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Let me make a few phone calls and see what I can drum up........my poor little noggin is working overtime on this one. Having been laid off twice in the last 18 months it wouldn't hurt my feelings any to have a little income. (not starving, but not happy, either....)

Yeah, it was a whole different era. We actually cruised downtown around the courthouse back then. Weakley Watson was the only hardware store in town, and the Piggly Wiggly was going strong. Gordon Wood was still coaching the Lions. Sounds like a place I need to go and open up a shooting range and do chl classes. I remember when the Brownwood "T" used to be a circle.....

Having lived in that area, I don't recall any anti gun sentiment at all. Perhaps it was just the circle I travelled in..........It was nothing unusual in those days for half the trucks in the student parking lots at the high schools to have shotguns/rifles in the back windows. Times gone by, I guess......

This thing is getting stretched waaaaaaaaaaaay out......

My last 2¢ on this:

If the sign is illegal, you shouldn't be prosecutable. If you have been verbally notified, you are prosecutable. I would not "out" myself to expose the illegal sign, just go on about my business. If the local law enforcement is not properly educated, that is unfortunate. There are MANY laws they are responsible for enforcing, and I seriously doubt that they have an actual in-depth familiarity with all of them. That is why there are lawyers with legal libraries and paralegals who assist them. That's why there are judges and district attorneys and defense attorneys. We should know the laws we are dealing with. If you are not comfortable with them, then work to change them. I will do my utmost to remain within the law on what I do. If the mall made the effort to have the sign, its their responsibility to make sure its legal. Not mine.

This is a sword that cuts two ways. A personal decision. You make it. If you want to carry in there and ignore the signs, then do so. If you want them to be legal, let them know. Easy as that.

If I witness a crime such as burglary or murder, I will be a witness. If I see a noncompliant sign posted, I don't care about it. Its not a crime.

All of this is in my humble opinion, of course, and in no way is meant to cause any strife or heartache with anyone. Just my 2¢.

Thanks for your time, and have a nice evening!

Big whopping mall......in the old days there was a JC Pennys on one end and a KMart on the other (1983). Now its pretty much a ghost town full of echos. Back in the day there were a lot of neat shops in downtown Brownwood as well, but the Wally World pretty much killed all that. Even the hardware/lumber stores have all but disappeared since Home Depot showed up. I'd bet the only grocery store in town, other than Walmart is the Kroger's, and they won't even expand it into a big Kroger that will take up the entire building they are in.......

Still,I do like the area......