Not only that, but even if ALL license holders carried 24/7/365, and even if ALL license carriers completely boycotted ALL 06/07 posted businesses, we represent no more than 3% of the population at large, and we don't ALL shop at ALL the same businesses. I think that license holders vastly overestimate our collective purchasing power. A 3% downtick in a company's business isn't going to put that company into distress unless it is already on extremely shaky financial footing. Like someone said above, paraphrasing the attitude of businesses that post signage, "we don't care, because we don't have to". The only incentive they have to change is to come to the conclusion that every dog has its day in the son, and that it is generally unproductive to make permanent enemies of your business. But there is a distinct difference between behavior that is unproductive for the future, and behavior that is financially costly in the present. The fact is, business boycotts by license holders are like mosquitos, and will be largely ineffective.VMI77 wrote:If that were the case you might be right and it might indeed matter. But I think your last sentence is most correct --most don't care enough to change their behavior. A lot of people with CHLs don't even regularly carry. I suspect a large percentage are indifferent to the 30.06 signs for that reason. Another large percentage are willing to disarm either because their girlfriend, spouse, parents, friends, etc...with little or no interest (or are actually anti gun) want to go.Soccerdad1995 wrote:If every CHL holder committed to boycotting any theatre that had a 30.06 sign, I think there would be a big enough impact to be noticed. Same math works for restaurants, etc. I think the real problem is that a lot of CHL holders just don't care enough to actually change their purchasing behavior.
In some cases, various stores for instance, a spouse who doesn't carry may continue to spend money there. A non CHL spouse spending money at Whole Foods is the same as the CHL husband spending money there.
The people in this forum are probably about as dedicated carriers and 2nd amendment advocates as their are and even some here will continue to trade at places that put up 30.06 signs.
If those posted business owners change their minds, it won't be because of boycotts by license holders; it will be because they've come to the conclusion after some longer elapsed period of time that there have been no bloodbaths and that they might as well open up their businesses to concealed carry. I seriously doubt that - once posted 30.07 - most businesses will take down their 30.07 signs.