since9
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Sadly, it appears Costco Corporate has bought into the insanely stupid anti-gun crowd mentality of the blitheringly idiotic left. Their membership page specifically states, "Costco policy prohibits firearms to be brought into the warehouse, except in the case of authorized law enforcement officers."
That applies throughout all their stores in the United States.
Perhaps they did this in response to the Sterling Shooting:
Well, which is it? Did "she continue to walk the floor for a little bit" or did she "fall to the ground" at the second shot? If so, why was she shot five times if the second shot successfully stopped her?
Oh, hey - nice shooting, Tex! By the way, JHP bullets that impact center body mass do not ricochet. Very few ever do penetrate, and of those that do, there's not enough of the bullet or velocity left to do more than cause minor injury. Regardless, with "protection" like that, who needs criminals?
Thanks, but no thanks.
Until Costco reviews the findings from the Centers for Disease Control report on Gun Violence in America[SUP]1[/SUP] and revise their position to match reality -- armed citizens make for a polite society -- I will not be renewing my membership. As with all so-called "gun-free zones," Costco is no longer safe!
[SUP]1[/SUP]Guns are used for self-defense often and effectively. Specifically, “Almost all national survey estimates indicate that defensive gun uses by victims are at least as common as offensive uses by criminals, with estimates of annual uses ranging from about 500,000 to more than 3 million per year … in the context of about 300,000 violent crimes involving firearms in 2008,” says the report. The three million figure is probably high, “based on an extrapolation from a small number of responses taken from more than 19 national surveys.” But a much lower estimate of 108,000 also seems fishy, “because respondents were not asked specifically about defensive gun use.” Furthermore, “Studies that directly assessed the effect of actual defensive uses of guns (i.e., incidents in which a gun was 'used' by the crime victim in the sense of attacking or threatening an offender) have found consistently lower injury rates among gun-using crime victims compared with victims who used other self-protective strategies.”
That applies throughout all their stores in the United States.
Perhaps they did this in response to the Sterling Shooting:
When asked whether he believed five shots was excessive, Loudoun Commonwealth's Attorney Jim Plowman said "even after [Scott] was struck four times she continued to walk the floor for a little bit." According to the report detailing the incident, Scott had no reaction to the first shot. Unsure of whether he hit her, the deputy fired again. She then fell to the ground with both weapons still clutched in her hands.
Well, which is it? Did "she continue to walk the floor for a little bit" or did she "fall to the ground" at the second shot? If so, why was she shot five times if the second shot successfully stopped her?
Of the four deputies that responded to the store at Price Cascades Parkway, one was struck in the leg by one of the five shots fired during the incident. Plowman said it's likely the deputy was struck by a ricocheting bullet, but it's not exactly known how he was hit.
Oh, hey - nice shooting, Tex! By the way, JHP bullets that impact center body mass do not ricochet. Very few ever do penetrate, and of those that do, there's not enough of the bullet or velocity left to do more than cause minor injury. Regardless, with "protection" like that, who needs criminals?
Thanks, but no thanks.
Until Costco reviews the findings from the Centers for Disease Control report on Gun Violence in America[SUP]1[/SUP] and revise their position to match reality -- armed citizens make for a polite society -- I will not be renewing my membership. As with all so-called "gun-free zones," Costco is no longer safe!
[SUP]1[/SUP]Guns are used for self-defense often and effectively. Specifically, “Almost all national survey estimates indicate that defensive gun uses by victims are at least as common as offensive uses by criminals, with estimates of annual uses ranging from about 500,000 to more than 3 million per year … in the context of about 300,000 violent crimes involving firearms in 2008,” says the report. The three million figure is probably high, “based on an extrapolation from a small number of responses taken from more than 19 national surveys.” But a much lower estimate of 108,000 also seems fishy, “because respondents were not asked specifically about defensive gun use.” Furthermore, “Studies that directly assessed the effect of actual defensive uses of guns (i.e., incidents in which a gun was 'used' by the crime victim in the sense of attacking or threatening an offender) have found consistently lower injury rates among gun-using crime victims compared with victims who used other self-protective strategies.”
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