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Seburiel wrote:okay, my last OT post for this conversation, but, just had to posit this stuff:

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorpal Wikipedia!
"He took his vorpal sword in hand" and "One, two! One, two! And through and through / The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! / He left it dead, and with its head / He went galumphing back." Vorpal is commonly assumed to mean "deadly" or "extremely sharp", derived from the words "voracious" (hungry) and "corporal" (Latin, relating to corpus - the body) meaning hungry for flesh, or perhaps to imply that the blade has magical properties. Many role-playing games have taken the latter interpretation and, since the hero brings the dead Jabberwock's head home in triumph, have used "vorpal" to identify weapons with a magically enhanced ability to behead enemies. It is also occasionally interpreted as meaning the blade is warped=-

On the other hand, since he used other words in Joberwocky, maybe he just used "vorpal" because it sounded interesting.

"'Twas brillig and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe . . ."

Many real words, used for their interesting sounds.

da.suxor wrote:

jimlongley wrote:The first time I visited Bass Pro, right after they opened, they had (non 30.06 compliant) "No Guns" signs up at all of the doors. I complained to the manager and was given the corporate address. I wrote a letter to Bass Pro corporate, and received a letter of apology and a promise that the signs were being taken down. Their excuse was that the signs came in a package of signs that they ordered so they just put them up.

I have since tried o locate anyone selling sign packages for big stores like that, and cannot find any that include signs that were not ordered.

Why?! Why would you or anyone complain about this? If it is not the correct sign to legally ban a CHL holder from carrying on the premise, why would you point it out so they can correct it? This would eventually lead to them posting correctly under 30.06, banning you from legally entering that location with a firearm.

Let them post thier incorrect signs. Thatis just one more place I can be safe in. Both walking up to and leaving from as well, where the bad stuff usually happens....

Because I was in the process of handing them a "NO GUNS = NO MONEY" card to let them know why they were losing my business, and that of anyone else who I could persuade not to shop there.

I see an incorrect sign as multiple indications.

First, that they have no idea what they are about, and uninformed people or store management are dangerous.

Second, that they think they are banning ALL guns and will likely try to have you arrested if they discover that you are carrying. And of course the police are not always likely to know the law and refuse to arrest you.

Third, see First and Second together and realize that if they don't really know what's up, then maybe their intention had nothing to do with being anti-CHL and somebody in corporate needs to know about it.

I have also used a similar tactic on a store in Plano, which changed its signs from improper 30.06 to "The unlicensed possession . . ." Appealing to common sense sometimes actually works.

Bass Pro's signs did come down the next week.

gigag04 wrote:

stevie_d_64 wrote:Since this pertains to a group that owns a lot of malls like this around the country...

I have to wonder if the Katy "Mills" Mall has the same boleros busting policy???

I don't go to Katy very often to shop...Maybe someone here knows if they do the same thing Grapevine does...

I be the BASS PRO doesn't have one

I remember an incident a while ago where we all emailed the store over a CHL having to unload his firearm and the manager told us the employee was wrong and CHLs are welcome.

-nick

My mail from the Mills corporation indicated:

1) That ALL Mills malls are posted, for the safety of their customers.

2) That MOST malls in the DFW area are posted.

The second is patently untrue, and the first is highly unlikely.

The first time I visited Bass Pro, right after they opened, they had (non 30.06 compliant) "No Guns" signs up at all of the doors. I complained to the manager and was given the corporate address. I wrote a letter to Bass Pro corporate, and received a letter of apology and a promise that the signs were being taken down. Their excuse was that the signs came in a package of signs that they ordered so they just put them up.

I have since tried o locate anyone selling sign packages for big stores like that, and cannot find any that include signs that were not ordered.