Target’s Gun Ban Has Unexpected Results As Assailants Attack Store’s Unarmed Customers
A gun, loaded with live ammunition, was found abandoned in the toy aisle of Target.

Three days ago, Target enacted a new policy in which they asked customers to politely leave their guns at home or not bring them on the premises of any Target store. This was probably decided after a loaded gun was found in the toy aisle of one of their stores as reported here on The Inquisitr.
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Unfortunately, their gun ban policy is proving to be problematic as numerous reports are coming in about Target’s customers getting robbed at gunpoint.

According to reports, including one in the Gainesville Times, Target shoppers at two different stores in Georgia have been robbed by armed assailants since the discount retailer announced the policy on July 2, 2014.

Perhaps as a reaction to the robberies, Target spokeswoman Molly Snyder said that there was no ban on guns, and it was just a “request” that the company hoped customers would honor. She said there would be no signs banning guns nor would customers with a gun be asked to leave.

Unfortunately, similar incidents have taken place at other Target stores. This includes a woman having her purse and car stolen by an armed assailant at a Target in Atlanta, and a man who was robbed of $500 at gunpoint at a Target on Shallowford Road, which is about 50 miles northeast of Atlanta.

It is possible Target didn’t understand that many gun-related crimes occur in gun-free zones, and their statement, though technically not banning guns, may have been enough to give the perception that their stores are easy pickings for would be criminals.

Jerry Henry, executive director for the website GeorgiaCarry.org, had this to say about Target:

   “That’s what happens in gun-free zones. They actually should be called victim-enrichment zones because that what they are. If anyone want to commit a crime with impunity, take your gun where there are no guns. You can do what you want, get in and get out and there’s nobody to stop you.”

Prior to the incidents, the policy was getting both positive and negative feedback, especially on the Denver Post. What is unknown right now is if reports of Target customers being robbed at gunpoint will make the store reword or rethink their policy.

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I don't know to whom it was "unexpected".
I certainly expected it to happen.


--Steve

I had to post the first article because people on another forum were unaware.
One week, well 8 days ago, Target announced it's no-gun policy.


--Steve

The second amendment means that the GOVERNMENT can't infringe on the rights of citizens to keep and bear arms. A private business can ask you not to bring guns onto their property any time they want. They can't have you arrested but they are entirely within their rights to ask you to leave. Whatever a particular businesses policy happens to be, and whether it is a good idea or not, is that businesses affair, no one else s.

The guys in the photos in the post above are just di*kheads. If you chose to be armed - which I do - then get a concealed weapons licence and keep your gun under your shirt. Stunts like those pictured don't exactly help to convince folks who are either anti-gun or neutral about the issue, that most gun owners are sensible, responsible people whom there is no reason to fear.

oldNslow wrote on 07/10/14 at 16:03:03:

I agree with all of this. Now,I want to add an idea.
WHY do we recoil at the sight of a gun in public places unless a cop is wearing it? I LIKE guns and those open carry guys would make me uncomfortable I THINK.  SO why ??Gee,could it be the years of training on TV? I am forever studying my thinking,looking into it,looking for bias and illogical attitudes.I work hard to be able to say my attitudes are based in honest analysis of fact .

Good points.