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I'm going to bet if you state what location the HEB is, you will have members confirm its posted.

BTW, thought I mentioned being at this particular H-E-B last night and wasn't posted.

Additionally, I don't believe any serious business owner in Texas hasn't known that OC was coming. It's been covered by every major media outlet since it was signed into law early last summer. Chambers of Commerce, local police, DPS have all been talking about OC and what signs are needed.

For avid shooters and gun enthusiasts, I would tend to agree.

However, many pro 2A supporters do not fall into this category, while many others simply failed to sufficiently understand how to legally prohibit OC on time.

You also assume everyone falls under the spell of major media. Preparing for a recent advertising campaign, I asked ten of my most trusted employees which major media (local & national) they watched most. Even though I have always purchased airtime based on Nielsen / Arbitron analytics, I was surprised when all responded they didn't watch any major media b/c they don't trust a word they're hearing.

The bottom line right now is tolerance and empathy. The average gun owner that I speak to everyday is not exactly on board with OC...at least not yet. And I've asked a lot of customers what they though about the upcoming OC law.

For those who insist on being militant and trying to shove it down a business owner's throat, we run the risk of backlash and animosity from otherwise pro gun supporters.

What? Resources are everywhere.

It's not difficult to put up a compliant sign.

Everywhere? Lol. Yeah, like they can just drop by H-E-B or Walmart and pick up a compliant sign.

It may not be difficult to mail order and put up a compliant sign, but that takes education & planning ahead. I'm in the shooting industry and local business owners were bugging us all week for OC details and wanted to know if they could stop by my store and purchase a 30.07 sign.

Many business owners were not even aware OC was about to go into effect until all the year end publicity started. Most had absolutely no clue how to legally prohibit it and were searching for legal signs.

BTW, one of my former CHL students works for H-E-B and he mentioned they were making preparations to add 30.07 signs...not sure how legit or if they changed their minds b/c I checked last night and no signs (at least locally)...yet.

IF the law is not enforced on these non-compliant signs, then they can just stick up anything in the window like this one.

Out of curiosity, exactly which laws need enforcing here?

There are almost 1.8 million small businesses alone here in the State of Texas. When you stop and consider there has been virtually no direction from the legislature or DPS on how to properly handle OC, the overwhelming majority of these businesses have no clue what to due or where to get the proper signs.