COSTCO Gun Policy

[emcee rib]

[gdanaher]

Last night I spent more time than I should, reading the customer rules and policies. Not a word there about concealed or open carry. Read the whole thing and followed it by a text search. There policy must be buried deep.

[Bullwhip]

Last night I spent more time than I should, reading the customer rules and policies. Not a word there about concealed or open carry. Read the whole thing and followed it by a text search. There policy must be buried deep.

So deep they can't show it to you, just tell you they know its there.

No costco store handy to me, just as well, I won't' shop there after the las vegas thing anyway. I don't' buy that they din't have video.

[Keith B]

One thing to consider is the site this is posted on appears to be different from their main site. It looks to me to possibly be a contracted 'customer service' company that handles their inquiries, etc. There is the chance this was written by someone that it is their view and not that of the overall company. However, I would think that a question like this should have been taken to a legal Representative of Costco for their official answer, or at least ran by them for approval before posting the answer. No matter who it came from, they are speaking for the company, so that now IMO reflects the mindset of the business and while I don't have a Costco card, I for sure now will never get one.

[RottenApple]

One thing to consider is the site this is posted on appears to be different from their main site. It looks to me to possibly be a contracted 'customer service' company that handles their inquiries, etc. There is the chance this was written by someone that it is their view and not that of the overall company. However, I would think that a question like this should have been taken to a legal Representative of Costco for their official answer, or at least ran by them for approval before posting the answer. No matter who it came from, they are speaking for the company, so that now IMO reflects the mindset of the business and while I don't have a Costco card, I for sure now will never get one.

Except that I can't find a link to that site anywhere from the member's section of Costco's website. I've hunted everywhere for it and it's just not there. As near as I can tell, there is NO firearms policy (pro or anti) in any of the Membership Terms & Conditions.

As for that website, what makes you think it's legitimate? The fact that "costco" was in the URL? I can create a website and put "keithb" in the URL but that doesn't mean it's yours. http://keithb.whatever.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I also did a Whois lookup on that site:

Registrant:
eGain Communications Corp
1252 Borregas Ave
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
US

Domain Name: EGAIN.NET

Administrative Contact, Technical Contact:
Shah, Rakesh rshah@egain.com
1252 Borregas Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
US
408-6364461 fax: 408-6364400

Unfortunately that doesn't prove or disprove a legitimate Costco connection. eGain Comm. Corp's main website is http://www.egain.com/. It does appear that they provide KB services, but Costco isn't listed on their customer page and, I keep going back to this, there is no link (that I can find) from Costco's website to this one.

At this point, after searching Costco's website and reading through their Terms & Conditions, I'm calling bull on the Costco "no guns" policy until and unless someone can show me otherwise.

[WildBill]

At this point, after searching Costco's website and reading through their Terms & Conditions, I'm calling bull on the Costco "no guns" policy until and unless someone can show me otherwise.

I also looked and the terms and conditions posted on their website appear to apply to the website, not to the membership. Many businesses don't what you to have time to thoroughly review their contracts before signing them.

[Keith B]

Except that I can't find a link to that site anywhere from the member's section of Costco's website. I've hunted everywhere for it and it's just not there. As near as I can tell, there is NO firearms policy (pro or anti) in any of the Membership Terms & Conditions.

As for that website, what makes you think it's legitimate? The fact that "costco" was in the URL? I can create a website and put "keithb" in the URL but that doesn't mean it's yours. http://keithb.whatever.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I also did a Whois lookup on that site:

Registrant:
eGain Communications Corp
1252 Borregas Ave
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
US

Domain Name: EGAIN.NET

Administrative Contact, Technical Contact:
Shah, Rakesh rshah@egain.com
1252 Borregas Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
US
408-6364461 fax: 408-6364400

Unfortunately that doesn't prove or disprove a legitimate Costco connection. eGain Comm. Corp's main website is http://www.egain.com/. It does appear that they provide KB services, but Costco isn't listed on their customer page and, I keep going back to this, there is no link (that I can find) from Costco's website to this one.

At this point, after searching Costco's website and reading through their Terms & Conditions, I'm calling bull on the Costco "no guns" policy until and unless someone can show me otherwise.

A link to eGain IS on their website. See this page http://shop.costco.com/customer-service/contact-us" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;, then look at the link for Costco Member Questions: Member Questions & Comments

[MoJoeWrkn]

I looked and looked at the link above and cannot find anything about it. Here is there membership info, the last page talks about what membership rules(shirt, shoes required, etc) Says nothing about guns.

http://content.costco.com/Images/Conten ... rvices.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[testersbc]

just in cas you didn't know. A COSTCO employee got one of veterans killed there because he was carrying a concealed firearm.

[Oldgringo]

I remember a post of yesteryear wherein the UMC was shown to be officially anti gun. Did that stop me from being a Methodist?

[Keith B]

just in cas you didn't know. A COSTCO employee got one of veterans killed there because he was carrying a concealed firearm.

Yep, there's currently 58 pages of discussion on the shooting of Erik Scott here http://texaschlforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=36107" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

And I removed your link to the Las Vegas paper. We don't allow links to any Las Vegas media outlets on the forum.

[Oldgringo]

We don't allow links to any Las Vegas media outlets on the forum.

I have absolutely no desire to ever go back to Las Vegas; however, I must of missed something that prompted the banning of Las Vegas media outlets?

On second thought, nevermind; I don't care.

[jocat54]

just in cas you didn't know. A COSTCO employee got one of veterans killed there because he was carrying a concealed firearm.

Yep, there's currently 58 pages of discussion on the shooting of Erik Scott here http://texaschlforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=36107" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

And I removed your link to the Las Vegas paper. We don't allow links to any Las Vegas media outlets on the forum.

I learned something new, did not know about the Las Vegas ban.

[Katygunnut]

just in cas you didn't know. A COSTCO employee got one of veterans killed there because he was carrying a concealed firearm.

Yep, there's currently 58 pages of discussion on the shooting of Erik Scott here http://texaschlforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=36107" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

And I removed your link to the Las Vegas paper. We don't allow links to any Las Vegas media outlets on the forum.

I learned something new, did not know about the Las Vegas ban.

Totally off topic, but why ban links to publications in the biggest city in Nevada? Nevada is fairly pro-gun, I thought. If anything, why wouldn't we ban links to media outlets based in Kalifornia, New York, Illinois, or Washington D.C.? Was there something specific about Las Vegas?

[wgoforth]

just in cas you didn't know. A COSTCO employee got one of veterans killed there because he was carrying a concealed firearm.

Yep, there's currently 58 pages of discussion on the shooting of Erik Scott here http://texaschlforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=36107" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

And I removed your link to the Las Vegas paper. We don't allow links to any Las Vegas media outlets on the forum.

Sorry, didn't know anything about the ban. What's the story with that??