I was absentminded when I read this, and misread it as, “A. I get so damn tired of picking spent bullets out of my head.” :eek:
By analogy, what if the sign said “No Soliciting”? Soliciting is considered, in America, to be an honorable profession, it is the bedrock of the competitive free enterprise economy. There is 15 minutes of soliciting in every hour of cable TV, on which I pay handsomely for the privilege of being solicited.
The “No Soliciting” sign merely gives me a modicum of assurance that nobody will walk up to my table and hand me a Watchtower, or point to my french fries and ask if I’m going to eat all those, or dun me for raffle tickets to the cheerleaders support group.
“No guns allowed” does not guarantee me that the restaurant will not be entered by a desperado. But it may be an assurance that I am less likely to be caught in a hail of crossfire if one does, from a motley clientele exercising their Second Amendment rights, whether competent to do so responsibly or not. I’d feel safer in a place where only one side has a gun, no matter which side that is.
Unless the no gun one is also a bar (where banning guns can make sense), both signs are stupid and pointless - one because, frankly, I don’t care about your political views one way or the other, and the other one because it isn’t going to stop criminals anyway. In real life, I’d probably just keep going until I find a McDonald’s, which AFAIK doesn’t have any signs or political views at all except that they bow to the almighty dollar.
B. I carry a knife. A’s sign clearly(?) says I’m not welcome.
You have to admit, that would get old pretty fast.
A, because it’s less likely some idiot will do something stupid with a gun in that place.
I’m apathetic on most issues and guns are no exception. But if the restaurants were of equal quality, I’d probably pick A. “No Guns Allowed” seems like a plausible and normal policy for a store to have. Maybe their insurance is cheaper, maybe they just don’t want to deal with the hassle, maybe they really don’t like guns. I’m sure many other places have a similar policy.
But a store next to that store that has a “Guns Welcome” sign is Making A Statement, and I might be seen as making a similar statement by patronizing them, and I’d just rather avoid political drama.
I voted A although there is a good chance that I get shot during a shootout in Sandwich Store B. Those walls are pretty thin. :eek:
There’s no question about it for me, A absolutely. I wish more businesses would do the same.
B because they want every bodies business.
**A ** only seems to want customers that agree with their agenda on non food related things, so IMO, would be more likely to buy supplies from those that agree with them over a better product from someone who does not agree with them politically.
Picked B, but honestly, my prejudice is that the food’ll be better at A.
A because they want everybody’s business.
B only seems to want customers that agree with their agenda on non food related things, so IMO, would be more likely to buy supplies from those that agree with them over a better product from someone who does not agree with them politically.
This.
The signs don’t matter to me; I’ll eat wherever the best sandwich happens to be.
A couple of years ago I visited Madison, Wisconsin. I don’t keep track of gun-related laws, but something had apparently changed since my previous visit: on this occasion, as I wandered up and down State Street, a number of stores and restaurants now had signs posted at the door saying “NO GUNS ALLOWED.” Presumably guns were allowed at establishments that did not have such signs. The presence or absence of these signs made no difference to me.
This. The people there are less likely to be a danger to me, and are more likely to be the sort of people who won’t harass or attack me. B is likely to attract swaggering gun nuts, thugs, and the kind of people who might decide to beat me up because they think I look gay or am a liberal or atheist.
Although if possible I’d go to neither, because both signs indicate that gun nuts and/or gun violence are common in the area and I’d rather avoid such places entirely.
It seems to me that it’s the other way around. Everyone who wants to can eat at B whether they carry a gun or not. A does not welcome the business of anyone carrying (either open or concealed).
I chose A.
B is tantamount to putting up a sign that reads “We are just lousy at risk assessment! Try our Egg Salad!”
I pick the one that doesn’t make me make a left turn to get back out onto the road in the direction I want to go.
You do realize that you can just as easily flip that statement 180 and it would be an equally true value judgement for people who don’t agree with your politics, yes?
Both signs are political statements. “A” obviously doesn’t want everybody’s business; licensed concealed carry holders are not welcome. Whereas at “B,” everyone, LCCH or not, is welcome.
They are welcome, their gun is not.
That being said, both signs are saying that some people are not welcome. A doesn’t want those that carry a gun at all times, B doesn’t want people that choose not to be around guns whenever possible.