mikestilly
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I support Sams Club. Over the years I've heard people having random issues with Costco. My advice to everyone is join the pro-gun buyers club company Walmart is far superior.
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Costco...open carry prohibited
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FreeInAZ
Regular Member
Cosidering the massive amounts of tin foil you go through making hats.... Wal-Mart it is then...
Just kidding.
Bronson
Regular Member
FreeInAZ
Regular Member
You left out the just kidding part of my post. There are many, many corporations that are not the pillar of 2A rights. The question now becomes - how to sway them to become one?
DanM
Regular Member
I've been a managerial employee of business corporations since 1996. Business corporations are about focusing on what they are in business for, and generating revenue doing their business to as much of an extent over their expenses as possible (i.e., maximizing profit). And that is all. And that's as it should be.
How do you make corporations support 2A? By them seeing that support of 2A has a demonstrable positive effect on their profit, or lack of support of 2A is demonstrably negative to their profit.
That is all there is to it, because that is all business corporations are about. Trust me, I know (at least from the perspective of well-run, successful corporations).
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FreeInAZ
Regular Member
Well then I guess we could show them the starbuck's model. My understanding is since their "follow state law" tact taken a few years back there profits have grown if I'm not mistaken?
FreeInAZ
Regular Member
Ok - since this sub-forum is now stop #1 for nit-pickers; any corporation with a location anywhere can invoke private property rules if they so choose to do so. So no they would not have to develop policies for each state. They could just say no guns on any of our property period! I and others here like (John & Mike the OCDO site owners) salute companies like starbucks etc.. for not invoking private property rules.
Happy now?
DanM
Regular Member
Yes, that tactic follows my observation. Most business corporations act according to financial bottom-line effect. They don't act simply because something is the right thing to do with regard to upholding people's rights. Exhibits A, B, C, etc. proving this are all the laws on the books that seek to restrain corporate abuses in the areas of employment, environmental protection, accounting and financial fraud, etc., etc., etc.
smellslikemichigan
Campaign Veteran
There is NO mention of agreeing to any policies when you get a Costco membership. The only thing that mentions firearms is an internal document that is not available anywhere unless you ask for it. Here is my experience. I closed my membership.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1S7tc0aLDs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKNMB6gOJyM
This was the Madison Heights store.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1S7tc0aLDs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKNMB6gOJyM
This was the Madison Heights store.
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casper
Guest
Baaaaaa baaaaaaa baaaaaaaa !:banana:
FreeInAZ
Regular Member
My family drives a good 15 miles past COSTCO to go to SAM's club for the same reasons. +1 SLM
TheQ
Regular Member
Costco bans guns. Old news. /thread.
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FreeInAZ
Regular Member
A wise man never assumes that everyone knows all that he does or does not know; or for that matter, what everyone else doesn't know or does know yet...
Carry on in usual "friendly & welcoming" fashion oh omnipotent Q.
smellslikemichigan
Campaign Veteran
costco has a history of pulling down that policy off their site. i've seen many dead links that used to show that policy. when i joined i asked about policies and they said there were none. when i spoke to the manager, she handed me the memo, but basically said they are OK with concealed carry...
FreeInAZ
Regular Member
@SLM - that is until the next super double dog urber classified memo is dispatched to tell all team members to call the police if a CCer should accidently expose their fiream. COPULATE THEM & their screwball policies!
Did they 'happily' refund your membership?
Did they 'happily' refund your membership?
smellslikemichigan
Campaign Veteran
yes. along with close to $500 in merchandise.
TheQ
Regular Member
A wise man never assumes that everyone knows all that he does or does not know; or for that matter, what everyone else doesn't know or does know yet...
Carry on in usual "friendly & welcoming" fashion oh omnipotent Q.
True, but SLM is a veteran poster and I would have thought he had read one of the numerous threads on this topic.
TheQ
Regular Member
Gort
Regular Member
Old News Never Forgot
Erik Scott was a West Point graduate, Army veteran, MBA graduate of Duke University, and a medical sales rep for Boston Scientific.
Shot down after a A Costco employee called 911, I have listened to the 911 call and radio traffic of the cops in the area that were eager to join in the action.
Scott should have never tried to disarm himself, but the result was because of Cosco.
Links to the audio are long gone somewhere.
link to old story---http://www.wnd.com/2012/06/cops-gun-down-man-for-legally-carrying-firearm/
Erik Scott was a West Point graduate, Army veteran, MBA graduate of Duke University, and a medical sales rep for Boston Scientific.
Shot down after a A Costco employee called 911, I have listened to the 911 call and radio traffic of the cops in the area that were eager to join in the action.
Scott should have never tried to disarm himself, but the result was because of Cosco.
Links to the audio are long gone somewhere.
link to old story---http://www.wnd.com/2012/06/cops-gun-down-man-for-legally-carrying-firearm/
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smellslikemichigan
Campaign Veteran
yes