The adage “Because you can doesn’t always mean you should”... comes to mind... Carrying your AR over your shoulder while you’re walking around with the soccer moms is likely to draw the kind of attention that is not desired...
Target REQUESTED that you not open carry. The request really has no teeth other than the fact they can ask you to leave if they see your firearm... They haven’t posted any “no firearm” signs as of yet...
I spoke to my local Target store manager and he is unhappy. He believes this will hurt business... Time will tell
I will continue to CC and ignore their request if I MUST go to Target which is unlikely...
here on Iohio, if there’s no sign posted on the front door, there’s nothing stopping you legally.
look, if we do stop going there and it does hurt business, maybe target will come out and say they were wrong. then the managers can have some ground to stand on and complain to corporate.
if nothing negative happens for target, the only way things can go is the request turns into signs.
These long-arm open carry demonstrations at Target and other stores are happening in Texas. Their purpose is to advocate for open carry of handguns in that state, which is currently illegal. Open carry of long-arms is legal.
Look at the "How To Carry" picture at the end of the original article. The "wrong" way may indeed be wrong, but the "right" way will get you arrested in Texas.