MaverickNH
NES Member
As I was picking up my son from the Goffstown, NH YMCA vacation camp (part of the Greater Manchester YMCA group), I saw a new posting on the front door as a "Notice to Members" indicating that the YMCA prohibited on the premises, in addition to smoking and alcohol, "... illegal drugs, firearms and weapons of any kind". There was a reference to the Members Manual and an indication the Y would revoke membership for violation.
You don't expect this sort of thing in NH...
Noting the Scriv's byline "What you tolerate, you validate; what you put up with - you DESERVE!", I'm considering appropriate action.
I'd guess the main intent is to address actions against youths, who can't carry by law, of course, but could have a pocket knife. Maybe there was a precipitating event that caused the posting. Just as South Station has signs prohibiting guns and weapons but officially doesn't prohibit legal CCW carry, the YMCA may have the same deficit in accurately posting their policies. If I push too hard in a public way, they might feel compelled to indicate a ban on legal CCW carry. Even though this is NH, the YMCA is populated by the same soccermoms and liberal staff as you find in most school systems.
I'd like to tactfully inquire to clarify that illegal drugs, illegal firearms and weapons of any kind possessed by kids are the target, without outright asking if they are banning those with legal CCW permits from carrying. If I get the wrong answers, I'll push back harder. The wife would never go for resigning membership at the YMCA, as the kids do team sports and summer camps there, so I can't make that direct threat.
Suggestions appreciated.
You don't expect this sort of thing in NH...
Noting the Scriv's byline "What you tolerate, you validate; what you put up with - you DESERVE!", I'm considering appropriate action.
I'd guess the main intent is to address actions against youths, who can't carry by law, of course, but could have a pocket knife. Maybe there was a precipitating event that caused the posting. Just as South Station has signs prohibiting guns and weapons but officially doesn't prohibit legal CCW carry, the YMCA may have the same deficit in accurately posting their policies. If I push too hard in a public way, they might feel compelled to indicate a ban on legal CCW carry. Even though this is NH, the YMCA is populated by the same soccermoms and liberal staff as you find in most school systems.
I'd like to tactfully inquire to clarify that illegal drugs, illegal firearms and weapons of any kind possessed by kids are the target, without outright asking if they are banning those with legal CCW permits from carrying. If I get the wrong answers, I'll push back harder. The wife would never go for resigning membership at the YMCA, as the kids do team sports and summer camps there, so I can't make that direct threat.
Suggestions appreciated.