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I wonder if the Texas Sheriff Association would make a statement being disappointed with the 06 signs going up

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Sometimes your opponent is your best political ally. With so many stores being pressured by them to put up 06 it can creat a legislative atmosphere that'll bring a bill like HB 308 to the forefront and a vote in the next session. I personally didn't see HB 308 getting much traction last year...the antis argument would've been "as the saying goes if it ain't broke why change it (i.e. 30.06 laws)?" At that time were very few stores that posted 06. I can't remember the last time I saw a retail store of restaurant that posted 06 before Jan 1

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Here's an activist's website listing businesses as banning OC and CC as well as business that allows CC and OC so that they can be letter bombed, iirc MDA said they would be doing this activism

https://gunfreebusinesses.wordpress.com

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G26ster wrote:There are lots of threads running on signs, signs, everywhere signs, anti-gun businesses, taking your business elsewhere, etc. This is what smokers have been putting up with for years. Now, I'm not condoning or promoting smoking at all. But I am simply pointing out that I believe that banning approx 2% of the Texas population is not going to affect a businesses bottom line. Before municipalities passed blanket bans on smoking in stores, restaurants, hotels, etc., those businesses had no problem banning 25 - 30% of the population from exercising their preference. So why would one believe that 2% of the population being banned is going to change their minds about CC or OC? I just believe it's a useless exercise to state your qualifications and LTCs track record, and/or telling them you'll take your money elsewhere will change their minds. JMHO

Added: In my little area of Texas (mid-cities, DFW) my 30.06/07 notifications are coming in droves. Last two were Redneck Heaven in Arlington that just posted 30.06 (sounds more now like Redneck Heck now), and one 7-11 in Hurst posted 30.07.

This is going to be rough stats but here goes.....

according to the following article (published April 2015) 841,500 texans have a LTC and that represents 5% of the population over age 21. Roughly 1 out of 20 Texans have a license. http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics ... ndguns.ece

I'm guessing a lot of those LTC come with immediate family members that don't have an LTC. I would bump that 5% up higher on that. Seems to me that's getting into numbers that would matter to a lot of retailers and restaurants who risk losing those customers. I doubt many of Whole Foods customers have a LTC....but a restaurant like Cracker Barrel would be more conservative and supportive 2a rights to carry.

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This exactly the weapon (community activism) that groups like MDA is using to pressure businesses to put the signs up in the first place. Letters need to be personalized simply because it takes more effort on the part of the sender to think out his/her thoughts. They are taken more seriously by the receiver.

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