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October 1st, 2010, 05:14 PM #1
Site trying to send a message to businesses
Have you seen this website?
http://www.nogunsnobusiness.com/
So far just over 1,300 have signed up. If it was my site, I'd include some of the crime or rather lack there of stats to stress that permit holders are the most law abiding citizens...
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October 1st, 2010, 05:36 PM #2Member
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Re: Site trying to send a message to businesses
Cool idea, I signed up.
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October 1st, 2010, 05:51 PM #3Banned
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Re: Site trying to send a message to businesses
So....who does this list actually go to again?
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October 1st, 2010, 06:15 PM #4Active Member
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Re: Site trying to send a message to businesses
Cool idea, but I think they need to list the restaurants that ban guns, and the ones that welcome them to help users make wise choices. Otherwise it's just a petition people sign, feel fuzzy about, while still patronizing places that ban guns because who checks that before making a dinner reservation?
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October 1st, 2010, 09:59 PM #5
Re: Site trying to send a message to businesses
great idea, but it has lots of room for improvement. one major thing would be explaining that *many states* (not all) require training prior to obtaining their permit. PA of course does not, and a mention of that would avoid confusion.
saying "If permit holders eat out an average of $7 per day
that's $10528 restaurants are losing to permit neutral restaurants." implies that it's only restaurants we're fighting to gain approval with. a mention of big box retail stores, malls, and a few other key businesses along with an estimated weekly spending pattern would really drive the point home.
along with that, I'd suggest listing the stores, at least large well known ones, who are against customer (maybe even employee?) carry. A search-able database of retail stores and restaurants would be perfect. the site is already purposely basic looking, so a very simple red = bad, green = good marking system would let people know which businesses to patronize, and which to boycott altogether. maybe a 'stoplight' would work, since you could have yellow designations for businesses that have made their position unclear. that might help prompt people to press them for a definite answer.
it seems very simple, but i really see it gaining momentum once people start using the site to 'report' gun unfriendly businesses, and for that matter, 'praise' the businesses that support our rights.
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October 2nd, 2010, 09:49 AM #6
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October 2nd, 2010, 12:05 PM #7
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October 2nd, 2010, 12:52 PM #8Grand Member
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Re: Site trying to send a message to businesses
Haha... you guys might have signed up on a .gov watch list
Hoplophobia is funny
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October 2nd, 2010, 01:21 PM #9Grand Member
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October 2nd, 2010, 01:34 PM #10
Re: Site trying to send a message to businesses
Ha a gov watch list, maybe but please God let it not be a cease fire mailing list. It's a new site, being just registered on 9/16.
Since all they are requesting is first initial, last name and zip, I don't think there's anything nefarious going on, of course I could be wrong, but there just isn't much that can be done with that information.
As a few of you stated above, there are lots of ways they could improve the site and taking a look at it today, they've started to make some changes to the site.
It is a good idea to communicate to businesses that declare themselves to be gun free zones that people who carry are law abiding and do spend money that they will miss out on. I'd think with the current economy that most businesses wouldn't want to piss off any potential customers, but that's just me.
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