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I don't know if my opinions are read much here, or just skipped over, but I'm going to try to express an opinion on this subject again, with a new challenge for those of you that think open carry will have no effect on concealed carry as we now know it.

Go to 10 businesses with the generic gunbusters sign popsted in your home town (not mine, we don't have 30.06 signs around that I know of) and ask to speak to the owner or general manager. Not people you already know, but total strangers. Tell them you are doing a simple public opinion poll regarding passage of an open carry law in Texas and ask if they would be against their patrons openly carrying handguns in their place of business. Then report back on the number of them that point to the gunbuster sign they have hanging up with the response they don't allow guns in their shop anyway. You then have the option of biting your tongue and hoping they don't find out that they are not giving effective notice to all the chl holders that may carry past their threshold every day, or spill the beans and inform them of the intricascies of proper notice under 30.06. You can bet that when the first open carried handgun shows up in their shop, or their friend's shop down the road, they will all be posting the proper signage to prohibit all licensed carry. I own and operate a small business, and know several of the business owners in town. Many of those folks that I personally know probably have absolutely no idea what the current "proper signage" is, and think "no guns means NO guns. Wait until something wakes them up.

As long as we still have a state that respects private property rights (generally speaking), business owners will have the right to refuse service under legal guidelines.

There was a "challenge" to post results from other states experiences with the move to OC. I've made a simple challenge that will most certainly prove the point.

Any takers?


surv

when I am convinced that there will not be a major increase of "posted" businesses and properties in the State due to the emergence of open carry, I too will support it. In the current socio-political climate I don't see that happening. Out of sight - out of mind.


surv