Wamu

[shrike5000]

I know some banks actually have armed sec guards in front in Victorville, open carry. pretty cool. since most banks guards don't carry.

[Justaguy]

All of our WAMUs have mantraps and at least one armed security person.

Fire Inspector trivia note: Most jurisdictions require sprinklers in the building if they use mantraps. Most mantraps were installed "retroactively" and are likely illegal.

[NSP]

Ok let me rephrase my question better: Assuming you have no large metallic object (such as a fistfull of keys) and you do not have any specific bank ID on you. What's the recourse? Can they actually legally ask to see your CCW permit?

[MadMex]

I carry a wad of keys on a caribiner exactly for this purpose. It hangs on my truck’s turn signal until I walk into a bank.

[PHM]

Originally Posted by BonoVox

I really think their purpose is for Mr. Hand Note to Teller Guy. As he walks out they lock him down. Mr. Hand Note to Teller guy probably figures that is what is going to happen too, so he goes to another bank without a man catcher.

An armed robber who is serious has other options to defeat it. But again would probably pick an easier target.

So bottom line it sounds like most the banks don't worry too much about the metal detector going off on the average ordinary looking person.

The Wells Fargo in my area has not been robbed in 4 years since they put th Man Trap in and it used to be one of the most robbed banks in San Bernardino County before it was installed.

[OCResident]

Ha ha

My new bank also has a man trap with metal detector. I went though it about 3 times before I realized that I was the only person that the inner door was locked for. Then I realized it was a metal detector that locks the second door if you have a "large metal object". Each time, they buzzed the door unlocked before I even realized I was trapped.

My colt rescue knife doesn't set it off, but if I add a Colt Mustang .380 and spare mag is locks. I've been meaning to test it out with just my Mustang and nothing else.

I wonder if a masked gunman was ever trapped inside before they realized the bank had a mantrap?

[pistola]

There is a WAMu near me that has the trap but right next to it is a glass door that goes directly to the exterior of the building (rather than to the vestibule like the man trap) that says only for emergency or something like that. Wouldn't a robber consider that particular time an emergency?

[1buba]

Originally Posted by Justaguy

All of our WAMUs have mantraps and at least one armed security person.

Fire Inspector trivia note: Most jurisdictions require sprinklers in the building if they use mantraps. Most mantraps were installed "retroactively" and are likely illegal.

VERY INTERESTING~!!!


I'm thinking lawsuits along the lines of the ADA ambulance chasers. lol