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Moms Want Target To Adopt Open Carry Policy
WCCO.com ^ | 6/4/14 | Edgar Linares

Posted on 06/04/2014 3:34:14 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo

A national gun safety organization has set its sights on Minneapolis-based Target to stop gun-rights demonstrations in their stores.

The group Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense launched a petition on Wednesday. They’re asking Target’s interim CEO John Mulligan to establish a policy to prohibit people from openly carrying guns in its stores.

“Already we’ve had several different restaurants say that they will no longer allow some open carry…some guns all together in their establishments,” said Shannon Watts with Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense.

Last March, several people from the group Open Carry Texas were photographed walking down the aisles of a Dallas Target armed, shopping with assault rifles and semiautomatic guns.

In the U.S., 40 states allow open carry laws, including Minnesota. However, Minnesota does require a permit. According to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, a private establishment can prohibit carrying a pistol “on their premises.”

Target spokeswoman Molly Snyder issued a statement saying: “At Target, the safety and security of our guests and team members is our highest priority. Target does not sell firearms or ammunition and, as it relates to this issue, we follow all state and federal laws.”

So far, the mothers group has been successful in getting Starbucks and Chipotle to adopt open carry policies. Watts says Target is the biggest corporation they’ve gone after to date.

Some 80 to 90 percent of Targets guests are woman, according to the company’s website. Thirty-eight percent have children.

“It’s terrifying to have these people sitting with you in a restaurant or standing next to you line,” Watts said. “What companies need to do these days is have a policy around guns, just like they do around smoking and proper attire.”


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: 2ndammendment; banglist; moms; opencarry; target
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I've never seen a Target store with the required signage prohibiting any sort of carry, here in MN. If the signs go up. I'll stay away. With my money.
1 posted on 06/04/2014 3:34:14 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Good grief. These folks are on a roll.


2 posted on 06/04/2014 3:35:53 PM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

“Moms”

My mom carries a Ruger GP100 tucked under her waste band and a loose shirt when she goes to Target.


3 posted on 06/04/2014 3:36:36 PM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (RINOS like Romney, McCain, Christie are sure losers. No more!)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

From what I’ve read, Target follows state laws regarding firearms at and that’s it. The the “mons” group has been all over the Target FB page today pasting the same demand Bloomberg told them to.


4 posted on 06/04/2014 3:39:10 PM PDT by matt04
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

have “pink pistols” group open carry and watch Target bend over for them and leftist heads explode


5 posted on 06/04/2014 3:39:22 PM PDT by TurboZamboni (Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
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To: Jane Long

There’s a Denny’s near me and when they put up the sign, I left my “No Guns, No $” card on the table and never went back.

A couple of months later, the sign came down. Corporate found out about the sign, chewed them out and made them take it down.

So, I went back. Asked my favorite waitress just what happened and why they decided to allow guns in Denny’s.

“Oh, we still don’t allow guns. We just can’t have the sign up.”

I’m still scratching my head to this day.


6 posted on 06/04/2014 3:41:35 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Learn To Search. Ask Me How.)
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“It’s terrifying to have these people sitting with you in a restaurant or standing next to you line,” Watts said.

This useful idiot has probably had dozens or hundreds of people CCW withing feet of her. Last check she is still alive.

7 posted on 06/04/2014 3:42:25 PM PDT by matt04
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To: TurboZamboni

Great idea!


8 posted on 06/04/2014 3:42:42 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Learn To Search. Ask Me How.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Open carry is stupid. It’s like playing poker with your hole-cards turned up, IMHO.


9 posted on 06/04/2014 3:44:05 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Yeah. I don’t do it for just that reason.


10 posted on 06/04/2014 3:44:44 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Learn To Search. Ask Me How.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

don we now our gay apparel ...and open carry at Target!


11 posted on 06/04/2014 3:45:01 PM PDT by TurboZamboni (Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Good card to have handy!


12 posted on 06/04/2014 3:46:32 PM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: Jane Long

Got a glove box full.


13 posted on 06/04/2014 3:47:07 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Learn To Search. Ask Me How.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Christian baker refuses to bake cake for homosexual = Bad

Department store refuses to allow guns into their store = Good

The left is all about being against discrimination until it involves something they hate and/or fear. Either you're for other people's rights or you're not. Enough of the selective discrimination so prevalent on the left.

14 posted on 06/04/2014 3:49:28 PM PDT by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

I don’t want anyone to see I’m carrying. It’s my secret.


15 posted on 06/04/2014 3:50:10 PM PDT by SkyDancer (If you don't read the newspapers you are uninformed. If you do read newspapers you are misinformed)
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>> “It’s terrifying to have these people sitting with you in a restaurant or standing next to you line,” Watts said.

Watts, you ignorant ...


16 posted on 06/04/2014 3:52:18 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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“It’s terrifying to have these people sitting with you in a restaurant or standing next to you line,” Watts said.

If by these people she means these open carry nutjobs I'm with her.

There is no rational reason to want to run around with long guns in a retail outlet. These folks have a couple of screws loose.

And I come from a solid gunning background and am a lifetime nra member.
17 posted on 06/04/2014 4:03:02 PM PDT by wonkowasright (Wonko from outside the asylum)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

I’m as pro=gun as anybody on the planet, but I admit I never quite got this whole “open carry” thing.

Use a shoulder holster or a waist band holster and put on a jacket, suit coat, or an extra shirt.


18 posted on 06/04/2014 4:34:41 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: Jack Hammer
Personally, I prefer to carry concealed. I don't want anyone to know I am carrying (or not). Not knowing if someone is armed certainly SHOULD BE a deterrent to a person intent on committing a crime but alas, there are a lot of stupid people out there. To my knowledge, "Target" was, or still is a French owned company and I do NOT see any chance they would allow for "open carry" in their stores
19 posted on 06/04/2014 4:48:51 PM PDT by DaveA37
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To: Jack Hammer

Blackhawk Serpa and a nice Hawaiian shirt!


20 posted on 06/04/2014 4:55:27 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Learn To Search. Ask Me How.)
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