Unless there's another McKay's I Knoxville with the same paint scheme and trashcan arrangement (with free zine rack in background), the sign is gone.So Gunsmith Bob and I ran by there this evening to see. Sure enough, the offending sign was gone!
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Good for them! (and you)
ReplyDeleteConsidering the odd placement, the speculation in a previous comment there could be correct, that the posting of that sign might have been an outside job. Or for that matter, so might its removal.
ReplyDeleteSo you're there in k-ville, huh?
Did you by any chance quiz the management about the VDZ sign? Curious minds and all that.....
ReplyDeleteEveryone who called to gripe about the sign should be sure to call twice to say thank you. McKay's is the most customer market oriented business I've ever seen and this is a very supple action on their part.
ReplyDelete"...this is a very supple action on their part."
ReplyDeleteA case of "Damn you autocorrect!"?
They might like silver a little better that the folding green.
ReplyDeleteIt is good to see a store join the ranks of the land of the free.
I've said it before, the power of your blog is impressive. "If you would like to receive more tips on how to increase the popularity....." No just kidding
ReplyDeleteI think the fact that it was picked up by kindly Professor Reynolds and linked over at Reddit may have helped a teensy bit. ;)
ReplyDeleteNo I meant supple, in both common senses. It's the perfect double entendre:
ReplyDelete1 a : compliant often to the point of obsequiousness
b : readily adaptable or responsive to new situations
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supple
Good news indeed. I need to check the Nashville location.
ReplyDeleteWell done!
ReplyDeleteYay, win for everybody! Glad they got smart!
ReplyDeleteA job well-done, and done well. This is how civilized discourse works.
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Out of curiosity, does anybody know the validity of that sign under TN law? Is it valid for prohibition of licensed carry by the property owner?
ReplyDeleteIn TX there's a specific sign with required minimums that must be posted in an obvious place, etc... This sign would not be valid, according to the letter of the law. (Interesting take by the DPS Trooper teaching the instructor's course regarding intent of the property owner, but I'm required to abide by the letter of the law, so...)
My wandering point: One of the chain used bookstore locations around here has a gun-buster sign tucked out of the way in the bottom pane of the side glass by the entrance, much like this sign. I find myself wondering if this is a hippie-flage reflex. A way to genuflect toward right-thinking without taking the steps necessary to legally bar a percentage of their customers from the premises. The out of the way positioning seems to support the idea as in my area it's down there amongst a series of other random postings that most people ignore.
Of course the other possibility is that their contempt for CC extends to the law and they can't be bothered to understand what is legally necessary. Their magic force-shieldy sign keeps the baddies away and surely it'll work on me too.
Thanks,
JSG
JustSOMEGuy,
ReplyDelete"Out of curiosity, does anybody know the validity of that sign under TN law? Is it valid for prohibition of licensed carry by the property owner?"
The comment thread at the linked post has the specific TCA cite. Current TN law specifies that a "gunbuster" and/or wording that is substantially similar to the code section meet legal requirements. This sign had both.
Regardless, it's gone now.
Hmph. I'm of two minds about that being legal signage: From a liberty-minded property owner standpoint I ought to be free to express intent without having to hoop jump, yeah? From the standpoint of the guy who doesn't want to be in violation of lawful carry I hate the thought that I might miss a 4 inch circle because I didn't adequately scan the clutter of band/party/knitting circle postings haphazardly slapped on the bottom of the glass. The onus is on me, I know.
ReplyDeleteApologies for not following the link and answering my own question, I'm skimming today.
Regardless, it's gone now.
Yep. Worthy of note and celebration and kudos for your role/part.
JSG
Hear the surly snarl of the free!
ReplyDeleteHere in Texas I have asked several emporiums about the purpose of the "gunbuster" red circle with bar over the handgun silhouette. The response is uniformly that the store/bank/mall owners do indeed know it is meaningless legally.
ReplyDeleteAsking that was how I learned the manager and at least some of the tellers at my credit union carry concealed.
Don't discount that removal of the sign may have been inspired by a hippie bookstore worker who carries concealed legally there in Tennessee.
Maybe someone found a copy of the Constitution of the United States of America in the bookstore (not likely) and read the Second Amendment to them.
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