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Atticus

(15,124 posts)
Wed Sep 11, 2019, 01:41 PM Sep 2019

So, WalMart "respectfully asked" Texans not to "open carry" firearms in their stores.

Texas gun owners responded with a big "come and take it. Members of a 38,000 member gun owner group have repeatedly tedted WalMart by open carrying in their stores and NONE have been asked to leave. https://thehill.com/homenews/news/460652-gun-rights-

As Rachel says: "Forget what they say; watch what they DO".

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So, WalMart "respectfully asked" Texans not to "open carry" firearms in their stores. (Original Post) Atticus Sep 2019 OP
I carry a gun means I have a little penis Botany Sep 2019 #1
Rachel's right, as usual. Talk is cheap. calimary Sep 2019 #2
Why endanger employees by asking them to confront armed men looking for an argument? hack89 Sep 2019 #3
So, the "respectful request" was just the usual corporate bullshit. And, consider what you just Atticus Sep 2019 #7
Until Walmart posts the signage required by Texas law they are just blowing smoke hack89 Sep 2019 #8
Hmm... Newest Reality Sep 2019 #4
Lordy, that's good! calimary Sep 2019 #5
Thank you! Newest Reality Sep 2019 #6
I respectfully ask all Trump supporters to not snort 10 grams of rat poison. nt Flaleftist Sep 2019 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Sep 2019 #10
As I knew they would. louis-t Sep 2019 #11

Botany

(70,501 posts)
1. I carry a gun means I have a little penis
Wed Sep 11, 2019, 01:45 PM
Sep 2019

Those people's brains have been made toxic from years of propaganda, NRA lies, and hate talk
and have come to see their world as being all about guns and having one means you are free
and one of Jesus' Liberty Patriot Warriors.

calimary

(81,220 posts)
2. Rachel's right, as usual. Talk is cheap.
Wed Sep 11, 2019, 01:46 PM
Sep 2019

REALLY cheap.

I guess the best push-back would be “well, I won’t be shopping there anymore. I’ll spend my money ELSEWHERE - where they care more about MY rights (and my safety)!”

Vote with your pocketbook - and be sure to tell the manager or somebody in charge what you’re doing. So they know.

I’m going to start pushing some different messaging on this:

What about MY rights? Don’t I have the right to live, shop, see a movie, go to a concert, enjoy an evening out, or whatever - without fear for my life? Without the fear of being machine-gunned to death? (And I bet those “right-to-massacre” folks will insist they’ “pro-life”!)

hack89

(39,171 posts)
3. Why endanger employees by asking them to confront armed men looking for an argument?
Wed Sep 11, 2019, 01:49 PM
Sep 2019

If I worked at Walmart, my response would be "not my job".

Now if they had armed security on site then go ahead and ask.

Atticus

(15,124 posts)
7. So, the "respectful request" was just the usual corporate bullshit. And, consider what you just
Wed Sep 11, 2019, 02:05 PM
Sep 2019

posted: WalMart expects you to shop among armed people to whom it is afraid to even speak.

In most states, if a person stays in the store after being asked to leave by management, they can be arrested for criminal trespass. Call the cops!

hack89

(39,171 posts)
8. Until Walmart posts the signage required by Texas law they are just blowing smoke
Wed Sep 11, 2019, 02:10 PM
Sep 2019

right now if they are not asked to leave then they are breaking no law. Once asked, if they refuse then they are breaking the law and the police can be called.

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
4. Hmm...
Wed Sep 11, 2019, 01:50 PM
Sep 2019

With all those promiscuous gun-toters and Walmart's permissive response:

WalMart is a dangerous place to shop now since it is potentially filled with gun-toters! It's not just the prices that may be falling here anymore.

"For safety reasons, we now recommend that all shoppers open carry, just in case. Thank you for shopping at WalMart!"

"Well, I wouldn't be caught dead in a WalMart store, anyway!" Ah, think again.

Shop, lock and load, and try not to piss anybody off.

calimary

(81,220 posts)
5. Lordy, that's good!
Wed Sep 11, 2019, 01:54 PM
Sep 2019

OUTSTANDING messaging, Newest Reality!

“It’s not just the prices that may be falling here anymore.”

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