Posted on 10/22/2006 5:25:01 AM PDT by sig226
Costco Bans Guns Fellow newslinks editor Bruce Kraft learned the hard way about Costco's gun ban. Below is his story.
Mark A. Taff
. . . We arrived at the registers, and got rung out. I paid, and as we are getting ready to head out, Brian came up and said that "for the comfort and safety" of their employees and guests, he asked that I leave my gun outside.
I said "No problem, sorry if I caused any fuss." I then asked if this was the policy of the Eden Prairie store, or a company-wide policy. He said it was company policy. I asked if I could get some sort of written statement or copy of the policy, because there were 35,000 permit holders in the state of Minnesota alone who were going to want to know about it.
Oh, and since they didn't want me in their store could they please return my groceries. Brian said "Oh, no, your perfectly welcome to shop here, we just" at which point I cut him off saying "You just asked me to leave, so obviously I am *not* welcome here, and neither is my money." (I have played out scenarios like this in my mind for several years, it was gratifying that he kept giving me all the right straight lines).
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Bruce continues:
"BTW, their letter is misleading, I never raised the issue of civil rights, because I firmly believe that companies have every right to ban whomever they please, I just think it is not fair for them to hide the fact."
You can read a pdf of the letter Costco sent to Bruce.
Call Costco at 1-800-774-2678 and give them your feedback on their gun ban policy.
(Excerpt) Read more at keepandbeararms.com ...
That's true. They always have something to fondle.
Because criminals attack people there too.
Luby's is one of the more notable crime scenes, where a maniac crashed his car thru the windows then went around systematically executing people; one person had dutifully left her handgun in the car, and was unable to stop the killer while he executed her parents.
In Florida, I have yet to see one of those 'no guns' signs. I carry and I look. Home Depot doesn't have them and I know their policy is against it becuase I worked there. Management may have decided that they prefer to have customers in the stores, instead of angry emails in their inboxes.
You deprive me of my Right to protect myself while in your store, you are responsible for any harm that befalls me. Your choice, your responsibility.
Don't want to bear the burden of the responsibility? Let your customers protect themselves, and your property as well in case you missed it.
It isn't about setting conditions, it's about self defense. Deprive someone of their self defense tools as a condition for doing business, you are saying their self defense is now YOUR responsibility since you were the one that took those tools away.
Of course, some of you will try and have it both ways. You want harmless patrons who should be willing to die to do business with you. What utter lunacy...
I agree. This isn't a government policy, it's a private business. He obviously didn't conceal too well. Every COSTCO, I have been to has a sign out front, he obviously didn't see one, and didn't conceal. Their policy is no guns, and he violated it. If he doesn't like this business, he can go to another. I actually don't care. Some people do. They are free to shop somewhere else. They can go to Sam's and get crappier meat and hold onto their guns while they are checking out the 24 roll pack of toilet paper. It's capitalism.
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