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Only heard a tidbit of the story, but Cabman told me something kind of "jaw-dropping".
First a little background info. The Walmart in Jackson is connected to the Westwood Mall which doesn't allow firearms on its property, but Walmart has it's own entrance, and no entrance acctually connects to the mall on the inside. This was a concern of mine when we first talked about holding the food drive here, but Cabman talked to the manager of Walmart that same day and found out that the parking lot in front of Walmart is leased to Walmart.
We also figured that since we were havinga FOOD DRIVE to benefit the NEEDY in JACKSON, that the mall shouldn't have a problem with it, and if they did, chances are they wouldn't put a "kabosh" on it cause it would look bad on them if that information got back to the paper.
So I just got off the phone with Cabman, and he informed me that mall security and the mall manager came over to talk to him. From what he said to me, the mall manager was shocked that Walmart would even let him out in front of their store with a gun. She also informed him that if anyone carrying steps one foot onto the mall's property, they would call the police and have them escorted off the property! :banghead:It's nice to see that people don't give a damn about helping others less fortunate than themselves (add sarcasm).
If that would have happened (escorted off the mall's property), wouldn't they be fine to just walk right on over to the Walmart property right afterwards? I would think so.