Its simple, if spending money in a business that has a "no guns" sign bothers you, dont spend your money there. Go over to opencarry.org and they have some business sized cards you can print off or have printed that sum up your feelings. They are commonly refered to as the "no guns, no money" cards. Hand them to the manager or owner of any business so they know why they are missing out on your money. Followup with a phone call or old fashoned letter telling them you would love to spend money there but the business wont allow you to enter. Always turn the tables around on them, they will want to say you are more than welcome to come in but not your gun. Shift it to them by saying you dont feel comfortable taking your gun off, unloading it and locking it in a car unattended just to enter a business. Ask them as a business owner what guarantee they can provide that if you do take off your gun and keep it in the car, that your car wont be broken into and somehow a kid wont get it. When they correctally say they cant guarantee that, tell them thats exactally why you want to keep it safely on your hip. Remember, always turn the tables on the business owner that they are keeping you out by the signage, not you choising not to shop there. After all, that is exactally what is being done.
Here in WI, since the "no guns" signs have been popping up due to the recient law allowing CC, I have only spent $40 in businesses that had signs up. Trust me, I feel bad about that $40 but I just had to have what they did and due to needing it for work I had no choice. Still not bad considering they would normally have gotten hundreds if not thousands of dollars otherwise.
Im now in charge of my own purchacing at work and do alot of it for the rest of my department and another one. Normally thats just a follow the template kind of thing and when more equipment or consumables need to be ordered, you just order where the last shipment came from. Now, since some places have shown they dont want my business, I have been working on sourcing new vendors for what I need. Its a slow process because of the time it takes to find a new vendor for each product ordered but Im commited. Just the stroke of my pen or the click of my mouse can equal hundreds or thousands of dollars going to a company that agrees with the laws of the land here.... or hundreds to thousands of dollars lost by a business that simply dont want me or my money. Simply put, Im making businesses stand (or fail) on the same moral decisions they are asking me to make when I have to decide to walk through a door or not.
Am I dumb enough to think me not spending money in a business will affect them? No, I dont spend enough personally to make even a ripple in a businesses cash flow. My work account, now that hurts them. I know, places have called. But you need to think of you meager personal purchases as tiny business accounts. If you and all your friends think and spend alike, it really adds up so dont sell your wallet short.
Good lists for businesses that love you or hate you are available at opencarry.org and friendorfoe.us. Vote with your wallet, some say its the best vote you got.
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