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In reply to the discussion: This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]WinstonSmith4740
(3,056 posts)I think that's the route we need to take. If companies have to make a choice between the 99% of their customers who don't carry their guns everywhere, and the 1% who do, they'll come around real fast.
I saw this (on a different level) in Los Angeles years ago, when there was a push to make restaurants non-smoking. The owners went to the public meetings decrying how this would destroy their business, it wasn't their place to police it, etc. But when they started working the numbers (85% of their customers didn't smoke), and seeing that restaurants that went non-smoking without being told to were doing really well, they changed their tune. I remember listening to one owner testifying at a hearing that he fought the concept with all his might, using all the common talking points, but after he had to go non-smoking, his business actually went UP.
But we have to be vocal. More people need to follow your lead.