So I guess Target is out!

[E4 No More]

So perhaps they'll change their corporate logo to a vagina now? http://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/bullseye-target-takes-aim-gun-owners-bars-firearms-stores-n146441

 

Bullseye: Target Takes Aim at Gun Owners, Bars Firearms in Stores

Target, whose logo is a bullseye, doesn't want gun-owners bringing firearms into its stores -- even where it is legal to carry. Interim CEO John Mulligan sent a note to employees to outline the retailer's policy on the "open carry" of firearms in stores, according to the company's blog Abullseyeview.com. "Starting today we will... respectfully request that guests not bring firearms to Target—even in communities where it is permitted by law." Individual states allow residents to carry concealed handguns with varying restrictions and permit requirements. Mulligan said in the note that bringing firearms to Target "creates an environment that is at odds with the family-friendly shopping and work experience we strive to create."

Edited July 2, 2014 by SWJewellTN

[Hozzie]

I noticed the term "open carry" when I read it earlier as well.  I think they are basically saying, don't come in and be a douchebag even if "open carry" is legal in your state.  I am curious if there is anything specific about concealed carry. 

Edited July 2, 2014 by Hozzie

[jughead]

some how take the teeth out of the tenn. gun buster sign and carry concealed. if i read the law right non-permit people get in less trouble carrying behind the sign

[gun sane]

Here's a suggestion for a new logo:

 

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[greenego]

I noticed the term "open carry" when I read it earlier as well.  I think they are basically saying, don't come in and be a douchebag even if "open carry" is legal in your state.  I am curious if there is anything specific about concealed carry. 

Hope you are right and no gun buster signs,

[maroonandwhite]

Ah who needs a gun now that you can carry a claymore on your back? I bet it won't be long before some goober carries a longsword into Starbucks. But that's another thread....

 

I do love how these business aren't "banning" guns in their stores but rather "respectfully requesting" that you don't bring them in.

[daddyo]

Target, Chipotle, Chili's, Starbucks - all have "respectfully" requested that patrons not bring firearms inside. No bans; no posting signs, nothing. So, really, nothing has changed. My theory is that they did what they did to get the Moms Who Don't Get Any Action off their backs, and it worked like a charm.

Let them think they've won. They're more likely to underestimate us.

[bersaguy]

Well, except for the fact that it goes against the grain of the Constitution and the right to bare arms plus it goes against the legal codes of the states that do allow a person to legally carry a firearm concealed or otherwise it doesn't bother me one bit that Target were Gun Free Zone because I have only been in one of their stores one time and was looking for their fishing section and I was informed they didn't have one so never went back and don't ever plan to plus adding that target is owned by a French Corporation located in France.................jmho

[Chucktshoes]

Here's the thing, in reality, they did nothing at all. They did the exact same thing as Starbucks and Chipotle. They released a statement asking customers to leave their guns at home. The focus of which is directed at asshats like Open Carry Texas and others walking around with rifles. What is important to take note of is what they didn't do.(just like Starbucks and Chipotle) That is post their locations against carry. Moms Demand Action From Bloomberg gets to crow about a victory while normal folks will continue to go about their business and carry into Target like we always have before. Target gets to go about their business of selling stuff to folks who don't like going to Walmart instead of being used as a pawn by both sides of a debate they couldn't give a shit about. If we 2A folks really want to do ourselves a favor we would stop dragging innocent 3rd parties into it. This isn't a zero sum, with us or against us fight. Let MDAFB make asses of themselves instead of helping them accomplish their goals by being egotistical dickwads. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

[dcloudy777]

It sucks, but Target and these other businesses are being backed into a corner... Kwikly.   :pleased:

[leftyk82]

Target, missing the mark

[maroonandwhite]

It sucks, but Target and these other businesses are being backed into a corner... Kwikly.   :pleased:

I see what you did there...

[Chucktshoes]

[quote name="bersaguy" post="1164599" timestamp="1404323785"] plus adding that target is owned by a French Corporation located in France.................jmho[/quote] Target was founded in Minneapolis, MN in 1902 and is still headquartered there. It is not, and never was owned by any French entity. There is a longstanding joke about Target being a French store and pronouncing the name as Tar-jhay. That has more to do with joking about Target being more upscale than Walmart when in reality they are both mass market, big box discount retailers. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

[Clod Stomper]

Well, except for the fact that it goes against the grain of the Constitution and the right to bare arms plus it goes against the legal codes of the states that do allow a person to legally carry a firearm concealed or otherwise it doesn't bother me one bit that Target were Gun Free Zone because I have only been in one of their stores one time and was looking for their fishing section and I was informed they didn't have one so never went back and don't ever plan to plus adding that target is owned by a French Corporation located in France.................jmho

You get the Run-On Sentence Award today! Congratulations!

[E4 No More]

I noticed the term "open carry" when I read it earlier as well.  I think they are basically saying, don't come in and be a douchebag even if "open carry" is legal in your state.  I am curious if there is anything specific about concealed carry. 

"Starting today we will... respectfully request that guests not bring firearms to Target—even in communities where it is permitted by law."

[E4 No More]

Well, except for the fact that it goes against the grain of the Constitution and the right to bare arms plus it goes against the legal codes of the states that do allow a person to legally carry a firearm concealed or otherwise it doesn't bother me one bit that Target were Gun Free Zone because I have only been in one of their stores one time and was looking for their fishing section and I was informed they didn't have one so never went back and don't ever plan to plus adding that target is owned by a French Corporation located in France.................jmho

As opposed to a French company located in....? :)

Edited July 2, 2014 by SWJewellTN

[maroonandwhite]

"Starting today we will... respectfully request that guests not bring firearms to Target—even in communities where it is permitted by law."

Yeah I think they definitely made their viewpoint clear. Time will tell if they actually post or not though.

[E4 No More]

If they don't put up gun-buster signs I'm ok with it. The statement highlighted above states their mindset, however. Besides, I want a reason to NOT have to be dragged into Target by you know who. :)

[Oh Shoot]

Well, except for the fact that it goes against the grain of the Constitution and the right to bare arms plus it goes against the legal codes of the states that do allow a person to legally carry a firearm concealed or otherwise it doesn't bother me one bit that Target were Gun Free Zone because I have only been in one of their stores one time and was looking for their fishing section and I was informed they didn't have one so never went back and don't ever plan to plus adding that target is owned by a French Corporation located in France.................jmho

 

You get the Run-On Sentence Award today! Congratulations!

 

As opposed to a French company located in....? :)

 

And they actually took no stand at all on bare arms, short sleeves are still welcome there.

 

- OS

[mikegideon]

Target says, "Look you retards! From now on, if you show up with an AR-15, we will throw your ass out". Carry on.

[dcloudy777]

And they actually took no stand at all on bare arms, short sleeves are still welcome there.

 

- OS

 

While no sleeves at all is still more of a Wal-Mart look.     :rofl:

[daddyo]

Molly Snyder, a Target spokeswoman, said the retailer will not post signs at its stores asking people not to bring guns inside. "It is not a ban," she said. "There is no prohibition."

http://www.columbian.com/news/2014/jul/02/target-asks-customers-not-to-bring-guns-to-its-sto/

Edited July 2, 2014 by daddyo

[BigK]

It's hilarious how the over-zealous nutjobs on OUR side are causing us more trouble lately than the over-zeolous nutjobs on THEIR side. WTF good can come of toting rifles into a big box retail store to cause a scene...just because you can?

[mikegideon]

It's hilarious how the over-zealous nutjobs on OUR side are causing us more trouble lately than the over-zeolous nutjobs on THEIR side. WTF good can come of toting rifles into a big box retail store to cause a scene...just because you can?

 

Are you sure they are on our side, or actually working for the pipsqueak's mommies?

[cj0e]

Keep Calm and Carry Concealed.