'No Guns' Signs in Libraries Don't Work

Photo Credit: Adrian D. Garcia of The Beacon

"No Guns" signs in libraries don't work.  Criminals and law-abiding citizens still bring in their guns:

• "Argument in Study Area Led to Downtown Library Shooting, Police Say," by Kelly Lecker, The Columbus Dispatch, 12 June 2017.

"No Guns" signs don't even apply in many cases:

• "Can I Bring My Gun to the Library?," by Carrie O’Maley Voliva, Public Libraries Online, 29 July 2015.

By the way, the American Library Association tries to take away Second Amendment rights, even blaming guns and the National Rifle Association for terrorism, and working to force the Florida Library Association to reverse its position in support of Stand Your Ground gun laws:

• "ALA Blames Guns, NRA for Terrorism at Orlando Gay Bar," by Dan Kleinman, SafeLibraries, 12 June 2016.
• "FLA Flips ALA the Bird on Florida's Stand Your Ground Law," by Dan Kleinman, SafeLibraries, 19 March 2014.
• "Guns and Libraries; Resources on Gun Safety Laws, Statistics, and Developing Policies," by Karen Muller, American Libraries, 12 June 2017.

Likely as a result of ALA interference, local libraries sometimes have to be officially ordered to take down the phoney "No Guns" signs or threatened into doing so:

• "Update: Columbia Library Changes Gun Signage After Threat of Lawsuit," by Brad Bergner and Carter Stoddard, The Columbia Missourian, 16 February 2017.
• "Attorney General Issues Ultimatum on Guns in the Library," by Al Whitaker, WHNT News 19, 19 January 2017.
• "Windsor Library Changes Weapons Policy," by Adrian D. Garcia, Coloradoan, 25 September 2014.

So if you see a sign saying "No Guns" in your library, that's like a magnet for criminals with guns, and you, as a law-abiding citizen, can feel free to ignore the sign, depending on your state laws. "No Guns" signs in libraries don't work.

Happy hunting!

NOTE ADDED 21 FEBRUARY 2018:

“A gun-free zone is let’s go in and let’s attack,” says @realDonaldTrump @POTUS

Ditto for #libraries: https://t.co/15yF3SU6FY#guncontrol

— Dan Kleinman (@SafeLibraries) February 21, 2018

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