Target Slams The Door

[HallisChalmers]

BREAKING: Target "Respectfully Requests" Customers Leave Guns at Home | The Truth About Guns

As you’ve likely seen in the media, there has been a debate about whether guests in communities that permit “open carry” should be allowed to bring firearms into Target stores. Our approach has always been to follow local laws, and of course, we will continue to do so. But starting today we will also respectfully request that guests not bring firearms to Target – even in communities where it is permitted by law.

Will they also post 30.06 signs or what?

 

[TX69]

OCT working hard on permanently slamming that door closed lol

 

[Glockster69]

"Respectfully request" placates to the anti's while it should not offend the respectful carrier. Rise above it, shut your pie hole, conceal it, and carry on. Simple enough.

 

[tx_transplant]

This, boys and girls, is what happens when a private business gets caught in the middle of 2 opposing forces trying to use them as leverage. As when Starbucks and Chipotle came out and said that they wanted no more open carry "protests", I have no problem with it. They all just want to sell their stuff and make money, not get tangled up in political issues.
Should these businesses that are being targeted (no pun intended) start posting signage, there is nobody to blame other than groups like OCT. Just my $.02.

 

[Saltyag2010]

BREAKING: Target "Respectfully Requests" Customers Leave Guns at Home | The Truth About Guns



Will they also post 30.06 signs or what?

Why don't we give them the idea?

 

[Odiferous]

My guess is that they'll post signs prohibiting the OPEN carry of guns...to ban CONCEALED carry would take 30.06 signs, and I think they'd suffer finalcially for that decision.

I'm sure that they have a lot of lawyers talking this one over with the financial guys.

 

[CrazedJava]

It's kind of a nice appeasement move. Gun laws vary by state so Target has a nice mea culpa if MDA complaints about the lack of signage or other legally binding gun bans. "We're not in the business of enforcing local laws" or words to that effect.

Requesting is not the same thing as outright banning, but it does give them grounds to immediately eject any open carriers in the future without any warning "Our store policy is no guns."

Still sucks though. It's a step backwards even if it isn't an outright ban. I much prefer the policy of "We respect local laws".

Seriously, how many businesses is OCT going to turn anti-gun before they figure out this tactic is working against us?

 

[jbgramps]

This, boys and girls, is what happens when a private business gets caught in the middle of 2 opposing forces trying to use them as leverage. As when Starbucks and Chipotle came out and said that they wanted no more open carry "protests", I have no problem with it. They all just want to sell their stuff and make money, not get tangled up in political issues.
Should these businesses that are being targeted (no pun intended) start posting signage, there is nobody to blame other than groups like OCT. Just my $.02.

Yea, OTC and like minded demonstrators are the cause of this. Surely they realize the damage they are doing? Bloomberg and company stay up nights looking for ways to discredit gun owners, OTC has given them so much help it's unbelievable.

But I digress, the OTC thing has been hashed to death. So, my response is I'll never set foot in Target again. Other gun owners should do the same.

 

[General Zod]

BREAKING: Target Clarifies Gun Statement is Not a Ban or Prohibition on Gun Carry in Stores

Target doesn't seem to think it's a ban...

 

[F350-6]

BREAKING: Target Clarifies Gun Statement is Not a Ban or Prohibition on Gun Carry in Stores

Target doesn't seem to think it's a ban...

Or perhaps they realize the left has already claimed victory and moved on and will miss any follow up announcements.

I'd like to say that they realize the request can be ignored by law abiding citizens just like the legal no gun signs can be ignored by criminals, but who am I kidding. It's not like Target really caters to the 2A crowd. No sporting goods to speak of. No guns/ammo/supplies. I'm actually surprised they didn't take a stronger stand.

 

[Ranger60]

And again, OCT and those that pretend to be OCT members or just idiots again give the anti's ammo, let's see now, most of the media, a few well known corporate names, Hmmm, what does the general public think of gun owners?

 

[matefrio]

Gun owners are like...........

 

[franzas]

Yea, OTC and like minded demonstrators are the cause of this. Surely they realize the damage they are doing? Bloomberg and company stay up nights looking for ways to discredit gun owners, OTC has given them so much help it's unbelievable.

But I digress, the OTC thing has been hashed to death. So, my response is I'll never set foot in Target again. Other gun owners should do the same.

Bullshit. Just like chipotle or Whataburger, they say it is policy, they "request" guns be left out, but they don't do a damn thing about it. neither Chipotle nor Whataburger posted any kind of no gun sign (30.06 or at least a "gunbusters" d
sign) in response to the long gun OC folks. In VA I have open carried a handgun literally a week after this shit hit. Nothing. Whataburger, i go there often, at different locations. I have yet to see a no guns sign, much less a 30.06. In addition to that, my friend in Alabama, (handgun) open carries every day for his job and eats at Whataburger often. He has yet to hear of such a complaint.

Long story short, I firmly believe that target, like other businesses, will come out as anti-gun to appease the liberals, without actually doing anything about it

 

[txinvestigator]

Bullshit. Just like chipotle or Whataburger, they say it is policy, they "request" guns be left out, but they don't do a damn thing about it. neither Chipotle nor Whataburger posted any kind of no gun sign (30.06 or at least a "gunbusters" d
sign) in response to the long gun OC folks. In VA I have open carried a handgun literally a week after this shit hit. Nothing. Whataburger, i go there often, at different locations. I have yet to see a no guns sign, much less a 30.06. In addition to that, my friend in Alabama, (handgun) open carries every day for his job and eats at Whataburger often. He has yet to hear of such a complaint.

Long story short, I firmly believe that target, like other businesses, will come out as anti-gun to appease the liberals, without actually doing anything about it

What thry actually want is for a holes to stop using Target (and other stores) for their attention whoring.

 

[HallisChalmers]

Open Carry Texas Responds to Target's Non-Ban Gun Ban | The Truth About Guns

Engaging in the businesses of interfering with or making a scene at private corporations is something to which Open Carry Texas has never lowered itself, a practice we will maintain.

Sadly, if we do get open carry approved, this will happen: http://www.guns.com/2014/07/02/first-day-of-georgias-new-gun-law-man-draws-on-fellow-open-carrier/

 

[Texasjack]

Number of times I've been in Target in the last year: 0
Number of times I plan to go there in the next year: 0
Amount of caring I have about Target's policy: 0

 

[franzas]

What thry actually want is for a holes to stop using Target (and other stores) for their attention whoring.

Exactly. They can do that by stating policy, but not actually enforcing it.

 

[zincwarrior]

It's kind of a nice appeasement move. Gun laws vary by state so Target has a nice mea culpa if MDA complaints about the lack of signage or other legally binding gun bans. "We're not in the business of enforcing local laws" or words to that effect.

Requesting is not the same thing as outright banning, but it does give them grounds to immediately eject any open carriers in the future without any warning "Our store policy is no guns."

Still sucks though. It's a step backwards even if it isn't an outright ban. I much prefer the policy of "We respect local laws".

Seriously, how many businesses is OCT going to turn anti-gun before they figure out this tactic is working against us?

As many as they are paid to. They're either grade A morons or on the take from other parties. I usually go with moron, but no one keeps doing this mush stupid this frequently.

 

[zincwarrior]

So, my response is I'll never set foot in Target again. Other gun owners should do the same.

Why? I fully support what Target did and would do the same. Don't blame the victim, blame the idiots who are doing this.

 

[AustinN4]

Why? I fully support what Target did and would do the same. Don't blame the victim, blame the idiots who are doing this.

Could not have said it better!