Yeah, I dont carry in TX because I dont know all their laws. I should research but I go there so rarely.
Juan, the store, of which you speak, still has one on the north door. I go in the west one. And what do you guys expect from a company that banned Playboy, but you still see an almost nude pseudo celebrity on a Cosmo cover. Hmmmm..., Southland corporation. I see a pattern.
I can't speak as to Arkansas, but as to Texas, the last time I checked--which, admittedly, has been a few years--a simple gunbuster won't suffice. Texas mandates specific wording, in contrasting block letters, of a minimum size, in English and Spanish, to constitute an effective prohibition on concealed carry.
Again, check for yourself before you try it, but that was the state of the law when last I checked.
It amounts to pretty much the same thing. 7-11 has the sign but says to ignore it; Starbucks won't post, and if we do carry in Starbucks they will still serve us and they won't ask us to leave but says they'd rather we didn't.
I see a distinction without a difference. In any event, my main point here is we can still carry in either establishment.
Yes, you're right, Texas has specific requirements for their signage. Like you, I am not intimately familiar with what those requirements are, but I know they do exist. As such, I treat all GB signs in TX as legit, since I don't know for sure.
Maybe that's why they changed their stance.
Hrmm....bad guys didn't listen and brought in a gun and robbed the store with it.....maybe some of those good guys with guns could have helped out.
If I remember right, TX is real specific on the sign. Has to be 30.06 compliant or something. Large sign, specific verbiage and font, English and Spanish. Also must be placed at every entrance in an obvious place. Basically if the sign is not 30.06 compliant, it does not have the force of law.
A link of assistance.
http://www.texas3006.com/signs.php
You can also google up Texas 30.06 signs in an image search.
Hostility to concealed carry is not a 7-11 corporate policy. I've lived in Kansas City the past 12 years and have not seen one such sign in a 7-11 in either Kansas or Missouri.
7-11 stores in OK are not the same as other 7-11 stores. They are owned by two separate companies.
Years ago, 7-11 used to be OK and Texas and was owned by 2 people. The owner of the Texas stores wanted to branch out more, the Oklahoma owner didn't. So the company split, non-compete agreements were signed and life went on. That's how the story I heard went anyway.
You can see some differences between the stores like we don't have Slushies, we have Icees.
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