I'm not sure that is universal. I believe that places like Buffalo Wild Wings, Sprouts Farmers Market and others like them have management teams that are so arrogant that they believe that they can overrule or by-pass our elected officials. It is not about what is legal but what they can do to intimidate the less-than-secure. We, on this forum, spend a lot of time working on the letter of the law while I suspect as much as 50 percent of LTC holders in Texas have only their class information from which to base decisions. A lot of people are risk averse and are not going to go against something that looks legal, even if it isn't. The combined signs are simply a way of reducing the square feet of signage in their front window. If push comes to shove, I worry that there are enough D.A.s who might see it their way, too.BSHII wrote: ↑Thu Oct 22, 2020 8:42 pm
My presumption is that any business with substantial resources (and the PM of the major office buildings in question certainly qualifies) has access to competent legal advice and therefore made the deliberate decision to post a non-compliant sign. I interpret that as an attempt to thread the needle by placating the hoplophobes while winking at the carrying public.
My personal approach is to avoid businesses that don't want my business. If I have no choice but to go in, I follow the law, the real law as documented in the TPC and not the permutations that businesses invent. My only accommodation is to go back to real concealment instead of the pseudo concealment that I have often adapted since open carry was passed.