Jay's anti-open carry.

Dear Jay's Sporting Goods:

Because of your anti-open carry policy I will not be shopping in your stores. I try tofrequent stores that respect my rights and allow the lawful carry of a firearm. Most major corporations follow state law in regards to firearm carry in their stores.

Please reconsider your policy on open carry.

Sincerely,



PS I have shopped at jays when he sold from his garage.
So you lost a long time customer who spent money in your store for many years.


Well I am done spending my money there and I used to spend a ton there.
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Received this today, Jay's is okay with OC.  Thanks for all your emails, there is power in numbers.

Mr. Jeffs,
 
I apologize for the delay in response.  We have had several key people on vacation at different times and have been unable to discuss your concerns collectively.  However, I wanted to give you an update and promise to follow-up with our corporate policy regarding open carry in the very near future.
 
Until that time please pass along to your membership that Jay's Sporting Goods welcomes open carry and respects the 2nd Amendment rights of all our customers.  With that said, we are also responsible for providing a safe shopping environment and would simply ask that if in the event an open-carry customer needs to unholster their firearm in-store for shopping purposes, that it be unloaded and checked at the front before fitting new holsters, installing sights, getting appraisals, etc...
 
Again, we will be developing a more formal corporate policy at our earliest opportunity at which time I will notify you and share with our management team in an effort to avoid any future misunderstandings.
 
Thank you for the information and your patience.
 
Best Regards,
 
Chad Stearns
Jay's Sporting Goods, Inc.
(989) 386-3475 Ext. 523
http://www.JaysSportingGoods.com

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UPDATE:

Recieved this from Jay's. OC OK.

Mr. Jeffs,

I wanted to follow-up with you to let you know we have formalized our policy regarding open carry. Much like my previous email, Jay's welcomes both concealed and open carry in our stores. We do ask that in the event of needing to reveal or unholster a firearm for shopping purposes, it be unloaded outside and checked at the front to ensure a safe shopping environment.

We are in the process of modifying our in-store signage to include open carry and have spent considerable time familiarizing and training our staff on this policy.

I appreciate your input and would offer you or any of your members to contact me personally with questions or concerns.


Best Regards,

Chad Stearns
Jay's Sporting Goods, Inc.
(989) 386-3475 Ext. 523
[url]http://www.JaysSportingGoods.com[/url]

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I was at Jay's this weekend andJays has a new sign up with no mention of OC. It reads

Conceal Carry Customer
Jay's welcomes conceal carry.
However if you are here for accessories it must be checked in ....yatta yatta.

So I asked several employees about OC and they said it was fine as long as it stayed in the holster. What was strange was one of the employees stated that if they found out you were carrying concealed they must have you unload the weapon.

WTF:banghead: So if I OC it can be loaded, but if I tell them I'm concealing or if they should see it printing they make you unload it. Not sure what that does. I don't know what they would do if they should see it printing ask you to unload and you say "Oh...I'll just OC it then, because an unloaded handgun is just an expensive paper-weight."

They certainly don't announce that OC is welcome. In fact it's misleading as the sign implies that only Conceal carry is welcome. Sneaky. I'm not really happy about their misleading sign, but OC is not banned.

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