The fire power of a sticker: Businesses jump to declare support for gun rights

Bryan Crosswhite sits at an office desk in his D.C. apartment Wednesday. He says registration notices for the Second Amendment stickers have been coming in more than once per minute. (WTOP/Andrew Mollenbeck)

WASHINGTON - Businesses across the country are ready to stick 'em up in the name of gun rights, a window sticker that is.

A sticker declaring support for the Second Amendment has become the must-have item for like-minded shop owners across the country. And it's the brainchild of a Leesburg restaurant owner.

The seemingly-insatiable demand to sign up for the sticker highlights a political debate that is far from resolution. And interest for the stickers has exploded since The Washington Times published a story mentioning the sticker earlier this week.

Bryan Crosswhite, owner of Leesburg's The Cajun Experience restaurant, which is known for its Open Carry Wednesdays, founded the website in response to questions from his customers.

"A lot of patrons come in and ask us what other businesses in the area support the second amendment," he says. "We really didn't have an answer for them."

On Dec. 27, 2013, he launched the online database for businesses to register as gun rights supporters and receive a decal to display their support of the second amendment.

The idea took off.

"This has gone way farther than we ever imagined," Crosswhite says, pointing to thousands of completed registrations in the first few days.

"We're actually talking to other organizations to help us figure out the direction we're going to take."

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The fire power of a sticker: Businesses jump to declare support for gun rights