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Another way of saying that would be “Mindless corporate buffoons encourage mass shooters and other violent types to target their stores and costumers“
When will these folks grasp that signs like these ENCOURAGE bad actors, not to mention that a good number of folks who carry legally will shop elsewhere. Of course, corporate “thinking” is anything but many times.
John Petrolino at Bearing Arms notes
I was originally alerted of this news tip from an Ohio patriot, Craig Fritz, a Lifetime NRA and Second Amendment Foundation member, and annual member of the Ohio Rifle and Pistol Association. Fritz clearly puts his support and money where his mouth is and seeing the “no guns allowed” sign at his local grocer drew some ire.
Fritz sent Meijer several pieces of correspondence and letters on this subject. From one of his letters:
Quick note to express my displeasure with your decision to not allow me to protect my family and myself while shopping in your store. I believe policies put in place based on feelings and not facts [are] not good policies.
Please read the following statistics carefully.
A Crime Prevention Research Center study using data from 1950 to 2019 concluded that 94% of mass shootings occur in GUN FREE ZONES.
A CDC study found that on average there were 1,110,000 defensive gun uses every year in the United States. They also found that in 81.9% of those defensive uses never resulted in a shot being fired.
Ohio has permitted conceal carry since 2004. As of 2019, 1 in 15 Ohioans have concealed carry permits.
I am one of those permit holders. I believe your restrictions on my ability to protect my family and myself forces me shop elsewhere. I know I’m not the only one who feel this way.
What followed, as far as I can tell was corporate run-a-round nonsense. Typical BS. Interesting, after dropping my mom at dialysis this morning, I went to Food Lion to pick up some groceries. Food Lion has no anti-gun policy, and I have seen people open carrying there numerous times. This likely means I have shopped there with even more people carrying concealed. Today was no different. Seeing the gentleman today, with a revolver on his hip did not endanger me, or anyone else. And, it was good to know there was someone else there to offer a quick response to any bad actors.
