Executives at Target probably never thought much about their red-and-white bull's-eye logo becoming so fraught, but the mammoth discount retailer now faces the challenge of being the latest corporation pulled into the fight over open-carry gun rights. On Wednesday, the social-media-savvy Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America began sharing images of men carrying semi-automatic rifles inside Target stores, including in Texas, where the group Open Carry Texas held a recent demonstration to point up the right under state law to display such guns in public.
Over the last few months Moms Demand Action has pressured more than a half-dozen corporate food and beverage chains into rejecting the open carrying of firearms at their locations, including Starbucks, Chipotle, and Jack in the Box, and most recently Sonic and Chili's. Large retailers have become the latest front in the battle, including Home Depot last weekend, and now Target.
In March, Open Carry Texas posted images to Facebook of its armed members inside a Dallas-Fort Worth area store, noting that "Target is very 2A friendly."
And just in case you thought these were reasonable people who just liked to go shopping with their inferiorities on open display, here are some of their responses on Facebook:
"We like baby toys!" one open carry supporter chimed in on Facebook.
"Hell, yeah," said another.
"Hey Mom's Demand Action! Suck on this!" said another.
Oh yeah that's the stuff.
Keep it up boys you are making a difference, and changing minds. Trust me.
#OffTarget Images: How Open Carry Groups In Texas Shop For Oreos
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Texas Open Carry Activists Have Stopped Bringing Guns To Target
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It takes a while to find out how to e-mail the Target Corp. from their website, but I just wrote to them to say that my family and I will boycott Target stores here in the Northeast until they ban open carry groups. It's worth your time to do the same, if you can.
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Maybe you might provide a link for us, since you've done the hard work to find it. We appreciate that, and would like the link to write our own emails.
DeleteI'm afraid I'm not computer savvy -- went to the main Target website, where down in the lowest corner in the smallest type, there's a line that says "contact us." Hitting that, one gets mostly FAQ spots, but -- and now I don't remember which option had another teeny "contact us" line -- which leads to a place where you an enter your details and, finally, a space to write a message.
DeleteSorry this is so vague.
Here is the link to sign a petition to Target courtesy of Moms demand Action -
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Target corporation information email form. Email us to get you the fastest answers to your Target Corporation information questions. We'll respond to your e-mail as soon as possible.
Deletehttps://www-secure.target.com/HelpFormLinkPageView?catalogId=10051&langId=-1&storeId=10151&krypto=cQcHDksCxhgmutHxyjlq48%2BIHqzAFPvRjj%2BCK5QVyor4h0nGk1rMzeFOGnDn4aO%2F5j5F%2FWeHnQn5%0AYKCkxU%2BisHY1848%2FvacW2oxdPaaln2AgEzeb4KFkIw%3D%3D&ddkey=http:HelpFormLinkPageView
If the link doesn't work go to target.com > contact us > corporate information.
Target on FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/target
UGGHHHHHHH I HATE living in a digital world right now. How do I get over 13000 pictures (from the last 3 years) off my computer easily and somewhat cheaply????
ReplyDeleteDAMNIT I wish I hadn't been so busy and ignored this.
Oh and you know how most of us have Palin folders with random crap? That has like 1000 random pics in it that are now kissing the inside of my trash bin on here. Felt amazing.
Most of us DO NOT have Palin folders with random "crap." You are so damn obvious and off your rocker!!
DeleteWho'da thunk that "hell" was in Myrtle Beach?
ReplyDeletehttp://www.wmbfnews.com/story/25698439/real-gun-found-in-toy-aisle
Hmmm... A 'suspicious' BLACK guy walking up and down the aisles... (but it sounds like he was NOT on tape putting the gun where it was later found...)
DeleteBut, "of course". I'm really hoping it wasn't someone wanting to advance the cause of how dangerous it is to have guns in Target, because CLEARLY it's dangerous and we don't need THAT kind of help in pointing it out. sigh...
DeleteI haven't heard of these sociopathic behaviors where I live, but the first time I enter a store with any of those bullying goons, it will be my last time and I will tell the manager why.
ReplyDeleteI can get just about anything I need online anyway and will do so if it concerns my safety or that of my family. In that case, it will be shop local, my ass. Get the gun-toting thugs out, first.
You and I both. Sadly their Nazi tactics are working. They get scary with guns and we lock ourselves in our homes and say we can make it not affect our lives.
DeleteNone of these asses here either. However....I Do keep track of companies that allow this to happen and I Do boycott them. Both in person and online.
DeleteI refuse to be afraid of them, just as I refused Bush's plan to make me afraid of terrorist attacks. It's the damn principle of the matter. They have no right to shove this crap in my face.
I'm a responsible gun owner and I do not support this childishness.
Gryphen....have you read Baldy/RAM's latest shit on her Fecesbook page?
ReplyDeleteNo doubt about it....the bitch is INSANE!
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152477557323588
OMG! So you have to be DEAD to be a 'real' hero? She is fucked in the brain, bigtime.
DeleteThanks, GinaM!
DeleteSarah can't help herself -- she uses 100 spit-flecked words when ten will do.
She even throws GOLF into her screed: she hates the President, so anything she can throw out to besmirch him, she will.
Twice showing pictures of dead soldiers -- there once was a time when the families of such soldiers asked that such pictures NOT be published, since doing so violates their privacy.
We'll see what Sarah is sputtering about a month from now, when much more of the facts are revealed about Sgt. Bergdahl and the prisoner exchange. Until then, I'd recommend to her the full Rolling Stone 2012 article. There's a link that Gryphen's posted.
Another thought, Sarah: why haven't your daughters enlisted in the military to fight for our country.?True patriots would have every eligible family member in uniform. Send them to the recruiting office in Anchorage tomorrow -- or tell us why your family doesn't follow its words with action. Or can they not pass the intelligence screening?
I'm thinking she changed her drug regime, this is about as manic as I've seen her in awhile. Hey Sarah, keep an ear open for that unmistakable hum of spaceships. I hear the aliens are at it again, looking for people to probe.
DeleteSleep with your wig and clothes on, just sayin'.
Those guys look in-bred.
ReplyDeleteIt's time to boycott ALL of the Target stores across the nation. Then, perhaps they'll keep the gun-carrying assholes out of their stores. There are plenty of other places to shop! I'm proud to say that I've never been in a Target store in my entire life! It'll stay that way too! (and, I'm a retired senior citizen!)
ReplyDeleteNo more visits to Target.
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ReplyDeleteNew York Times: Classified Military Report Does Not Conclude Bergdahl Deserted
But the report is said to contain no mention of Sergeant Bergdahl having left behind a letter in his tent that explicitly said he was deserting and explained his disillusionment, as a retired senior military official briefed on the investigation at the time told The New York Times this week.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/06/world/asia/bowe-bergdahl-walked-away-before-military-report-says.html?hp
Attorney General Revives Domestic Terrorism Group, and Far Right Goes Wild
ReplyDelete...The response was considerably less measured, however, when it came to right-wing media, particularly pundits inclined to promoting conspiracy theories. One far-right website, run by documentarian Pat Dollard, headlined the news story: “Holder Mobilizes Group To Wage War On The White Man.”
http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2014/06/04/attorney-general-revives-domestic-terrorism-group-and-far-right-goes-wild/
Nothing says manly more than a couple of overweight dudes with penis extenders.
ReplyDeleteNothing says "I am sexually inadequate" like strutting an assault weapon in the baby toy aisle hoping someone will take your photograph.
Delete"Now I can't see my tiny dick because of my big ol' gut, but I can shonuff see this here gun I'm a-totin' into Target, ya hear? Because Free Dummmmmbbbbbbb!!!"
DeleteThis gun crap will shut down when one of these fools blows a hole in his foot.
ReplyDeleteLike hell it will. It didn't shut down over a kid blowing off his own head with an automatic rifle his dad handed to him.
DeleteIf I was shopping at Target, or any store and saw a couple of idiots flaunting their assault rifles like that I would immediately demand that the store manager call the police.
ReplyDeleteWho is supposed to be able to tell if they are peaceful and responsible trained guys with the safety on, and no round chambered, or asshole fanatics about to shoot up the checkout aisle?
Can you tell by looking? I doubt it, but then again this is Texas
I own handguns and long guns, and have a concealed carry permit, but I am 100% against this stupid display of their so called 2nd amendment rights
You nailed it, A.J. Don't you think if there WERE bad guys in the store, they'd quietly come up behind the idiot flaunting his long gun and pump their first bullets into him, taking him out with no warning, before beginning their robbery, etc.?
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Today a Target store found a loaded real gun in the toy isle. Sounds like an anti gun prank, but it just shows we need to curb this gun mania.
ReplyDeleteWhy would you assume that finding a "loaded real gun" in any department of a department store would indicated "an anti gun prank"? I cannot imagine anyone who, like me, is opposed to the proliferation of guns in this country, would put a loaded gun on a shelf in a store where anyone, including a child, could find it. Finding a loaded gun in a store, any store, certainly does mean that we should "curb this gun mania" but it's not the people opposed to guns who need to be curbed.
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How could any reasonable person feel uncomfortable when such responsible, mature adults come to a store blatantly brandishing firearms capable of firing up to 10 rounds a second?
ReplyDeleteI mean, with women and children shopping...
retired folks...
someone you don't like...
what could possibly go wrong?
Pity the poor store employee who has to tell them a sale item is out of stock!
DeletePlease call Target Guest Relations at 612-696-3400 (select option #4) and let them know how you feel about having guns in their stores. Their policy is to follow state law. Target can change their store policy to ban guns. I told them I will be taking my business elsewhere until I hear they have instituted a "no guns allowed" policy.
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Police ask public's help to identify man related to gun found in Target toy aisle
Posted: Jun 04, 2014 9:51 PM PDT
Updated: Jun 05, 2014 1:51 PM PDT
http://www.wmbfnews.com/story/25698439/real-gun-found-in-toy-aisle
Why does every NRA member open-carry tool look like he needs to drop some serious money on a gym membership and a good barber?
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ReplyDeletePolice: Man Mistakes Gun for Lighter, Accidentally Shoots Hand
Target employee injures himself with gun that fell out of customer's pocket, police say
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Police-Man-Mistakes-Gun-for-Lighter-Accidentally-Shoots-Hand-231815021.html
How many stores have these inbred dufuses visited? TARGET, following their logic, should have been the first, considering the meaning of the name and the company logo. They'll stop when they no longer get a rise from people's reaction.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad there's online shopping so I don't have to deal with these idiots, but I won't shop any store that doesn't change it's policy back to banning guns.
We teach our little children in schools and homes to run from men with guns but Target expects children to politely accept men with guns in their stores?
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ReplyDeleteMembers of Moms Demand Action will deliver this petition in person to Target. Please spread the word about the petition on social media.
https://act.everytown.org/cms/thanks/target-petition-2?action_id=11205117&akid=.2625842.RbEG6B&ar=1&form_name=act&rd=1&taf=1
I guess y'all don't believe in constitutional right
ReplyDeleteI guess you'll want to go back to days we had separate bathrooms for people of different race