Originally Posted by Slipped Mickey
It depends on the business and the owner. We can't know for certain and that alone is a deterrent. The fact remains that unless the owner has a sign saying that the owner and employees are not armed they may in fact be armed.

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"Protected by Smith & Wesson" on the door of a business would give bad guys pause, no? They'd perhaps look for a target less threatening. I'm fairly certain they'd be more likely to choose the business with "The owners and employees within are unarmed" sign.

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Here's where we need to be looking at actual data. But remember, your original example was about a meth freak on a rampage, not about a criminal enterprise carefully planning a heist. That's what I was responding to.

I was going to reply comparing members of Congress to meth freaks, but then I realized one could easily compare Congress to a criminal enterprise as well. Nonetheless, I would agree that from what I understand about tweakers signs on the door of any sort are probably ignored.

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