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WI Man who stopped robbery ordered to meet with DA

11BravoCrunchie11BravoCrunchie Member Posts: 33,423 ✭✭
edited February 2012 in General Discussion
http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/138435769.html

North side customer ordered to meet with DA after firing at robbers

MILWAUKEE- The customer who fired at two robbers on Milwaukee's north side Monday night could find himself in trouble.

Despite the fact he prevented a robbery at Aldi's grocery store at N. 76th and W. Villard Ave., he still had gun inside the store, where concealed carry is not allowed.

Police say two men carrying shotguns walked into the Aldi's; as the men attempted to steal the cash, they were met by a third gunman -- this one, a customer. That customer fired at the robbers, hitting one.

Don Gaspardo supports concealed carry and backs the actions of the customer. "I believe everyone should carry a gun just because something like this," said Gaspardo.

Police are looking into whether that man had a concealed weapon and the fact that the customer may have broken the law by having a weapon inside Aldi. The store has signs forbidding guns.

James Wells, a regular at the Aldi's, appreciates what the man did, but he argues the law is the law. "That's the main question. Why did he have a gun you're not suppose to take a concealed weapon inside the store unless you're a police officer?" asked Wells. "Even if he had a gun permit, he wasn't suppose to be in the store with a weapon."

The customer has been ordered to meet with the DA Wednesday. As for the suspects, both men are in police custody.

Comments

  • armilitearmilite Member Posts: 35,490 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Heard about that at work today hopefully he'll just get off with a fine.
  • nutfinnnutfinn Member Posts: 12,808 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Why can't you carry in Aldi? I tote gun in Piggly Wiggly [:D]
  • CyclonusCyclonus Member Posts: 2,825
    edited November -1
    I believe the charges will be dropped as that is just the stores policy now had this have occured in a government building that would be a whole different story.
  • nutfinnnutfinn Member Posts: 12,808 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Cyclonus
    I believe the charges will be dropped as that is just the stores policy now had this have occured in a government building that would be a whole different story.
    If it is a store policy, I would not shop in Aldi [:(!]
  • ruger41ruger41 Member Posts: 14,665 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Is WI a state where if there is a no guns sign that you can lose your permit if caught carrying in there? They can put those signs up here in WA but they are meaningless with the exception of Gov't buildings. If for some reason a person was outted as having a gun in a store with a no guns sign here in WA the store can ask you to leave but thats the extent of it--unless you refuse and then the law gets involved.
  • 11BravoCrunchie11BravoCrunchie Member Posts: 33,423 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by ruger41
    Is WI a state where if there is a no guns sign that you can lose your permit if caught carrying in there? They can put those signs up here in WA but they are meaningless with the exception of Gov't buildings. If for some reason a person was outted as having a gun in a store with a no guns sign here in WA the store can ask you to leave but thats the extent of it--unless you refuse and then the law gets involved.



    I think it's just up to a $1000 fine for carrying where you're not supposed to carry.
  • bpostbpost Member Posts: 32,669 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I am a very regular shopper at Aldi's. If their policy is no guns in store then I become a no-shop at Aldi's.
  • DocDoc Member Posts: 13,898 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Wait, all stores in WI are off limits or only those posted no carry?

    If the latter, why the hell would anyone defend a store posted no carry? I would stand back, watch the robbery go down, then yell at the employees from outside the door that I was very sorry, but their policy forbade me from entering to lend a hand.
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  • p3skykingp3skyking Member Posts: 23,916 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks for posting this! I just shoved it up a Wisconsin pinko's *!
    [:D]
  • 11BravoCrunchie11BravoCrunchie Member Posts: 33,423 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Doc
    Wait, all stores in WI are off limits or only those posted no carry?

    If the latter, why the hell would anyone defend a store posted no carry? I would stand back, watch the robbery go down, then yell at the employees from outside the door that I was very sorry, but their policy forbade me from entering to lend a hand.



    Only those that post No Carry.
  • redhawkk480redhawkk480 Member Posts: 2,527 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    http://www.doj.state.wi.us/dles/cib/ConcealedCarry/ccw-faq-20111020.pdf

    RESTRICTIONS BY BUSINESSES AND PROPERTY OWNERS
    Can a business or property owner limit or prohibit the carrying of concealed weapons on its premises?
    Yes. The law permits certain owners and occupants of property to prohibit persons from carrying a concealed firearm in or on the property. A person may be subject to a Class B forfeiture if he or she carries a firearm on the property after being notified not to remain on the property or remain with a specific type of firearm. In the latter case, a property owner can prohibit a person form possessing a specific type of firearm on their property or any firearm. Wis. Stat. ? 943.13(1m)(b).
    In addition, property owners generally possess the right to exclude others from their property. While the specific provisions below only reference prohibiting the possession of firearms, property owners may also prohibit or restrict the possession of other weapons on their property. Violations of such restrictions may also constitute a Class B forfeiture under Wis. Stat. ? 943.13(1m)(b). Therefore, the language quoted below, while only mentioning firearms, applies with equal force to other weapons.
  • topdadtopdad Member Posts: 3,408 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I guess the two men with shotguns didn't see the sign.
    I'm sure if they had, they would have left their shotguns
    at the door.
  • DRP-AZDRP-AZ Member Posts: 2,318 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'd tell the DA, "Let's take it to the Jury, and see what they think."
  • nunnnunn Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 36,087 ******
    edited November -1
    This is Texas:

    ? 30.06. TRESPASS BY HOLDER OF LICENSE TO CARRY CONCEALED
    HANDGUN. (a) A license holder commits an offense if the license
    holder:
    (1) carries a handgun under the authority of
    Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, on property of another
    without effective consent; and
    (2) received notice that:
    (A) entry on the property by a license holder
    with a concealed handgun was forbidden; or
    (B) remaining on the property with a concealed
    handgun was forbidden and failed to depart.
    (b) For purposes of this section, a person receives notice
    if the owner of the property or someone with apparent authority to
    act for the owner provides notice to the person by oral or written
    communication.
    (c) In this section:
    (1) "Entry" has the meaning assigned by Section
    30.05(b).
    (2) "License holder" has the meaning assigned by
    Section 46.035(f).
    (3) "Written communication" means:
    (A) a card or other document on which is written
    language identical to the following: "Pursuant to Section 30.06,
    Penal Code (trespass by holder of license to carry a concealed
    handgun), a person licensed under Subchapter H, Chapter 411,
    Government Code (concealed handgun law), may not enter this
    property with a concealed handgun"; or
    (B) a sign posted on the property that:
    (i) includes the language described by
    Paragraph (A) in both English and Spanish;
    (ii) appears in contrasting colors with
    block letters at least one inch in height; and
    (iii) is displayed in a conspicuous manner
    clearly visible to the public.
    (d) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
    (e) It is an exception to the application of this section
    that the property on which the license holder carries a handgun is
    owned or leased by a governmental entity and is not a premises or
    other place on which the license holder is prohibited from carrying
    the handgun under Section 46.03 or 46.035.

    If the sign ain't correct, there is no offense.
  • Rack OpsRack Ops Member Posts: 18,596 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Doc

    If the latter, why the hell would anyone defend a store posted no carry?


    Maybe he didn't like the idea of two criminals waving shotguns around inside the store.

    Just because some is there to rob the store doesn't mean they won't shoot anybody (intentionally or unintentionally) while they're doing it.

    It only takes a second for the gun that's being waved in the cashier's face to be turned on you.
  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,505 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm sorry, I didn't see the sign because of the customers blocking it as I entered. I would turn around and file against the store for endangering my life while shopping.
  • givettegivette Member Posts: 10,886
    edited November -1
    D.A. has no case. If he did, he wouldn't be asking-real nice, like to meet in his office.

    He'd issue an arrest warrant in a heartbeat, if he had any hope to bring this to successful conclusion.

    My take, and I'm sticking with it.




    [B)]
    [:)]
    Joe
  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,505 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I wouldn't say a word without my attorney present. No fishing expedition for me.
  • mrs102mrs102 Member Posts: 1,172 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I can see where alot of things could have happened before his invitation to see the District Attorney. Obviously he wasn't arrested or cited on the spot for failing to heed the sign. If his act of shooting had been termed some kind of violation I think the police would have taken prompt action to include seizure of the firearm and his person.

    I suspect Aldi's has surveillance camera's that will (un)/justify the shooting and they will be reviewed six ways 'til Sunday. I believe a part of the Wisconsin CC law deals with protecting ones self, but is not so clear about a citizen protecting someone else (stranger).
  • LesWVaLesWVa Member Posts: 10,490 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Big question is. Who called the cops?
  • retroxler58retroxler58 Member Posts: 32,693 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    How about the DA "Request" the alleged Robbers show up at his office the day before...


    Geesh... Never a good deed goes unpunished...

    Really makes one just "WANT" to help p[eople don't it... [:(!]
  • saserbysaserby Member Posts: 1,873 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    A police officer probably filed a grievance against the guy for doing his job.
  • Alan RushingAlan Rushing Member Posts: 8,805 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by topdad
    I guess the two men with shotguns didn't see the sign.
    I'm sure if they had, they would have left their shotguns
    at the door.
    TopDad: hopefully this is the way that you meant. ( If not let me know ASAP and I'll change it. ) [:0] [;)] [B)]

    Watch them go after the customer ( guy with hand gun ). [V] [:(] [:(!]

    Would seem that they ought to reward him and then pay for his intensive 1 on 1 handgun training and continued practice sessions!
  • 1911a1-fan1911a1-fan Member Posts: 51,193 ✭✭
    edited November -1
  • shilowarshilowar Member Posts: 38,811 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'd like a Jury Trial please...
  • bigboy12bigboy12 Member Posts: 1,767 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by topdad
    I guess the two men with shotguns didn't see the sign.
    I'm sure if they had, they would have left their shotguns
    at the door.

    I wonder if the robbers will be charged with unlawful carry. Once again, an honest man gets screwed for doing the RIGHT thing.
  • bartman45bartman45 Member Posts: 3,008 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Doc
    Wait, all stores in WI are off limits or only those posted no carry?

    If the latter, why the hell would anyone defend a store posted no carry? I would stand back, watch the robbery go down, then yell at the employees from outside the door that I was very sorry, but their policy forbade me from entering to lend a hand.


    +1 I would not have said a word and let the store be cleaned out with a truck. The robbers opening fire on a customer would trump my thoughts about flying low.............
  • ManygunsManyguns Member Posts: 3,837
    edited November -1
    I think he'll be fine. Just standard operating procedure in a case like this. He may get a small fine for disregarding the sign. I would be happy to contribute to a fund that pays his fine, good on him. We need to start taking back our streets from thugs like these robbers.
    Tom
  • jev1969jev1969 Member Posts: 2,691
    edited November -1
    I suspect that it will be dropped. I doubt Aldi's want's the bad press if this guy goes to trial and the DA probably want's the whole thing to go away for the same reason being he is an elected offical.
    On the flip side I wonder if the robber that got shot can sue because Aldi's was negligent in enforcing their own rule about customers carrying guns? Stranger things have happened. [V]
  • CS8161CS8161 Member Posts: 13,596 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by topdad
    I guess the two men with shotguns didn't see the sign.
    I'm sure if they had, they would have left their shotguns
    at the door.


    BINGO!
  • drobsdrobs Member Posts: 22,620 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    There are 17 places a CCW is not allowed to carry in MO. The fine carrying in thoses & for ignoring the same sign in Missouri is $100.

    2. Carrying of a concealed firearm in a location specified in subdivisions (1) to (17) of subsection 1 of this section by any individual who holds a concealed carry endorsement issued pursuant to sections 571.101 to 571.121 shall not be a criminal act but may subject the person to denial to the premises or removal from the premises. If such person refuses to leave the premises and a peace officer is summoned, such person may be issued a citation for an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars for the first offense. If a second citation for a similar violation occurs within a six-month period, such person shall be fined an amount not to exceed two hundred dollars and his or her endorsement to carry concealed firearms shall be suspended for a period of one year. If a third citation for a similar violation is issued within one year of the first citation, such person shall be fined an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars and shall have his or her concealed carry endorsement revoked and such person shall not be eligible for a concealed carry endorsement for a period of three years. Upon conviction of charges arising from a citation issued pursuant to this subsection, the court shall notify the sheriff of the county which issued the certificate of qualification for a concealed carry endorsement and the department of revenue. The sheriff shall suspend or revoke the certificate of qualification for a concealed carry endorsement and the department of revenue shall issue a notice of such suspension or revocation of the concealed carry endorsement and take action to remove the concealed carry endorsement from the individual's driving record. The director of revenue shall notify the licensee that he or she must apply for a new license pursuant to chapter 302 which does not contain such endorsement. A concealed carry endorsement suspension pursuant to sections 571.101 to 571.121 shall be reinstated at the time of the renewal of his or her driver's license. The notice issued by the department of revenue shall be mailed to the last known address shown on the individual's driving record. The notice is deemed received three days after mailing.

    http://www.moga.mo.gov/statutes/chapters/chap571.htm
  • TempestTempest Member Posts: 1,273 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by select-fire
    I wouldn't say a word without my attorney present. No fishing expedition for me.


    Ditto!
  • bullshotbullshot Member Posts: 14,711 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I wonder what the whiners would say if the robbers had killed their wife or other family member and later found out that an armed, licensed citizen could have stopped it?
    These people are going to * no matter what the outcome.

    I always liked the phrase "I'd rather be judged by twelve than carried by six"
    "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you"
  • joe 1951joe 1951 Member Posts: 457
    edited November -1
    "I'd rather be judged by twelve than carried by six"
  • Riomouse911Riomouse911 Member Posts: 3,492 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Let's all hope it's an interview and a denial to file anything. Personally he should get a pat on the back, and then quit shopping at the "gun free" chain.

    What sort of dumas at that store advertises the fact they're a willing victim? If I'm a crook intent on robbing a place, that's the FIRST place I would go.
  • jev1969jev1969 Member Posts: 2,691
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Riomouse911
    Let's all hope it's an interview and a denial to file anything. Personally he should get a pat on the back, and then quit shopping at the "gun free" chain.

    What sort of dumas at that store advertises the fact they're a willing victim? If I'm a crook intent on robbing a place, that's the FIRST place I would go.

    I agree. If I were a store owner I would have a BIG sign saying "Customers carrying concealed weapons are welcomed and encouraged". [^]
  • e3mrke3mrk Member Posts: 1,851 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    People seem to forget that Concealed Carry is for Self Defense and not a License to play Policeman.
    This is the entire problem,They put up no Guns Signs and Honest People obey Them,At least I do but as Anyone can see Criminals either cannot read or don't care about the Sign as it just tells Them that it is safe to rob the place because Nobody can defend Themselves.
    Until Law's change to allow carrying in the CPZ this will not stop.
  • bullshotbullshot Member Posts: 14,711 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by e3mrk
    People seem to forget that Concealed Carry is for Self Defense and not a License to play Policeman.
    This is the entire problem,They put up no Guns Signs and Honest People obey Them,At least I do but as Anyone can see Criminals either cannot read or don't care about the Sign as it just tells Them that it is safe to rob the place because Nobody can defend Themselves.
    Until Law's change to allow carrying in the CPZ this will not stop.


    Florida law justifies use of deadly force when you are:

    "Trying to protect yourself or another person from death or serious * harm";

    "Trying to prevent a forcible felony, such as rape, robbery, burglary or kidnapping".
    "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you"
  • 11BravoCrunchie11BravoCrunchie Member Posts: 33,423 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by jev1969
    quote:Originally posted by Riomouse911
    Let's all hope it's an interview and a denial to file anything. Personally he should get a pat on the back, and then quit shopping at the "gun free" chain.

    What sort of dumas at that store advertises the fact they're a willing victim? If I'm a crook intent on robbing a place, that's the FIRST place I would go.

    I agree. If I were a store owner I would have a BIG sign saying "Customers carrying concealed weapons are welcomed and encouraged". [^]



    I would put up a sign that says, "Customers who open carry will receive a 5% discount on all purchases."
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