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USA1 wrote:So I'm walking up to Cash America Pawn to see what used guns they had for sale as I regularly do when I noticed a legal 30.06 sign posted next to the front door. I don't recall it ever being there before. I wanted to go in and ask them about the sign so I go back and discreetly lock my gun up in the truck.

I go in and browse at the guns and wait for the manager to assist me. I told her that I noticed the 30.06 sign and wondered why they have it. She said it was something that "corporate" does because they don't want people coming in with "loaded" guns because sometimes they get irate customers and if those irate customers had a gun they might pull it out and start shooting, so the sign is there to protect the employees.

She even said you can't carry a gun in here just like you can't carry a gun in a bank.(as if to appease me)
I promptly informed her that she is wrong about that.

I explained to her that I was a CHL holder, and all CHL holders must pass extensive background checks, cannot have any violent criminal history, and must pass a course to be well versed in the laws pertaining to legally carrying a firearm.

I also told her that the type of person that meets these requirements is not the type of person that will pull out a gun and start shooting up the place when things don't go their way. I let her know that the bad guys don't care about the sign and it will do nothing to stop them from doing whatever they're going to do.

In short I made it known that there are thousands of CHL holders who feel that they and their money are not welcomed in establishments that post these signs and we prefer take our business elsewhere.

I'm sure it did no good and the sign will remain, but it's the principle that matters.