Target asks customers to leave firearms at home

[Ridge]

Ridge, I totally don't get how you don't want to be judged but will be so quick to drop the gavel on others.

What the hell are you talking about? People on this forum like yourself judge me all the time, and I just let it roll off my back because I understand everybody has their own opinion.

[MED]

It makes me chuckle that we're debating what's necessary versus excessive. This is America. The land of super sized fries, 80 ounce soft drinks, cars with 1000+hp, trucks lifted to the moon with tires the size of a prius, and pretty much everything else that you can over indulge on.

Super size...not in NY because it is for your own good that we regulate your soda intake.

[Whistler]

There is a post earlier up about letting business know about out boycotts. Most don't complain, they just don't go back. There is no positive spin on this outside some gun sites, the businesses cannot think this was a positive thing for them even if they get no immediate complaints.


Oh no, they smelled blood in the water and acted. They are getting their free publicity and winning because of the actions of OCT. This is not helping gun rights in any way.

<Sarcasm warning>
Okay merl I concede the actions of OCT have completely negated all the incredible headway in preserving our rights we'd made until now and luckily MDA was around to deliver the kill shot. OCT is probably even responsible for the mag bans in Colorado AND the "assault weapons" ban in CT but definitely the "bullet button" in CA! They are now the "new" enemy for legally exercising their right against your wishes, prompting bad press and for being stupid. Oh and poor dressers. MDA is blameless, simply exercising "common sense" by creating hysteria around a [legal] non-event and bullying businesses into enacting policy to force their beliefs on everyone irrespective of the law. Of course Target had no choice because they didn't receive any immediate complaints from the people actually there but surely they think it's bad because you do. Dang I keep forgetting OCT is also the only gun rights organization in history to ever have their actions/statements result in bad press or provide fodder to the gun grabbers. <end sarcasm >

No I don't think it helps gun rights merl but I think I'll go have some beers instead.

[Irving]

I'm with you on this, but I would like to have a t-shirt with "I regularly make poor decisions".

That would definitely be my drinking shirt.

[osok-308]

I respectfully request Target to kiss my ass.

If I went to Target, I'd just carry concealed.

+1. Carrying concealed is preferable (for me) anyways. But I do not like Target anyways.

[BREATHER]

This is kind of mote point... I do not open carry in public/city/town because I do not want asshats to know I am carrying. I do not subscribe to "if they see my gun no crime will be committed"... I for one do not want to fight some shithead who is bigger and badder than I am over my piece....

[Hound]

Kinda ironic that a store named "Target" is anti-gun.

[Gman]

Kinda ironic that a store named "Target" is anti-gun.

Yeah, such a lost opportunity. If they ever decide to go further into making their stores 'gun free zones', the name will be very fitting.

[wctriumph]

Well, a bunch of poorly dressed young men with a variety of legally carried long guns walks into a Target store in Texas and it generated 400,000+ signatures on a petition sent to Target's HQ. Where were these signatures gathered from? In front of a Target store in Texas? I don't think so. Bloomberg is pulling out all the stops in his well organized plan to subjugate the Free People of America. Obviously being really, really rich does not bring true enlightenment, only a feeling that the rich are our betters and know that they should make our decisions for us.

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[trlcavscout]

They would never know if I was carrying, but target is the last place I would want to go.