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I signed up for TFA at a gun show a few years back and they gave me a stack of these cards. The back had details about what requirements an HCP holder must have and something about how barring legally armed people won't prevent crime.

Sadly, it didn't take long to give them all out to posted businesses.
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So maybe it's just the Liberterian in me showing through but am I the only one who sees the hypocrisy in gun owners demanding business owners cave to our demands, yet we are the same group that gets our panties in a bunch when the anti-gun owners make business owners cave to theirs?

 

The Second Amendment guarantees that the government will not infringe on our right to go armed the same way that the First Amendment guarantees that the government will not infringe on our right to free speech.  Neither of those amendments guarantee that a private person or business entity cannot ask us to exercise our Rights anywhere but their private property.  My rights end where someone else's begin.

 

Sure, we all have the ability to spend our money with the businesses that we choose.  I tend to spend my money with those that provide goods and services at a reasonable cost while providing good service and operating ethically and responsibly.  If they support things that are important to me, such as the Second Amendment, I am even more inclined to do business with them... but if they don't, I will evaluate my options and may still do business with them for a variety of reasons.

 

When I see a gun buster sign, I have a choice to make and I weigh that choice against various criteria and options.  One of those options is to contact the management or owner and let them know that I would prefer that they not ask me to choose between my ability to defend myself and my family, and buying from them.  But I won't leave a silly, passive-aggressive business card or decal telling them that no guns equals no money.  I prefer dialogue over drive-by.

 

But at the end of the day they still have the right to ask me to disarm, just as I have the right to shop elsewhere, and I respect that.  I see both sides of the discussion and both are equally protected.  I'm just not a fan of bullying business owners any more than I want to be bullied by Moms Demand Action or whatever the hell they're called.

 

Just my $0.02 worth of pre-church rambling.

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Meh, it's just a way to communicate with the businesses. I may not like MDA but they have every right to do what they're doing. It's private businesses as you say. The problem is when all the businesses hear from are groups like MDA. The squeaky wheel gets the grease so we have to make sure we squeak as well.

 

If people really want cards like these, it wouldn't be a whole lot of work to get some made up. I wouldn't worry about copyright as IMO, the cards could do with a bit of tidying up anyway. Vistaprint has 500 for under $50 including a b/w rear print.

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