Hi folks,
I was just in the Appleton Woodman's, OC'ing, and I felt like I had a tail (turns out I did). When I got up to the register, a guy flashed a badge at me, upon which I barely had time to read "Security." He informed me that Woodman's has a no-weapons policy. He had an irate-looking manager with him, and the security guy escorted me to my car after I'd made my purchase. The policy is on a small poster (18"x24" or so) on the service desk, and it reads, "No concealed firearms or weapons are allowed…" etc. Personally, I take that to mean no concealed weapons, including firearms, are allowed. They seemed to disagree. There are no signs on any doors; if you never passed by the service desk, you'd never know the policy.
I will say, though, the security guy was really polite about it. I asked him to show me the policy, and he obliged. I commented that I never saw it posted there before (and I've been by that desk many times, which goes to show just how much "notice" they post). I thought to myself that the location was great if you knew what you were looking for and happened by the service desk, which is far from guaranteed — there are probably a half dozen paths one could take and never see the service desk.
Their website… well, let's face it. I don't think they've changed the format since the world wide web was born. There are no "about" pages, no policy pages, no news feed pages. It's a single page with the addresses and phone numbers of all the stores, as well as the corporate office in Janesville.
So tell me, internet, who's correct, and who's not? Help me, internet! You're my only hope!