Let's use Buffalo Wild Wings an example. I'm shooting from the hip here but I think that I remember doing the research a few months ago. The sign that they put up DOES prohibit concealed carry in State in which their corporate headquarters is located. I suspect that the reason that it is posted in the other States, too, is that the C Suite person (CEO, CFO, etc.) gave a direct order that those signs be put up on all of the restaurants. He/she did not give the order to have a staff person figure out what it took to prohibit CC in all the States where they do business. I don't know how one could expect them to prohibit CC in their home State and give a wink, wink, we respect your gun rights in the States where the sign doesn't mean anything legally. If they did it with malice aforethought in their home area, it was intended to be the same everywhere. It is an implementation failure, not a lack of intent.Embalmo wrote:They do indeed respect my right to carry. Otherwise they would post 30.06. I will never understand why any CHL would care about a sign that isn't a 30.06 or a 51%.
I do care. I do not knowingly do business with companies that don't want to respect my 2nd Amendment rights. I realize that my personal boycott means about as much as my vote did in the last election but I do it anyway. I've written a few letters telling the companies why and have never gotten a response. I didn't expect one.
I believe that the gun control advocates are ideologically stalwart. They never miss an opportunity to capitalize on any situation that presents itself to advance their cause. The gun rights people don't take the same approach. While there are occasional protests, voting with their pocketbooks would mean a lot more. There always seem to be good reasons to give business to places like Outback. I personally can think of none. I'm not advocating militancy and picketing businesses like the gun control groups do. But I do believe that we, collectively, could have an impact if we would all just act according to our beliefs and do business with companies that are not blatantly anti-gun. I view posting a gun control sign, legitimate or not, as a political act. I can play in that sandbox, too.