Posted bank robbed.

[FatSlob]

http://www.wcpo.com/news/2004/local/07/21/bank_rob.html

5/3 Bank has a policy and signage banning in their Ohio locations.

[MrBenchley]

1. Gee, if only they had fuckwits with guns wandering through constantly....

[CO Liberal]

2. Banks are Robbed All The Time

Even though there are laws against it.

Using the typical pro-gun "logic", should we repeal the laws against bank robbery? :shrug:

[FatSlob]

4. And they seem (to me) to be robbed more often

around here if they are posted. 5/3 Bank is the only bank in the area to post.

[CO Liberal]

6. And If I Lived in Ohio, 5/3 Would Be My Bank

[FatSlob]

14. If y ou want to put yourself at risk, be my guest.

ATTENTION CRIMINALS: 5/3 Bank is a GUN FREE ZONE. All law-abiding patrons have been disarmed for your pleasure. Regards, The Management.

[Wickerman]

27. Hey, FS - it is with great pleasure I award you the

long may you speculate!

[FatSlob]

28. But no stat was given.

Only opinion.

[MrBenchley]

7. Evidently we're supposed to let

neurotics mill about with guns in the lobbies...

Now, why wouldn't a bank, or it's depositors, want armed loonies clogging the premises? Can anyone guess?

[slackmaster]

3. Maybe the robber couldn't read the signs

A lot of career criminals are illiterate or have uncorrected vision problems.

Get all the criminals' eyes checked and teach them to read, and this problem will surely go away.

:dunce:

[TX-RAT]

5. Had somebody had a gun, would it have made any difference?

Had somebody had a gun, would it have been wise to get involved.

[CO Liberal]

8. That Seems to be the Pro-Gunner Fantasy

That someone with a gun would be able to prevent each and every crime. You'd stand a better chance of hearing Ted Nugent saying something intelligent.

[MrBenchley]

9. You'll notice the entrire case for concelaed carry

is based on the sort of idiotic and pathetic fantasies that used to make up men's adventure magazines in the 50's and 60s...



Or on John Lott's phony research

[FatSlob]

15. Depends on the situation.

I personally will not get involved unless the criminal aims the gun at an innocent or makes remarks or actions so as to seem to be about to actually use the gun on an innocent.

[TX-RAT]

17. Not a bad answer.

But. Most likely the first thing their going to do is point that weapon at someone. Are you going to get in a shootout in the middle of a crowded bank just because he pointed a weapon at someone?

[FatSlob]

20. I can not give a definative answer to cover all eventualities.

Each time would have a different set of circumstances. I would have to evaluate the circumstances as they happened. What type of crowd, accomplices, likelihood of a quick police response, actions of the criminal, too many factors to give you a set answer.

[TX-RAT]

25. too many factors to give you a set answer.

Yep.
Enough factors to give a person a headache.But a least you recognize the factors, and the consequences.

[FatSlob]

26. I hope so, and I think my students do too.

Thanks.

[CO Liberal]

18. "Depends" May Be The Operative Word...

Because I'm sure that if faced with such a situation, many people would simply piss their pants.

[FatSlob]

21. Doesn't seem to happen.

Scott Thomas is a bank manager and a friend of mine. He has been robbed twice. None of the times did anybody lose control of bodily funtions.

[Retired AF Dem]

29. Just because you have that problem

does not mean every non cop or military does. :)

[rocktivity]

10. He held up the bank and fled?

Hope he was wearing one of those special belts!

:silly:
rocknation

[Fescue4u]

11. Ironically. The first thing the bank does is call a man with a gun

After being held up.

Assuming of course they don't kill the bank employees.

[TX-RAT]

12. Had you been there with a gun.

What would you have done?

[Fescue4u]

22. It depends...

My response would vary from doing nothing and handing over my money, to shooting the perpetrator.

But one thing is for sure, if I were in the bank when that happenes, I would have OPTIONS, that the zealots try to deny me.

[MrBenchley]

13. Even more ironically, the man they call

isn't just some numbnutz who wanders in off the street....nor do they dial numbers at random hoping to find some citizen with a pistol permit.

I think they call somebody in a unique profession....

[Fescue4u]

23. Don't forget about the Australian, crap your pants defense

btw, ask your teacher to explain the word ironic to you bob.

[MrBenchley]

24. You must mean "RKBA your pants"

[LibLabUK]

16. post hoc ergo propter hoc. n/t

[Bowline]

19. Criminals don't read signs...so what.

This has no bearing on law abiding gun owners.