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To: KimRife

Does Costco have the right to control access to their property?


2 posted on 12/14/2004 9:19:14 AM PST by Poohbah (Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women!)
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To: Poohbah

Of course, but we have the right to defend ourselves, AND the right to find another place to shop.


5 posted on 12/14/2004 9:23:27 AM PST by KimRife (When citizens fear their gov't you have tyranny. When gov't fears its citizens you have freedom - TJ)
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To: Poohbah

"Does Costco have the right to control access to their property?"


Sure, and gun owners have the right to patronize other establishments as well. If they want to create self-defense-free zones, gun owners should shop somewhere else.


10 posted on 12/14/2004 9:25:38 AM PST by need_a_screen_name
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To: Poohbah
Does Costco have the right to control access to their property?

Yes they do, and I have the choice to not give them my business.

12 posted on 12/14/2004 9:26:23 AM PST by ASA Vet (What if there were no hypothetical questions?)
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To: Poohbah
Does Costco have the right to control access to their property?

Yes, they do have a right to control who enters their property. That having been said, neither you nor I have any obligation to obey that request. Unless the signs they post have metal detectors in them they have no enforcement.

I recently joined our local Costco, despite knowing it is owned by a rabid-dog demonrat. If our store posts such sign I will immediately apply for a concealed carry permit after having procrastinated for far too many months, and enter the store and defy those signs to detect my concealed weapon.

Kind of like the idea of civil disobedience. That's something the crazed demonrat owner of Costco should understand.

16 posted on 12/14/2004 9:28:18 AM PST by Auntie Dem (Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Terrorist lovers gotta go!)
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To: Poohbah
Does Costco have the right to block blacks from their property?
19 posted on 12/14/2004 9:31:35 AM PST by sausageseller (Look out for the jackbooted spelling police. There! Everywhere!(revised cause the "man" accosted me!)
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To: Poohbah
Does Costco have the right to control access to their property?

Yes.

38 posted on 12/14/2004 10:06:02 AM PST by Protagoras (Christmas is not a secular holiday)
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To: Poohbah
Does Costco have the right to control access to their property?

Can Costco not allow blacks access to their property?

Can Costco not allow homosexuals to their property?

Can Costco not allow Catholics to their property?

Can Costco not allow Republcans to their property?

This "Freedom" thing gets a bit confusing at times!

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59 posted on 12/14/2004 10:30:42 AM PST by Seeking the truth ( www.0cents.com - Pajama Patrol Badge stuff is here!!)
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To: Poohbah
Send the Sierra Club an anonymous email stating that COSTCO is built on endangered wetlands, and the mating habits of the spotted tree snail are at risk.

Then write the EPA and let them know that portions of the building leak hydrogen dioxide and it could be an enviromental hazard.

If all that fails, just boycott the $h!t out of them.
125 posted on 12/14/2004 11:55:57 AM PST by FrankR (Don't let the bastards wear you down...)
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To: Poohbah
Depends on the State laws on CCW. In Texas the business DOES have the right to disallow entry w/CCW.
212 posted on 12/15/2004 10:02:38 AM PST by ChefKeith (Life is GREAT with CoCo..........NASCAR...everything else is just a game!(Except War & Love))
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