Dear Managers/Owners,
A friend on mine noticed your Arlington, VA store was posted with a no firearms allowed sign.
I take my right to personal protection very seriously. My wife and I are fairly new to the area and are law abiding citizens who up until this today had planned on visiting your store. However, we refuse to spend our hard earned money patronizing any establishment that denies our right and personal choice to carry a firearm.
When a business actively forbids the lawful from carrying firearms they are telling criminals they are welcomed inside and that they'll meet no resistant's from customers or employees inside, entering or leaving said store.
I am sure that you can understand that criminals will not care what your policies are.
While the Arlington area is fairly safe no area is truly safe and it is each persons duty to protect themselves. Policies such as yours puts customers and employees at great risk, in my humble opinion.
Please let me know if/when you decide to change your policy to allow lawful carriers inside so we may become customers.
I will request that organizations that post the names of company's that are anti firearm/anti personal defense add The Arlington area Staples to the don't patronize list. There are thousands of members across the Commonwealth and I would like to let them all know what your position is.
An establishment does not have to be strongly pro self-defense - neutral is more than enough. Honor the laws of the state in which you are located - if their conduct is legal, don't penalize the citizens behaving responsibly. Other company's such as Wal-Mart, Dick's, McDonald’s and Target just to name a few have chosen to stay neutral. While Starbuck’s recently changed the wording of their policy they still allow those carrying firearms (openly or concealed) to patronize their establishment in peace.
Thank You
Marco
