Posted on 10/06/2019 10:19:30 AM PDT by Swordmaker
Hobby Lobby, the arts-and-crafts giant whose evangelical Christian owners won a landmark religious-freedom ruling in U.S. Supreme Court several years back, is now under fire for selling signs that a customer alleges “glorify and encourage gun violence,” with some calling for a boycott of the chain.
Shopper Leslie Ruffing, 39, was at her local Hobby Lobby in Aurora, Ill. when she came across two gun-themed wall decorations. One of the metal signs read “We don’t call 911,” framed by two opposing pistols with their barrels crossed, and with bullets embedded in the number “1.” The other yellow metal placard says “NO TRESPASSIN’,” is riddled with fake bullet holes and warns that “Violators will be shot! Survivors will be shot again!”
Ruffing, who identifies as a “gun violence prevention advocate” on her Twitter account, tells Yahoo Lifestyle that she was “instantly filled with disgust and anger” when seeing the firearm paraphernalia. She believes that by selling the signs, Hobby Lobby, which does not sell firearms in its stores, is going beyond affirming second amendment rights by selling products that appear to “encourage” and “glorify” gun violence.
“This type of ‘shoot first, ask questions later’ mentality is incredibly dangerous to our society and leads to innocent people dying,” Ruffing says. “I’d like to know how they can justify putting profits over people at a time in our country where we are experiencing more mass shootings than days this year.”
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The author of this article conflates one customer’s complaint into multiple customers and complaints. Typical FAKE NEWS feeding the progressive agenda.
I have 3 words for Hobby Lobby’s critics: Dick’s Sporting Goods.
If she does not like the signs, she should not purchase them. If she is really upset, go to Michael’s instead.
Apparently this lady likes the ‘Welcome’ sign much better. Apparently she does not want someone with ulterior motives to stop and think before entering her property.
This proves what they really mean by their favorite term “gun violence”. You better not kill somebody who tries to kill you!
Fixed it.
Maybe the lady was joking? It would make more.sense that way.
She not only is a "gun violence prevention advocate", she's a liar.
Where does she get her numbers at, the DNC?
Amen
I think Leslie Ruffing is contributing to “gun violence” by being so easily, um, “triggered.”
ONE person is 'upset', 'concerned', 'outraged'. The post to social media and The Liberal Lynch Mob goes into action.
The best thing HL can do is ignore this. Don't acknowledge it. Don't even issue a statement. Just keep selling the products.
In 3 or 4 days, a new 'outrage' will emerge on social media and this one will be forgotten.
Dang. We were just at HL yesterday. Had I known. Besides which, the parking today is better..............Oh.
david hogg
Shopper Leslie Ruffing is deranged. She took her twitter account private. You can still see the home page, describing herself as “Progressive. Feminist. Gun Violence Prevention Advocate.”
These signs don’t encourage violence...they encourage not breaking the law.
What?
They have movies by Hollywood?...video games?
See lots of the “We don’t call 911” signs posted in my neighborhood.
Comforting to know I’m with like minded folk.
Makes ya all warm and fuzzy
The people buying these signs, buy them as a “joke”, but leftists have no idea a “joke” is because they can’t laugh, but can only clap, so they like “comedians” like Stephen Colbert, where you clap at his “jokes”
Since the left has no sense of humor, is the reason why the left can’t meme
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