A much more diplomatic, and probably more effective, way of saying what I said. But then, I have a tendency toTexasGal wrote:What's wrong with a call to the owner of the dealership? Politely tell him how many cars you have purchased (while being armed and no one was in danger). Now you find a sign that tells you customers like you are no longer welcome so you are saddened to have to sever a relationship that has been good up until now. If you come off as angry, that will only give an impression the decision to keep armed people with anger issues out of the area was the correct one. Leaving the impression a good customer is sad to see he must form a new relationship with a competitor on the other hand...
on things from time to time, and all I wind up with is a sore forehead.Go with TexasGal's version first. My
method probably won't win any friends, although I still like it as a parting shot if the business owner can't or won't understand. Pointing out that excluding the law-abiding self-protected is akin to excluding the Catholic or Irish might give the intransigent or unwilling a bit of a mental paradigm shift without benefit of a clutch. Then again, it might just make them dig in further, but it'll let you know once and for all whether they're doing this out of a misguided sense of security provision or out of a personal or political bias.