New to OC and loving it

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ghosthunter wrote:

Costco seems to want it both ways. I have never seen a posting at their stores about firearms. But if you OC and they contact you they fall back on the written policy. It is like they want to deal with us one at a time quietly but do not advertise their anti gun stance to the rest of their customers.

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So how do we get some publicity on the Costco issue? I love Costco, but now that I know this I'm thinking that I need to cancel my membership or try and get them to change their policy. I'm not one for picket signs...so what are our other options. All we need is publicity and it will start to hurt them in their wallets.

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TreadNot,

Glad to hear that we have another OCer in our community. Be careful with Columbia Center Mall. You can read about my experience with them here:

http://opencarry.mywowbb.com/forum55/23896.html

Dave, TriCityGuy & TreadNot - please look into the Tri-CitiesOC dinner we're planning in August if you haven't already.

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What's interesting to me, besides merely the fact that private companies come down on either side of the "firearms-in-my store" issue, is the reasons they give. I mean, the Barnes & Noble example blew me away. They actually came out and said, basically, that in coming up with their policy, they looked to the law. Costco, on the other hand, flies in the face of it and perversely (and paradoxically, I might add) tries to hide behind "safety" as a reason for prohibiting firearms.

Very telling.

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We must remember where Costco started, but then again so did Starbucks and they have been mostly friendly to us OCers?