Just wondering about what percentage of our folks here are supporting business who don't want our dirty gun owner money.
Not me. I won't patronize such a business.
I guess that I'm fortunate to live in the state of Washington (
the original shall-issue state), where "no gun" signs are uncommon. In fact, the only places one typically sees any signage in my region is in school zones, in the schools, a sprinkling of hospitals, and, of course, federal buildings and court houses ... as far as businesses, I never notice "no gun" signs (not that they might not be displayed, they certainly aren't prominent) in places I shop/eat.
Such signage in a business carries weight in this state only insofar as the issue of criminal tresspass. Nevertheless, we have an active group in the state that lets businesses know that they've lost us as customers for good if they desire to remain a gun-free zone.
I've communicated in person with a store's manager, and via e-mail to a franchise headquarters, regarding "no gun" signage in a popular business. I believe it's our responsibility to inform any business that displays such signs that we will be vocal in communicating to the general public our opposition to "gun-free" zones that deny us a basic right to self-defense and defense of our families, but will also in fact, have the unintended consequence of encouraging criminals and possibly facilitating tragedy, i.e., recent mall shootings.