I understand how the posting of your workplace is frustrating. Welcome to my world since at least 1999. My employer is as anti-gun as they come. Speaking of this, I need to check and see if they have updated the signage (I travel and work from home now so I'm rarely at the office).Bullitt wrote:I'm not accountable to you for what I discuss with my employer. However, they will be getting some healthy advice from me on the matter. Fortunately I am a manager and will be listened to, though I doubt I will get my way. That's not the point...mojo84 wrote:Since you indicated you are also frustrated with your employer, have you brought your concerns to their attention and addresses them as bozos?
The point is once again you (or others) are conceptualizing based on what you feel is right or wrong, instead of living in the practicalities of the real world in having to deal with this issue. If open carry results in even one restriction of concealed carry, which it has, then the passing of open carry has served no purpose whatsoever. It is a Pyrric victory, and y'all have egg over your faces. Just admit it has been nothing more than a law passed to satisfy the egos of those who wanted to advertise that they carry a gun. It was stupid. THANKS A LOT!
Yes the news around OC has prompted some new signs to go up including 30.06. I compare this to 1997 when the 30.06 sign was introduced and being widely discussed. Any time gun carry is in the news this can and usually does happen. It will be the same with campus carry. Unfortunately the only way to avoid it is to not expand gun rights in the state. Freedom is a messy thing. This is driven by irrational fear not actual experience with OCers or CCers.
And this too shall pass. When the newness of OC wears off and the news stories are a distant memory, minds may change and signs may come down. Note that I'm not promising that this will happen but it has before. When the fears aren't realized - and when some LTCs stop doing business with newly posted places - minds can change. It sounds like you are trying to assist that process and I applaud you for it.
As for wanting to advertise that I carry a gun, that may be true for some but certainly not all. I support the new law even though I haven't OCed and have no immediate plans to do so. I sympathize with the practical vs. conceptual argument but ultimately avoiding it by staying with the status quo was the greater of the evils for me.
SA-TX