Posted by Michelle/AL on 7/16/08 6:51pm
Msg #255518

Gun-Toting Notaries

I had an appointment last night (general notarization – not a closing) and the customer had some extended family members at the house. When I was writing out the receipt for payment I was asked if I had a CCW (I think that’s what she said.) When I asked what that meant, the customer explained it was a permit to carry a concealed weapon. I told her no. All three of the adult women in the house admitted to not only owning a gun but having a CCW. Two of the women owned glocks. They acted surprised to hear that considering my business I didn’t have one – especially with me making monetary transactions and being a female. I thanked the women for their advice and told them I’d give it some thought.

I forgot about that conversation until this afternoon when I was trying to enter the Probate Judge’s office downtown at the Court House. A little old lady with a cane was holding up the line to walk through the metal detector because she wanted to take her pistol inside with her and the guards would not let her. (This woman has problems ambulating but I guess her trigger finger works just fine! It wasn’t a small gun either.)

Am I the only non-gun owner in Alabama? While I’m not a member of the NRA I have no problem with folks owning guns and using them legally. It’s just that now I feel a little vulnerable. Is CCW the norm for our industry?

Signed,
Feeling the "Heat" in Alabama - but not packing any.

Reply by RickinVA on 7/16/08 7:09pm
Msg #255523

I can't speak for the industry, but I have a CCW. I'm a retired LEO, and 'think' I can handle the responsibility. If you have no desiire to have one, there is no reason TO have one. I feel that, since the police can not protect me 24 hours a day, I will protect myself! I do not carry while on an asignment, but protection is never far away.

Rick

Reply by WDMD on 7/16/08 7:11pm
Msg #255524

"I do not carry while on an asignment, but protection is never far away."

I hear that. I'm wondering how this thread is going to turn out. LOL.

Reply by Michelle/AL on 7/16/08 7:15pm
Msg #255525

WDMD, I notice you chose not to disclose your

gun toting preferences (smile). However, your login ID is interestingly close to the acronym for weapons of mass destruction. Perhaps that says it all. LOL

Reply by WDMD on 7/16/08 7:37pm
Msg #255526

Re: WDMD, I notice you chose not to disclose your

Lets just say I would have no problem protecting myself, my loved ones or my property.

Reply by Brenda/CA on 7/16/08 7:44pm
Msg #255528

I am not a gun toting notary, however I do carry pepper spray with me everywhere (including on assignment). Anything is too far away if it is not on you and you cannot get to it when you need it.

Reply by Margaret_FL on 7/16/08 7:48pm
Msg #255531

I have a consealed weapons permit and I do carry a small 22 in my car but do not carry it inside. It's mainly for when I travel and I break down. I do carry it on me when I am doing foreclosure inspections in bad neighborhoods.

Reply by Tony_FL on 7/16/08 8:10pm
Msg #255532

I am a CCW/Gun toting individual also

... when the need arises. With 20 years of Law Enforcement work behind me, plus military service; I think I know how to handle a firearm safely. Like others, I prefer to defend myself and agree that there are many places that I do NOT carry a firearm into.

Reply by Michelle/AL on 7/16/08 8:15pm
Msg #255533

Well, I'm definitely in the minority (again).

Your input has been helpful and enlightening. Thank you for sharing.

Reply by NCLisa on 7/16/08 8:48pm
Msg #255535

Don't have one, don't want one due to the fact

that I'd go to jail for shooting every animal abuser I came across! So best not to give me a weapon of any kind!

Reply by 9Lives/CA on 7/17/08 12:35pm
Msg #255594

Re: Don't have one, don't want one due to the fact

I'm with you NCLisa. and I do support the right to arm bears!

Reply by Linda_H/FL on 7/16/08 8:51pm
Msg #255537

I've never had any desire to learn how to shoot

or get a permit to carry...even if I DID get a permit for whatever reason, I'd never carry a gun anyway...it's just not me. I know it sounds silly but that's the truth of the matter.

Reply by Yowheelz on 7/17/08 8:16am
Msg #255555

my motto: If you hurt me you don't get your loan! n/m

Reply by Les_CO on 7/16/08 9:02pm
Msg #255538

Mine's a S&W model 37 airweight. Like me, old but still works! I have never taken it to the signing table. For emergencies only, and luckily Ive never had one. But?

Reply by Stamper_WI on 7/16/08 10:12pm
Msg #255540

I shot a gun once when I was 10 yrs old. At a "no Tresspassing" sign. Dad gave me instructions on my Mom's 22 rifle. One shot was all I needed. Never again.

Reply by Linda Juenger on 7/16/08 10:45pm
Msg #255541

Sounds like me Stamper. I shot a shotgun one time and it

knocked me on my butt and my shoulder hurt for a week. I went rabbit hunting one time also. Didn't know a thing about it and I kept asking why I had to walk in the weeds. lol

Been fox hunting also. That was interesting.

Reply by ZeeCA on 7/16/08 11:32pm
Msg #255546

LINDA: I LOVE fox hunting... ALWAYS innersting......... n/m

Reply by Bob_Chicago on 7/17/08 8:41am
Msg #255561

"I went rabbit hunting one time " You watch out....

for those "wascally wabbits"
How would you enjoy going through life as Elmer Fudd??

Reply by Alice Jones on 7/17/08 4:25pm
Msg #255639

Thinking of becoming a gun-toter, only wish I had the experience Tony in FL has.

Reply by Bob_Chicago on 7/16/08 11:28pm
Msg #255545

Most loan packages have the standard 15/- page ....

mortgage/ DOT
If I was ever in danger, I would immediatly whip out that doc,
and read it out loud to the would -be perp.
He would be in a coma in no time.

Reply by Stamper_WI on 7/17/08 9:24am
Msg #255565

Re: Most loan packages have the standard 15/- page ....

I tell them that if they can't sleep, read their mortgage

Reply by Paul Lund on 7/17/08 9:59am
Msg #255568

I carry to all appointments and have a permit to carry here in MN(and many other states). I do leave it in my car while on notary appointments but I carry open while performing my other job as a process server.

Reply by Charles_Ca on 7/17/08 2:14pm
Msg #255611

Re: Gun-Toting Notaries, Yep, I carry, have the requisite

CCW and usually carry either an H&K USP (single and double .40cal S&W) or a Kimber Pro Carry (1911 style .45cal). With a jacket and the appropriate holster the H&K never prints through and I can wear a polo shirt and an inside-the-waistband type holster and you'll never see the Kimber. No need to tell anyone I'm carrying and very rarely do. The one thing worse than having to use your weapon is having to use it not having it on you! Its concealed for a reason.

Reply by Linda_H/FL on 7/17/08 10:04am
Msg #255570

And now for the new form to be signed with every closing pkg

"I/We, the borrower(s) hereby certify that our notary:
1. Showed up on time;
2. Advised us he/she was carrying a concealed weapon;
3. Did/Did not place said weapon on the table (or used their said weapon as a paperweight);
4. Treated us respectfully and did not threaten us in any way;
5. The presence of the weapon was not a significant factor in our signing the documents nor was it ever a deterrent in the signing process;
6. Although the loan terms were not what we were advised they would be by our loan officer, the notary did refuse our request to borrower the weapon.

I can see the disclaimers coming now!! LOL.....sorry...couldn't resist...

Reply by jba/fl on 7/17/08 10:29am
Msg #255572

love #6 n/m

Reply by Linda_H/FL on 7/17/08 10:30am
Msg #255573

Dangit..should be "borrow the weapon"...<G> n/m

Reply by LynnNC on 7/17/08 12:02pm
Msg #255590

LOL! n/m