July 2nd 2014: "Starting today we respectfully request that guests not bring firearms to Target – even in communities where it is permitted by law."
"This is a complicated issue, but it boils down to a simple belief: Bringing firearms to Target creates an environment that is at odds with the family-friendly shopping and work experience we strive to create."
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Until we correct the massively twisted and distorted point of view held by the courts, less-rationally-minded business will be free to adopt the brain-dead, three-times stupid response of creating seriously dangerous "gun-free zones" in their walls, a target of opportunity which few criminals can resist.
Although so-called "gun-free zones" occupy less than 10% of the places visited by the general public, they experience a full two-thirds (66.1%) of all mass shootings,
precisely because the public has been disarmed. When businesses disarm their customers, they engage in the most flagrant violation of their safety, placing them at
17.9 times greater risk than had they adopted the same stance as Walmart and the vast majority of local businesses, who simply say, "We respect the rights of our customers commensurate with all local, state, and federal laws."
If state law says "Open Carry is legal," as it is in 45 of our 50 United States (90%), but a business refuses to allow its customers to OC, that business is NOT respecting the the rights of its customers under the law. Doing so invites criminals to prey upon their weakened customers, and
dramatically increases the likelihood of injury or death for both their customers as well as their staff.
BOTTOM LINE: If Target were truly interested in creating a family-friendly environment, they would focus first on SAFETY, not political correctness. The safest approach by far, by a factor of nearly 18 times, would be for them to adopt the same stance as the vast majority of their competitors by saying, "We respect the rights of our customers commensurate with all local, state, and federal laws."
Target already screwed the pooch once with their "we'll just store your credit card information 'for your convenience' crap." They're in the midst of a repeat performance, this time by creating yet another highly-dangerous "gun-free zone," putting their customers and staff at seriously-increase risk from the criminal element.
I think it's safe to say Target's Full Retard response severely tramples on the rights of its customers to protect themselves and their loved ones, a fact which will not go unnoticed by the general public at large. I, for one, will never frequent Target again, and I'm firmly convinced a great many other Americans will follow suit by BOYCOTTING Target until they change their policy commensurate with ration and reason.
Target Guest Relations: 1.800.440.0680, Option 2, 4.
E-mail:
guest.relations@target.com