springfield 1911
Founder's Club Member
Hi,
I have opened up our facebook page (robert haack diamonds) to discuss this issue of us being "black listed."
Keep in mind that my wife carries and has been shot at 3 times. My goldsmith will be a concealed weapon carrier, have plenty of family in the military, my brother shoots his gun about 5 times a week - well, he actually owns about 20 guns, etc.
I am ok with the law, and I do support it. However, my concern for my store is this. A bad guy comes in (guys) to our store, and causes an altercation. Our store has security in place to handle certain situations. Now, if you were in the store, with your concealed weapon, you might feel inclined to help out, which is great, except that could escalate the situation to where we can't defuse it. Now, if you didn't have your weapon, the situation never would have been escalated.
I do understand too, that expert gun owners are going to get their permits. But, like my wife says, you never know how you are going to react until the situation arises. I don't want our store to be in that situation.
I am listening and keeping an open mind, and if you want, you can discuss on our facebook page, where you will get more viewers of the public. I might have special hours for concealed weapons, and special hours for non concealed. I think that is a good compromise.
I hope we all can get along.
Bret
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