Farm and Fleet banning guns?

Wisconsin Farm & Fleet stores may be Free-fire zones for the bad guys soon. From AmmoLand.Com

Farm and Fleet Stores Post Anti-Gun Signage
Wednesday, December 29th, 2010 at 5:30 PM
Tags: Anti Gun SympathizersGun Free ZonesWCIWisconsinWisconsin CarryWisconsin Carry Inc

Farm and Fleet Stores Post Anti-Gun Signage
Blains Farm and Fleet

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Wisconsin Carry

Wisconsin Carry

Wisconsin --(Ammoland.com)- Wisconsin Carry takes an “all of the above” approach to protecting and advancing the right to carry in Wisconsin.

In the past, individual members, and WCI as an organization have had success in getting stores who post signs prohibiting carry to take the signs down and allow carry as state law provides.

We don’t have the resources to get involved every time a store or business posts a “no firearms” sign, but we do look at situations on a case by case basis and if we believe there is an issue that affects a large number of members where we can make a difference, we may get involved.

This is one of those situations.

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My comment to http://www.farmandfleet.com/customer_care/default.aspx :

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I understand that your corporate office has decided to make Wisconsin Farm & Fleet stores "gun free zones" by posting signs advising that legally carrying a defensive firearm is prohibited in these stores.

As a private business, Farm & Fleet has every right to make such a decision - but is it the correct one for today's world?

The only persons who will be affected by this rule are the law-abiding customers who would never cause a problem. Criminals are likely to see these signs as an invitation to commit an armed robbery, knowing that there could be no defensive response by the customers or employees.

Wisconsin may soon join the other 48 states that do not prohibit their citizens from carrying a concealed weapon for defense. Open carry is already legal in Wisconsin, and many of the restrictive laws now on our books may be repealed by our new legislators. Will you still prohibit law-abiding folks from being able to protect themselves in your parking lots if these laws change?

I understand one of your customers was attacked in the parking lot of a store near Madison. If you prohibit your customers from having the means to defend themselves, you may find your stores losing business to other companies without this kind of restriction.

Please rethink your decision. If one of your customers is injured or killed because he or she could not defend themselves on account of leaving their gun home so they could shop, you would bear some of the responsibility for the crime, as an enabler of the criminal.

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Let 'em know this is not a good idea...