To me it depends on the company. Those that are very vocal about it I will not patronize, i.e. Dick’s and Levi’s. Others that have a company policy against firearms but choose not to properly post as required by law, like Panera and BWW, I don’t care.
I don’t care about a company’s political views, but I do care about how they exercise them. My opinion is pretty much the same as @MikeBKY. If a company is anti-2A and is posted as a no-gun zone, I won’t patronize that business. If they aren’t posted, I don’t care.
Gotta agree with the other Mike’s. If the company is in your face about it I just avoid them. Fortunately in my area most places are neutral or lean towards 2A.
Agreed with above. An activist company doesn’t get my dollars. A lip service company I’ll take on a case by case basis. It would also depend on how badly I need what the company sells and if I can get it somewhere else.
I pretty much agree with the above. I tend to avoid vocal anti (whatever I like) and try to patronize vocal pro (whatever I like).
I don’t get why people want to put politics in their business. I get gun shops, and maybe certain coffee shops…
But when I am at work, I deal with a variety of pro gun, anti gun, liberal, and conservative. I am in the green party at work, I am there to make money.
I dont shop at places that are anti 2A. Saying don’t carry one way or another, to me, is different than saying no guns. If you donate to gun control advocates, I avoid that business like the plague.
Everybody has good thoughts on this one and I almost clicked “depend on business” nooo what happens to me at kroger and walmarts policy itself has lost my business.
When I was explaining the situation to corporate they were begging me to come back just with concealed but I was called racial terms and they knew like I said in the beginning my family spend 10,000 a year in kroger and she confirmed it being close to what I said. It was so serious i was on the phone with the director of the chain.
All of the places that I personally do business with, welcome gun owners. I try very hard to not deal with national chains except for one and that’s only for my cars service.
So I support those businesses who support the causes I support or at least remain neutral.
It depends on the company. I can boycott some things, but, others are a little tougher. I can’t get all my groceries at Sav-A-Lot, that leaves Walmart and Kroger. I, like Merrell shoes, but, it’s hard to convince a 10 year old that politics is why he can’t have high top Nike shoes like all the other kids. I didn’t like Levi’s anyway, and Dick’s is overpriced. I do, try to support Pro-2A groups as much as I can.
I chose it depends on the company and other…because it depends on the company’s stance that they are taking as well. I also respect a company’s freedom to support whatever positions they want to support (however that does not mean I will continue to support them).
I haven’t shopped a Dick’s in over a couple years now…I avoid Starbucks except on very rare occasions…Walmart I continue to shop…CVS is interesting…despite all of the dustup on their position earlier this year…I have yet to see a “no carry” sign posted on their doors yet so I keep shopping (and carrying) there.
There are a lot of policies, politics, etc. that conflict with my personal beliefs at different institutions. I believe that politics and business should remain separate. Additionally, sometimes I don’t have the finances, time, or location to strictly adhere to shopping at businesses which fit my personal beliefs. For example, I make an effort to buy “American”, but considering outsourcing, foreign companies with American factories, or even just limited availability or increased price (and sometimes even quality) sometimes means I will compromise.
However, generally speaking, if I see the required signage for a gun-free zone, I shop some place else.
I will add to my answer, I only go to gun free or no carry places when I have to. Like the occasional trip to a post office, school, government building. I don’t shop in stores with no carry signs, unless I absolutely have no other option.
While ignorance isn’t a defense (I think @MikeBKY may have said that in another thread), you didn’t know. Now that you do know, you’ll follow the details you didn’t know.
I think that’s a huge thing that people miss, if we don’t know the details we can’t do the right thing. That’s part of why we’re all here - to learn so we can better protect ourselves and our loved ones.
I do all of my mailing through the USPS online portal so I don’t have to visit the Post Office.
I must go to the post office from time to time. When I do, I park on the street (city property) not the parking lot (federal property) and lock my weapon in the car.