Among the other reasons, I really don’t like so much loaded gun handling within the store, and a wide variety of guns being handled by clerks.
When an action is repeated so often, the chance of accidental discharge goes up.
Yes, some years ago, a co-worker of mine had a very unfortunate experience. He patronized a shooting range which had lockers on site for storage of weapons. Well, one day he goes to the range and there’s a small crowd of people at the door. The range had closed, with their weapons inside. They called the police, who wound up getting into the store. On investigation, they found a number of the weapons stored in lockers at the range had been used in crimes across a number of states. The owners of the range were “renting” guns out to criminals. So all the guns were impounded for evidence. When the investigation was over, the city began destroying the weapons. They cited a state law claiming that it called for the destruction of any guns involved in a felony. They conveniently left out the complete wording of the law: “Any gun used in a felony with the consent of the owner.” Some of those guns had already been destroyed before the lawyers got them to stop.
Their BS is much more dangerous than just leaving you alone.
I would definitely ignore their sign, if I didn’t just leave