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Given what happened in Aurora, Colorado a few weeks ago, I hope others will join with me in bringing this "responsive-to-customers" company to bay. I suspect that the people who complained were immigrants from California, or other places where decades of Party agitprop have made regular folks unfamiliar with guns. A case of ignorance on their part, not malice.
It has been beastly hot, and my wife and I were going on a hike after today's trip to Costco. So I wore my lighter vest over my hip-holstered SIG; this vest can ride up a little--I've worn it in Kalispell area and no one, business or passerby made a fuss; I am sure that it rode up at some point. Note that I have a CCW from State of MT.
We went to Costco, returned some items, and headed off to buy needed items there. We passed checkout, went to Food Court there.
While eating, Assistant Manager Dave approached me and asked if I was law enforcement, I replied: 'No'. He then told me that Costco policy was no guns in Costco, even with CCW. I politely asked him why he had approached me. He replied: "several patrons reported a man, who didn't appear to be law enforcement, carrying a gun". I said that there was no sign [prohibiting carry in Costco], and I asked if someone had reported that i was threatening.
He replied that policy is policy "this is private property". I replied that I thought that I was in America, not California. He replied: "well, what difference does it make what state?" I politely responded: "This is an Open Carry state.". He reiterated that it was policy. He mercifully allowed us to stay and finish our meal.
I have printed out a notice I found on the main Costco forum thread on this site: basically noting that [Costco] assumes all responsibility for my family's personal security on their property, . I will be mailing this, RRR, to the General Manager of the Helena store and demanding that she sign off on said notice.
I am also posting to several gun-rights sites in re this thoughtful company's policy. I tire of real people having to molly coddle the feelings of "Progressives". With some, they really don't know any better, thanks to their Party-planned education. others are arrogantly sure of their moral superiority over mere "fly-over country" untermenschen. Still others work actively to destroy our Constitutional rights in the name of a failed ideology.
I hope that my polite dissent with this policy strikes a small blow for the side of reason and Americanism in these dark times.
Given what happened in Aurora, Colorado a few weeks ago, I hope others will join with me in bringing this "responsive-to-customers" company to bay. I suspect that the people who complained were immigrants from California, or other places where decades of Party agitprop have made regular folks unfamiliar with guns. A case of ignorance on their part, not malice.
It has been beastly hot, and my wife and I were going on a hike after today's trip to Costco. So I wore my lighter vest over my hip-holstered SIG; this vest can ride up a little--I've worn it in Kalispell area and no one, business or passerby made a fuss; I am sure that it rode up at some point. Note that I have a CCW from State of MT.
We went to Costco, returned some items, and headed off to buy needed items there. We passed checkout, went to Food Court there.
While eating, Assistant Manager Dave approached me and asked if I was law enforcement, I replied: 'No'. He then told me that Costco policy was no guns in Costco, even with CCW. I politely asked him why he had approached me. He replied: "several patrons reported a man, who didn't appear to be law enforcement, carrying a gun". I said that there was no sign [prohibiting carry in Costco], and I asked if someone had reported that i was threatening.
He replied that policy is policy "this is private property". I replied that I thought that I was in America, not California. He replied: "well, what difference does it make what state?" I politely responded: "This is an Open Carry state.". He reiterated that it was policy. He mercifully allowed us to stay and finish our meal.
I have printed out a notice I found on the main Costco forum thread on this site: basically noting that [Costco] assumes all responsibility for my family's personal security on their property, . I will be mailing this, RRR, to the General Manager of the Helena store and demanding that she sign off on said notice.
I am also posting to several gun-rights sites in re this thoughtful company's policy. I tire of real people having to molly coddle the feelings of "Progressives". With some, they really don't know any better, thanks to their Party-planned education. others are arrogantly sure of their moral superiority over mere "fly-over country" untermenschen. Still others work actively to destroy our Constitutional rights in the name of a failed ideology.
I hope that my polite dissent with this policy strikes a small blow for the side of reason and Americanism in these dark times.
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