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by Jusme
Tue Feb 16, 2016 12:54 pm
Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
Topic: Sign businesses calling churches
Replies: 15
Views: 3848

Re: Sign businesses calling churches

bbhack wrote:
These are the tactics of MDA and other Bloomberg worshipers. They have been doing this since before the open carry law came into effect. They have been offering discounted, or sometime free signs, along with threats of boycotts, (probably not for churches) fear mongering with visions of masses of armed hooligans storming into their businesses/churches with "assault" rifles at the ready. This is infuriating for me also, they have even taken out radio ads to promote the signs for sale.
I believe this is the correct explanation. Sign shops do not cold call, doubly especially on churches.

So, who has infiltrated MDA, and knows what's going on for sure? Better not reply in a public forum.

It would be good to be a fly on the wall at their planning sessions. I can't prove it because the only money he has to report, is campaign contributions, but I believe Bloomberg is funding a lot of their activities, when you have unlimited finances, you can purchase a sign company and hire people to call businesses/churches, go door to door passing along false and misleading information etc. and do it all as a non-profit group. There just seems to be way too many boots on the ground for the numbers associated with that group. Again, its just my personal grassy knoll. Thankfully their message is falling on a lot of deaf ears despite the surge in signage. We can only try to fight back by informing business owners, and church leaders of the truth.
by Jusme
Mon Feb 15, 2016 8:54 pm
Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
Topic: Sign businesses calling churches
Replies: 15
Views: 3848

Re: Sign businesses calling churches

ShepherdTX wrote:I'm no lawyer, but I think telling a church or business they are required by law to buy and post a sign when they are not is fraudulent and deceptive practice...

http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/D ... /BC.17.htm
Sec. 17.46. DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES UNLAWFUL. (a) False, misleading, or deceptive acts or practices in the conduct of any trade or commerce are hereby declared unlawful and are subject to action by the consumer protection division under Sections 17.47, 17.58, 17.60, and 17.61 of this code.
(b) Except as provided in Subsection (d) of this section, the term "false, misleading, or deceptive acts or practices" includes, but is not limited to, the following acts:

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(28) delivering or distributing a solicitation in connection with a good or service that:
(A) represents that the solicitation is sent on behalf of a governmental entity when it is not; or
(B) resembles a governmental notice or form that represents or implies that a criminal penalty may be imposed if the recipient does not remit payment for the good or service;

Unless they tell them that the signs "must" be purchased from them, they can say almost anything. This is typical of the left propaganda, dancing just outside the rules, but using outright lies to convince those who don't understand the laws and using fear to get them to post unnecessary signs.
by Jusme
Mon Feb 15, 2016 12:18 pm
Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
Topic: Sign businesses calling churches
Replies: 15
Views: 3848

Re: Sign businesses calling churches

These are the tactics of MDA and other Bloomberg worshipers. They have been doing this since before the open carry law came into effect. They have been offering discounted, or sometime free signs, along with threats of boycotts, (probably not for churches) fear mongering with visions of masses of armed hooligans storming into their businesses/churches with "assault" rifles at the ready. This is infuriating for me also, they have even taken out radio ads to promote the signs for sale.

I have spoken with my pastor at length regarding the church's policy on carrying. Our conversations started back when I first obtained my CHL. He said that the governing body has left it up to each congregation to decide on signage, my pastor has always been pro carry, and has never discouraged those of us with a LTC from carrying. He has said, and has been proven correct, that he did't foresee much, if any open carry, and I personally only CC while there.

You didn't list yourchurch, and I won't list mine, but it's great that you have an open dialogue regarding this issue, and if your church is part of a conference, I would ask my pastor to pass along the info you provided to other churches in the conference in case they have received similar calls.

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