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This may be a stupid question, but please bear with me.

During my CHL class, we were told that the 'gunbusters' sign has no legal meaning. The other day I walked into my bank, and as I'm trying to get into the habit of noticing the signing on buildings, I see that the only signage this bank has is the very, very small 'gunbusters' sign.

It would seem to me that carrying in a bank is an automatic no-no. (I wasn't carrying since my plastic has not yet arrived, but I wanted to know about carrying in a bank.
Surely it can't be legal to carry in a bank?

it IS legal to carry in a bank, UNLESS they have the proper 30.06 signage

If you are correct, and I have no reason to doubt you. . .then that is just bizarre, lol

I carry in my bank every time I dare to go inside.
Right past their non-30.06-compliant gunbuster.

Banks are NOT off limits by law (as of this date).
Re-read CHL-16, 46.03 and 46.035 starting on page 36 specifically.

Why would a bank be off limits??? (why would any place be off limits?, but that's another thread entirely. )
Does YOUR bank have an armed guard? I haven't seen an armed guard in a bank branch in a looooong time.

dwsintxs wrote:If you are correct, and I have no reason to doubt you. . .then that is just bizarre, lol

Why bizarre they are a business just like wal-mart, I know it feels funny but there really is no difference.

dwsintxs wrote:If you are correct, and I have no reason to doubt you. . .then that is just bizarre, lol

Why do you think it's bizarre?

Look at it this way......
Does a "no guns here" law prevent crazies from bringing guns into schools?
Does any law or any sign prevent crazies from committing robbery, murder, etc?

So, why should honest people be disarmed and give the dishonest people further advantage to harm us?

Why do you feel any less safe with CHL allowed in a bank? Prohibiting CHL in a bank would only make it easier for the bad guys, who don't really care that their guns are not allowed. They're about to commit a much worse crime than carrying a gun into a prohibited place. If a law against bank robbery won't stop them, why would a no guns law.?

dwsintxs wrote: .then that is just bizarre, lol

I have to question why you are getting your CHL if you do not feel that it is YOUR RIGHT to legally carry your weapon for self defense purposes at as many locations as possible. and if i had my way(which I do not), there would be NO LIMITS to where I could carry.

I will admit, the first time I actually carried in a bank, it felt weird.
But now, when I have to go somewhere disarmed it feels much more weird.

How weird would you feel if the bank you're in is being robbed and the robber decided he'd start shooting customers and was working his way to you?

dwsintxs wrote:This may be a stupid question, but please bear with me.

During my CHL class, we were told that the 'gunbusters' sign has no legal meaning. The other day I walked into my bank, and as I'm trying to get into the habit of noticing the signing on buildings, I see that the only signage this bank has is the very, very small 'gunbusters' sign.

It would seem to me that carrying in a bank is an automatic no-no. (I wasn't carrying since my plastic has not yet arrived, but I wanted to know about carrying in a bank.
Surely it can't be legal to carry in a bank?

Since you're waiting on your plastic to arrive...... where and when did you take your CHL class?
Did your instructor not cover signage and places you may and may not carry? Just wondering.
BTW, I think very, very small 'gunbuster' signs are cute. They always make me smile.

dwsintxs wrote:If you are correct, and I have no reason to doubt you. . .then that is just bizarre, lol

You're not from around here, are you?

Seriously, when I first got my CHL, I kind of felt the same way. I knew it was legal if not posted 30.06, but I still felt like I must be breaking some law or other the first time I walked into my bank brand, armed. You can take the boy out of California pretty quick, it turns out; but it takes a bit longer to take the California out of the boy. . . . . . .and I was already a conservative and gun-owner when I got here.

dwsintxs wrote:If you are correct, and I have no reason to doubt you. . .then that is just bizarre, lol

Welcome to the forum. You're not from around here, are you?

The Annoyed Man wrote:

dwsintxs wrote:If you are correct, and I have no reason to doubt you. . .then that is just bizarre, lol

You're not from around here, are you?

Seriously, when I first got my CHL, I kind of felt the same way. I knew it was legal if not posted 30.06, but I still felt like I must be breaking some law or other the first time I walked into my bank brand, armed. You can take the boy out of California pretty quick, it turns out; but it takes a bit longer to take the California out of the boy. . . . . . .and I was already a conservative and gun-owner when I got here.

That's funny. I didn't read all the way down to your post. Wow!

As a banker I can assure you, absent proper 30.06 signage it's legal. I carry everyday. Not for the guy that wants money. He's easy....give him the money calmly and get him out. My concern is the person that doesn't want money. That's why I carry.

When I was in Arlington before my employer forced me to move to Austin there
was a credit union I did busisness with they had a gun buster sign I ignored it


WHAT EVER YOU DO DO NOT EDUCATE THE IDIOTS THAT PUT UP GUN BUSTER SIGNS
THEY WILL USUALLY REPLACE THEM WITH VALID SIGNS. THEN THERE WILL BE MORE OFF
LIMITS PLACES .LET THE FOOLS HAVE THEIR FOOLISHNESS

What is bizarre is the understanding of the laws by the general population - including business owners and bank management. Let's face it, there are 10s of 1,000s of laws and unless you have spent time trying to understand the specific ones related to a specific area, you will probably get it wrong.

My neighbors think it is fine to put their garage sale signs in my front lawn. There is a utility easement along the front of my property and and a previous owner put up a metal horse fence behind it. People assume that means that the town owns the space between the fence and the road and that they can do as they will. The town has a specific ordnance that says any kind of sign can ONLY be placed on private property and only with the permission of the land owner so if it were municipal property, the sign would be illegal. The town employs several code enforcement people who spend part of their day removing signs placed on municipal property and citing the owners if they can find them.

My point is this. There is only a very small segment of the population that understands firearms laws but a large segment that THINKS that they do, just like my neighbors with their signs. Obviously, if you put up a gun buster sign, no one should be able to bring a gun into the building, right? And if you think that banks are bizarre, you should ask people about church buildings. The general assumption seems to be that churches are or should be off limits to firearms. One quote is "why would anyone ever believe that it is legal to have gun in a church?" The correct answer is, of course, someone who actually read the law and didn't just assume it was what they wanted the law to be.

To echo a previous post, allow the fools their foolishness. And by all means smile while doing it.