Wachovia's stance on lawfully carried firearms on their premises has been the subject of some discussion in the past.  To no one's surprise, an armed bank robber had the <gasp> audacity to disregard their prohibition of firearms.  Thankfully, the bank robber didn't kill, maim, or injure anyone inside the branch  ... this time.


Here's a link showing the branch ...

Edited today, 1 Oct, with the next robbery ...



Edited today, 8 Oct, with the next robbery ... that's three robberies in a scant two weeks.



Updated today, 17 Oct 2009, to reflect the contribution by USMC2671, below.  Here's the news release from Fairfax County PD (link) with some photos.



Hey Wachovia ...  How's that Gun-Free Zone stuff working out for ya'?  As long as you ensure those carrying arms lawfully don't darken your door, in all likelihood, only robbers and thugs will be visiting your branches while armed.

Herding employees into a room is troubling ... A hallmark of robberies with no survivors is corralling the victims prior to killing them. Wachovia will continue to ensure their banks are unarmed victim zones ... and criminals will be happy to take advantage of this.  

Rest assured Wachovia senior managers never set foot into a Wachovia branch.  They've learned through experience that Wachovia employees can be murdered while in these corporate-warranted safe-for-criminals zones.  (<–– Click This Link ––> to learn how Wachovia's 'heart goes out to their employees and families,' when Wachovia employees are murdered and injured.)

Man, I love shit like this...

I left Wachovia becuase of their "it's for your safety" stance, went to Sun Trust.

Sadly, Sun Trust just botch underwriting a mortgage for me, and I had to sweeten the pot for BB&T by promising to move my business there.

Long story short, it's a place in Louisa that no one else would touch because of a lack of comps and the high value of the land vs the house value, Sun Trust didn't even have the courtesy to call me when they refused to underwrite it, I had to call and was told "I just got the email."

The BB&T loan officer in Culpeper says their branch is not marked "no guns" when I told her I was swallowing my principles to bank with them.

We'll see, but she went to bat for me when no one else would.

I appreciate you guys listing (by name) businesses that are specifically anti-gun.  Please keep it up. Businesses listen when customers terminate accounts (AND give reasons for doing so).   These are EXCATLY the sorts of posts that we need in Hometown.

First Market Bank is great with carrying, never an issue.

Concealed is Concealed.

I'm a armed guard at a military installation right up the street... To say that we were a hive of activity when that call went over the net is an understatement! We had guys headed toward the bank with their M4s! They posted me on the roof of the parking garage with the binos... About 20 cruisers went speeding past! Evidently the guy ran into the park north of the bank and the K-9 units lost the trail after the perp ran through a stream... He must've got away...

Why can't these criminals ecer follow the rules? Wachovia explicitly said that they don't want any firearms in their buildings

Wachovia wants to make it a work safe environment for criminals to operate,

Success!  See original post for update concerning a new robbery.

I'm not justifying it by any means.  However, does anyone remember the Bank of America teller that was fired because he refused to give the robber money and ended up chasing him down?  It seems like these two correspond with their idea that money is replaceable and lives are not.  Discuss.

I bank with Wachovia (opened my account at the first bank that was robbed, incidentally), and OC into different branches all the time. I have not had an issue yet. My girlfriend works as a floating teller when she is home from school in the NoVA area. She has been lucky enough to not be there when they have been held up. Almost wish she would be there, to open her eyes up a bit.

October 1 to January 1 is ALWAYS bank robbery season in Virginia.....happens every year.

Thank goodness for drive up teller windows.

strange but true...wonder why?  Holidays approaching?  

Aw CRAP! That bank is in my neighborhood.

My original post was updated with the report of today's Wachovia robbery.

On the bright side, no one was killed or maimed today.  This time Wachovia's luck, and more importantly, Wachovia's customers' luck, held sway.

On the even brighter side, a suspect seems to have been arrested.

While Wachovia has been on VCDL's wall of shame for quite a while ... Wachovia's policies don't just hamper the ability of the Commonwealth's citizens who bank with them for whatever reason.  Wachovia's policies seem to have the same consequences nationwide, as indicated by the examples below from the last couple of weeks:

Here's a Wachovia robbery in Exeter, Pennsylvania < - - Click Me, I'm a Link - - >

Here's a Wachovia robbery in Lenexa, Kansas < - - Click Me, I'm a Link Too (and Two) - - >

Eff Wachovia.  

Eff those who would abridge man's natural right to defend oneself with arms.

Can I hear #4?!!

Good grief! Three times in two weeks. I hope anyone that works at that branch would be quitting unless they lifted that stupid gun free zone crap. I certainly would, especially after being robbed three times. You would think that after the second time the cops might keep someone in the area in plain clothes, just in case.

What are armed military guards doing heading to a civilian crime scene?

I'll wait for Delta0313 to weigh in, but:

"armed guard at a military installation" is not equal to "armed military guards"

Make it four for NoVA.

http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/1009/668516.html

Holy crap!  The bank is a gun magnet.

I OC at my local TD Bank every week.



Never an issue.

Fixed it for you ...

Thanks again, USMC2671, for the update!

As I related in the 17 Oct update to my original post ...

Herding employees into a room is troubling ... A hallmark of robberies with no survivors is corralling the victims prior to killing them. Wachovia will continue to ensure their banks are unarmed victim zones ... and criminals will be happy to take advantage of this.

Rest assured that Wachovia senior managers never set foot into a Wachovia branch. They've learned through experience that Wachovia employees can be murdered while in these corporate-warranted safe-for-criminals zones. (<–– Click This Link ––> to learn how Wachovia's 'heart goes out to their employees and families,' when Wachovia employees are murdered and injured.)

<devils advocate>



Since noone was injured I would say their policy has worked. The possibility of innocents being injured when an armed citizen engages in a gunfight with a robber goes up exponentially



</devils advocate>


I'm just saying it's just preaching to the choir. To those who do not think like us , it just makes us look fairly "silly" instead of winning over hearts and minds.  

It all depends.  I think most of us know to not engage unless lives are at risk (and some of us will only defend ourselves and not strangers).

Once the bad guy escelates to that point, the likelihood of innocents being injured is very near 100%.  Don't know how you get higher than that.

And I am unaware of ANY situation where a good guy engaged a bad guy and others were injured.  And if there are, you have to juxtapose those incidents against incidents where innocents were injured/killed when no one did anything to thwart the bad guy.

The Oakton BB&T was robbed today. http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/police/news-releases/2009/110209bankroboakton.htm
To add to the vehicle description, it was Chevy with a Maryland tag.

An interesting bit of information, I thought:  

I had a piece of paper on my desk that said "Wachovia" and I flipped out because I was wondering if I had actually given the bastards any business.  It turns out to be an invoice from Heckler and Koch - USA.  Apparently they bank with Wachovia.

So interestingly enough, Wachovia is anti-gun, but doesn't mind benefiting from their sales.