Presented for your enlightenment is an overview of the merchant contact program and how permit holders can gather information on posted businesses as well as communicate with business owners on the social good that our state's CWP law represents. It serves notice to posted merchants that permit holders, as principled individuals, will not do business where their right to lawful armed self-defense from violent criminal attack is denied. When Grassroots receives information that a merchant or business dependent on public goodwill is posted, our organization sends a formal letter of protest to that businesses' owner of record or corporate CEO or president. Merchants who post against concealed carry invite criminal mayhem from individuals looking for easy targets of opportunity. Permit holders are consumers who represent a valuable commodity.
Alternate signs are available which court permit holders yet serve notice on others.
Depending on the situation, a posted merchant or business may receive alternate signs with the letter along with a copy of the Grassroots newsletter. The name and address of the posted merchant or business is then added to a computer database which you see in your newsletter. This information is also forwarded to another Grassroots volunteer who enters the information on the organization's web site. Placement on this list may be subject to verification by Grassroots staffers or recognized community volunteers. Merchants who are caught cheating also receive extra attention from Grassroots.