Deserteagle
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Or perhaps someone has thought it through on an intellectual level, rather than an NRA slogan level.
Very few "armed" robberies of establishments result in violence. Even bank robberies have very few injuries even though the bad guys have to enter deep into the establishment to rob a bank.
Like most restaurants, Denny's have the cash registers near the entrances. So it is even easier for a bad guy to get in and get out with the money than in a bank.
Thus Denny's security plan, like those of most banks, is to give the bad guys the money and get them off the premises with as little risk as possible to its employees and customers.
The two most likely things that would screw up that security plan are:
1. Am employee who tries to prevent the robbery; and
2. a customer who tries to intervene in the robbery.
Denny's can train its employees to eliminate the first problem.
It can prohibit customers from carrying weapons on the premise to help reduce the probability of the second.
In essence, Denny's no gun sign says "We don't want any idiots trying to intervene in a robbery and putting our employees and customers at a much higher risk of being injured or killed. If you are that type of an idiot perhaps you should eat elsewhere."
The no guns sign isn't for the bad guys - its for the other idiots.
You bring up a good point that I havent thought of before. I guess in the end it doesnt bother me if the business loses any money in a robbery because it aint mine. Only problem is that this logic makes a little bit too much sense to be the actual reason why many businesses have those signs. Im sure some businesses have no gun signs for this reason and Im also sure (and know) that many other businesses have them for other reasons like they dont like guns or like Costco, they dont allow guns because it "bothers" their customers.