GAMER80116
Regular Member
Hi all,
It has been a while since I have posted on this forum, but I actually have something worth posting. I am a customer of FirstBank, along with most of my family. I just opened a new gun shop in Franktown (with the hope of an indoor range as soon as possible, but I will post more about that later with the moderator's permission). Anywhoo, my Brother In-Law is working with me now and open carries as I do 99.9999% of the time unless in Denver. He went into a FirstBank branch one morning last week before work and like I always do, had his pistol openly carried on his hip. As he was leaving, the bank officer took it upon herself to approach him and make him feel like a common criminal by stating in front of everyone that their banks are considered Federal Establishments and carrying a firearm in any manner inside them is a criminal offense.
Being caught off gaurd (and also being smart), he bowed out gracefully and told me what happened when he arrived at our shop. I have to admit, I was astonished at first, as I have gone into several of their branches countless times while I was open carrying (I find it is often easier than concealing- especially in warmer months). I immediately contacted Rocky Mountain Gun Owners and described what had just taken place. After a minute of research on their end, my thoughts were proven correct that they are federally insured but NOT considered a federal institution and that she had misinformed my Bro about him committing a crime. The people at RMGO wanted to know if I wanted to do something to report FirstBank as not a "gun friendly" company, but I figured I would give them the benefit of the doubt and give their Corporate office a chance to explain and rectify the situation. After a 5 minute phone call and a two minute wait, my phone rang with a bank officer from their headquarters calling me back. He was very nice (as I am accustomed to with this company), and he informed me that the officer of that particular branch was VERY mistaken and that he had already corrected her, and that he himself openly carries his pistol on occasion and that FirstBank's policy completely respects our 2nd Amendment rights.
About ten minutes later, my Bro's cell phone rang and it was the vary same branch officer calling to apologize for embarrassing him and that she was "misinformed" on the subject and that she had personal feelings for saying what she said. I also talked to her for a minute, saying that I'm sorry she felt that way, but that we will continue to carry our firearms with us as we always do and that she should not be concerned about law abiding citizens who are obviously not posing a "threat" to innocent people (what criminal would open carry anyways?). She was obviously a little upset and claimed that the company has plans to post no firearms signs on the doors. A quick call back from the gentleman on the phone earlier confirmed that THERE ARE NO PLANS IN THE FUTURE TO BAN FIREARMS AT FIRSTBANK. He was quite infuriated at what had been stated, but I asked him not to be too hard on her, as everyone has always been VERY nice and professional to me and my family for years, which is why I currently have no plans to stop giving them my business.
After all of this has happened (which probably took half as long to be over as it took for me to type all of this- sorry for the length by the way), I still have confidence in this company and I hope that they weren't too hard on her. I would rather someone become educated on our laws than made even more sour towards our right to self-defense (you catch more flies with honey sometimes ).
RMGO is watching the branches in case any of those dreaded signs do appear at any of the branches (which I highly doubt will happen at this point). And before anyone picks this whole thing apart, I have just stated the facts of what occurred in what I think was a sour experience turned pretty sweet in the end. I know the laws about being asked to leave private property, which is why my Bro did just that before the employee was corrected by the actual corporate owners who have the true say about what goes on in their establishments so that it won't happen again. Please take this as a positive outcome and understand that this was an EXTREMELY isolated incident for this company. Thanks for reading my novel of a post and I hope you at least enjoyed some of my 3 AM typing lol.
Have a great day!
It has been a while since I have posted on this forum, but I actually have something worth posting. I am a customer of FirstBank, along with most of my family. I just opened a new gun shop in Franktown (with the hope of an indoor range as soon as possible, but I will post more about that later with the moderator's permission). Anywhoo, my Brother In-Law is working with me now and open carries as I do 99.9999% of the time unless in Denver. He went into a FirstBank branch one morning last week before work and like I always do, had his pistol openly carried on his hip. As he was leaving, the bank officer took it upon herself to approach him and make him feel like a common criminal by stating in front of everyone that their banks are considered Federal Establishments and carrying a firearm in any manner inside them is a criminal offense.
Being caught off gaurd (and also being smart), he bowed out gracefully and told me what happened when he arrived at our shop. I have to admit, I was astonished at first, as I have gone into several of their branches countless times while I was open carrying (I find it is often easier than concealing- especially in warmer months). I immediately contacted Rocky Mountain Gun Owners and described what had just taken place. After a minute of research on their end, my thoughts were proven correct that they are federally insured but NOT considered a federal institution and that she had misinformed my Bro about him committing a crime. The people at RMGO wanted to know if I wanted to do something to report FirstBank as not a "gun friendly" company, but I figured I would give them the benefit of the doubt and give their Corporate office a chance to explain and rectify the situation. After a 5 minute phone call and a two minute wait, my phone rang with a bank officer from their headquarters calling me back. He was very nice (as I am accustomed to with this company), and he informed me that the officer of that particular branch was VERY mistaken and that he had already corrected her, and that he himself openly carries his pistol on occasion and that FirstBank's policy completely respects our 2nd Amendment rights.
About ten minutes later, my Bro's cell phone rang and it was the vary same branch officer calling to apologize for embarrassing him and that she was "misinformed" on the subject and that she had personal feelings for saying what she said. I also talked to her for a minute, saying that I'm sorry she felt that way, but that we will continue to carry our firearms with us as we always do and that she should not be concerned about law abiding citizens who are obviously not posing a "threat" to innocent people (what criminal would open carry anyways?). She was obviously a little upset and claimed that the company has plans to post no firearms signs on the doors. A quick call back from the gentleman on the phone earlier confirmed that THERE ARE NO PLANS IN THE FUTURE TO BAN FIREARMS AT FIRSTBANK. He was quite infuriated at what had been stated, but I asked him not to be too hard on her, as everyone has always been VERY nice and professional to me and my family for years, which is why I currently have no plans to stop giving them my business.
After all of this has happened (which probably took half as long to be over as it took for me to type all of this- sorry for the length by the way), I still have confidence in this company and I hope that they weren't too hard on her. I would rather someone become educated on our laws than made even more sour towards our right to self-defense (you catch more flies with honey sometimes ).
RMGO is watching the branches in case any of those dreaded signs do appear at any of the branches (which I highly doubt will happen at this point). And before anyone picks this whole thing apart, I have just stated the facts of what occurred in what I think was a sour experience turned pretty sweet in the end. I know the laws about being asked to leave private property, which is why my Bro did just that before the employee was corrected by the actual corporate owners who have the true say about what goes on in their establishments so that it won't happen again. Please take this as a positive outcome and understand that this was an EXTREMELY isolated incident for this company. Thanks for reading my novel of a post and I hope you at least enjoyed some of my 3 AM typing lol.
Have a great day!