I manage a branch of a small business, located in the City of Saint Louis. It is part of a larger company, which is based in Kansas City Kansas (that state has no ccw permit system). The owners might visit once a month, or less often than that. They don't bother us much, as long as we earn $ for them. They don't like guns much, and have given me a hard time about carrying one at the business. They have stopped short of forbidding me from carrying one while working for them.
Along with my wife and son, I live in an apartment above the shop area. If somebody breaks into the business, it is very likely my family and I will be in the building. My wife and I made the decision to be armed while at home and at the business, as most other businesses in this four block area have been broken into in the five years we have been here.
I was speaking with one of my employers and long time friend about the new ccw law going into effect. He knowsI took the ccw class, as a requirement for getting a ccw license after 11 October.
What really shocked me was when he asked me if I would post a sign forbidding ccw at our retail area. The idea just never occured to me. His point was that most accidental gun deaths are kids getting ahold of a gun, like when somebody sets down their jacket, and the kid shoots himself or somebody else. He wondered if I would be made nervous by people with guns so close by. When I told him no, ccw license holders don't make me nervous, he said
"Kind of like a wolf who doesn't mind being around other wolves."
I have a lot of work to do to change his mind.
The local Second Amendment rights groups, like the Second Amendment Coalition of Missouri, say that this is the time to be vigilant, and not let the antis grab the stage with hystaria over the impending Wild Wild West atmosphere. They're right. If you live in Missouri, please, stay active in the cause. We can keep the ccw law if we can convince people like my employer that the tales of gloom and doom just don't come to pass after a state gets a ccw law.
There will be no sign forbidding ccw in this business.
Weimadog
Along with my wife and son, I live in an apartment above the shop area. If somebody breaks into the business, it is very likely my family and I will be in the building. My wife and I made the decision to be armed while at home and at the business, as most other businesses in this four block area have been broken into in the five years we have been here.
I was speaking with one of my employers and long time friend about the new ccw law going into effect. He knowsI took the ccw class, as a requirement for getting a ccw license after 11 October.
What really shocked me was when he asked me if I would post a sign forbidding ccw at our retail area. The idea just never occured to me. His point was that most accidental gun deaths are kids getting ahold of a gun, like when somebody sets down their jacket, and the kid shoots himself or somebody else. He wondered if I would be made nervous by people with guns so close by. When I told him no, ccw license holders don't make me nervous, he said
"Kind of like a wolf who doesn't mind being around other wolves."
I have a lot of work to do to change his mind.
The local Second Amendment rights groups, like the Second Amendment Coalition of Missouri, say that this is the time to be vigilant, and not let the antis grab the stage with hystaria over the impending Wild Wild West atmosphere. They're right. If you live in Missouri, please, stay active in the cause. We can keep the ccw law if we can convince people like my employer that the tales of gloom and doom just don't come to pass after a state gets a ccw law.
There will be no sign forbidding ccw in this business.
Weimadog
