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Target asks customers not to bring guns to its stores
MPLS Star & SIckle ^ | 7-2-14 | evan ramstad

Posted on 07/02/2014 7:35:16 AM PDT by TurboZamboni

Target Corp. on Wednesday took a stand against customers who bring firearms into its stores. “This is a complicated issue, but it boils down to a simple belief: Bringing firearms to Target creates an environment that is at odds with the family-friendly shopping and work experience we strive to create,” John Mulligan, the company’s acting CEO, said in a statement. The matter became a surprising controversy for the Minneapolis-based retailer in recent months when activist gun owners in Texas and other states chose the company’s stores to demonstrate their belief in the right to openly bear arms.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banglist; carry; guns; minneapolis; minnesota; opencarry; target; texas
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Not surprising. I don't go there any way.
1 posted on 07/02/2014 7:35:16 AM PDT by TurboZamboni
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To: TurboZamboni

I will now avoid this publicly advertised “unarmed victims” zone.


2 posted on 07/02/2014 7:36:55 AM PDT by TruthInThoughtWordAndDeed (Yahuah Yahusha)
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To: TruthInThoughtWordAndDeed

they got too big for their data breaches.


3 posted on 07/02/2014 7:37:36 AM PDT by TurboZamboni (Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
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To: TurboZamboni

Target now becomes one. Crazy drugged up dopes are already cheering.


4 posted on 07/02/2014 7:38:46 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: TruthInThoughtWordAndDeed

Name your store Target and then tell people not to come in armed. Seems a little odd don’t it.


5 posted on 07/02/2014 7:38:46 AM PDT by Foundahardheadedwoman (God don't have a statute of limitations)
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To: TurboZamboni

“Target” wins the Irony of the Day award.


6 posted on 07/02/2014 7:41:15 AM PDT by jiggyboy
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To: TurboZamboni

Haven’t gone there in years.

Their name and logo are rather ironic though! hahaha


7 posted on 07/02/2014 7:41:26 AM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: TurboZamboni

In addition to not bringing my gun into Target, I will go a step further and not bring my money in there, either.


8 posted on 07/02/2014 7:44:48 AM PDT by MNGal
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To: VanDeKoik

And hoplophobic Bloomturd soccer moms.


9 posted on 07/02/2014 7:47:51 AM PDT by TurboZamboni (Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
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To: TurboZamboni

Unless there is an official no-guns sign posted on their store entrance, it is perfectly legal to bring in a gun in this state (NC). I’ll continue to concealed-carry in the local Target store. Even if they do put up a sign, I’ll probably decide to ignore it. The issue of self-defense is too important to be diminished by this feel-good PC nonsense.


10 posted on 07/02/2014 7:48:13 AM PDT by Blennos
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To: TurboZamboni
“This is a complicated issue, but it boils down to a simple belief: Bringing firearms to Target creates an environment that is at odds with the family-friendly shopping and work experience we strive to create,” John Mulligan, the company’s acting CEO, said in a statement.

"We'd much rather our customers and employees be left at the tender mercies of criminals. Luby's is our model."

11 posted on 07/02/2014 7:48:24 AM PDT by Paine in the Neck (Socialism consumes EVERYTHING)
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To: TurboZamboni

I stopped going to Target when they disallowed the Salvation Army Bell Ringers at Christmas.
Since they can’t keep credit card data secure that was a good decision.
So they wont need to worry bout me bringing in my gun.
Freegards
LEX


12 posted on 07/02/2014 7:49:07 AM PDT by lexington minuteman 1775
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...But starting today we will also respectfully request that guests not bring firearms to Target, even in communities where it is permitted by law.”

I will respectfully ignore their request.

13 posted on 07/02/2014 7:50:19 AM PDT by deoetdoctrinae (Gun-free zones are playgrounds for felons.)
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To: TurboZamboni

I was in Target when a couple decided to grab a TV and head to the rear door. A cop was in the store and chased them, yelling freeze. They got in a fist fight near my family. The cop ended it with a few boot stomps (from his jack boots I’m sure :). The perp and his family sued the cop for excessive force. I told the police department the cop did the right thing.

I wasn’t carrying that day. That was the last time I went to the store without my gun. Target can ask politely and I’ll politely ignore.


14 posted on 07/02/2014 7:52:00 AM PDT by Azeem (There are four boxes to be used in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury and ammo.)
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To: TurboZamboni

So police cannot go into a Target.


15 posted on 07/02/2014 7:52:41 AM PDT by AppyPappy
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To: deoetdoctrinae

In Minnesota they need to post a specific sign as required by statute or they can want and one hand and poop in the other and see which fills up first.

If they oppose open carry, I don’t know why they couldn’t just post a sign stating “NO OPEN WEAPONS CARRY ALLOWED”


16 posted on 07/02/2014 7:53:51 AM PDT by TurboZamboni (Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
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17 posted on 07/02/2014 7:53:55 AM PDT by deoetdoctrinae (Gun-free zones are playgrounds for felons.)
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To: TurboZamboni

Armed robberies at Target in 3...2...1


18 posted on 07/02/2014 7:56:59 AM PDT by Mich Patriot (Pitch black is the new "transparent.")
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To: TurboZamboni

I don’t shop there. Foolish as they are now painting a “target” on themselves (to coin a phrase) for criminals.

But I will defend their rights as private property owners to make this call.

I worked for several big retail chains that all banned firearms in the stores. Extremely foolish IMO.


19 posted on 07/02/2014 7:57:18 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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Customers? They aren’t the problem! They may want to ask CRIMINALS to not bring guns to its stores. Geeez. This crap isn’t rocket science!


20 posted on 07/02/2014 7:57:35 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (The future must not belong to those who slander bacon.)
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