Gun Policy News
'No Guns in This Store' Signs May Be Bad for Business
28 January 2005
Business Journal (Minnesota)
Two years ago, when the Minnesota Legislature passed the conceal-and-carry handgun law, businesses and organizations hurried to protect themselves by putting up those blasted signs by their main entrances: "This business bans guns in these premises."
A new study shows those signs have a negative emotional effect on whomever passes by — employees and customers alike.
Stephen Morgan, Ph.D., an associate professor of psychology at Concordia University-St. Paul, said... (GunPolicy.org)