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der Teufel wrote:There was an article in the Austin paper just after Christmas about this, which specifically named MDA as the complaining party. I've included part of the article below:

"The Moms Demand Action members say some gun owners are “gaming” the system by ignoring a property owner’s wishes if the sign doesn’t fit literally the one-inch letter of the law or violates other specifics.

They showed me numerous screen shots listing establishments with allegedly illegal signs. The assumption, at least based on the Internet conversations, is that an armed customer can’t be convicted of criminal trespass if the sign isn’t technically correct.

“We saw it was being deliberately exploited by ‘law abiding’ gun owners,” Burke said. “From a mom’s perspective, if I’m at the hospital with my child and see a no guns sign, I shouldn’t have to worry that the mom next to me has a gun.”

Volunteers with Moms Demand Action have quietly begun warning businesses with signs that might not comply with the law."

So, while I don't personally agree with OCT's actions, I don't know that they're the offending party in this instance. As noted above, MDA says they're specifically contacting businesses with incorrect signage, and they may very well be the ones stirring up this story in the news. I suspect the opinion writer at the Austin paper didn't stumble upon them all by himself.