixed it for them.
 
As far as I know they can't make you stop carrying. They can ban you from the restaurant if they find out but if it's concealed it's concealed and I don't believe a company can make it illegal to carry a gun on their premises
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Depends on the state. In a lot of states, signs like this carry force of law; if you carry there and they find out, they can have you arrested.
 
As far as I know they can't make you stop carrying. They can ban you from the restaurant if they find out but if it's concealed it's concealed and I don't believe a company can make it illegal to carry a gun on their premises
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Bad advice your giving there. Here in Texas if a store has a 30.06 or a 51% sign then you are not allowed to carry and is a felony if caught even with your CCW.
 
Not necessarilly bad advice, the guy just said it wrong. THAT sign in Texas is not a legal way to bar anyone from carrying a concealled weapon. Only a 30.06 or a 51% sign can do that, this particular sign is a joke. Oh yes they can ask you to leave but no one is getting arrested or being confiscated, only escorted out and then what about the bill?
 
TMD, it varies by state. In Missouri, that sign would have no force of law, unless a) the carrier were noticed, and b) the carrier then refused to leave if asked to do so.
 
Not necessarilly bad advice, the guy just said it wrong. THAT sign in Texas is not a legal way to bar anyone from carrying a concealled weapon. Only a 30.06 or a 51% sign can do that, this particular sign is a joke. Oh yes they can ask you to leave but no one is getting arrested or being confiscated, only escorted out and then what about the bill?
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In Texas, yes; in other states, no. In many states, that sign would be plenty to have you arrested and charged.
 
the truth

the truth about gun free zones. I have printed and taped some of these on doors of such businesses before.

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I have never questioned the legality of these signs. I'm happy to spend my hard-earned money elsewhere and I'm not about to sit around waiting for the next looney-toon to get crazy at a gun-free zone.
 

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