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If it's just seeing a posted sign somewhere (HEB, Walmart, Etc.) we don't agree with, we can contact their headquarters. Most of the big stores are following directives from their HQ anyway, so telling a clerk or local store manager you don't like their signs may not accomplish much.
If you carry covertly and don't want people in your local stores to know that you do it for yours and their protection, contact the store's corporate headquarters. I doubt if disclosure to a corporate director in Bentonville, Ark. (Walmart example) would expose you to the local store employees that you are licensed and trained and carry a hidden gun.

If it's the 'reason' why they post the sign (i.e. "..scares my customers", "..dangerous to children", ..etc.), to paraphrase Taypo's comment in a previous post, the root cause may be in the minds of the 'customers', not store management.
Notwithstanding the organized gun haters, the perspective that most "customers" have regarding their fear of seeing a holstered handgun could be turned around if they were educated about how it may save their lives some day.

FYI, speaking of educating people and spreading self defense news, this movement http://www.keepandbeararms.com/about/ is trying to address that. One of things they search are stories published about self defense acts (not just dead body stories-the big networks will cover those). Click on the 'current projects' link on their About page.

Taypo wrote:

oljames3 wrote:Yet another report of a chamber of commerce and police chief getting the word out about proper signage and what business owners "need to know about this new law."

http://business.laketravischamber.com/e ... w-law-8720

We don't need to be beating each other up about talking to business owners about their signs. The business community, main stream media, lawyers, law enforcement, and others are already working to ensure their side of the story gets out.

Business owners will make a decision on this issue with out without our input. How can we effectively present our side of the story and influence business owners to not ban concealed and/or open carry?

A lot of business owners aren't interested in the politics or the record of CHL holders. They're interested in one thing - business. We can harp at businesses all day about it, but at the end of the day they're not opposed to OC or (to a lesser extent) CC. They're against losing business when people like CSGV, MDA and the local soccer moms lose their mind when they see a gun. Our struggle isn't with business owners - its with them.

Yep. You got that right. And if TV, Radio and Internet reporting would cover fewer 'dead body' reports and more self defense reports and focus on accurate reporting rather than getting it out faster than their competitors.