East Texas Goodwill's gone 30.06

[nightmare69]

TYLER, TX (KLTV) -
Another East Texas business has put up a sign alerting customers that guns are not allowed.

"We put them up just this week," said Kimberly Lewis, Executive Director of Goodwill Industries of East Texas.

She said the signs were put up in all of their stores across East Texas.

"We recognize that we need to make our facilities safe and comfortable for all of our shoppers and our donors," Lewis said.

That last part is hysterical, they are putting up the signs for no reason.

Full story and video here....

http://www.kltv.com/story/23651718/etx- ... ns-at-home" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

There goes another place on the do not shop at list.

[nightmare69]

I don't even want to donate to them anymore. I need to find another charity to take cloths. Stuff I can't give away ill burn before I give it to goodwill.

[gthaustex]

I don't even want to donate to them anymore. I need to find another charity to take cloths. Stuff I can't give away ill burn before I give it to goodwill.

Yep. Who knows how much they just lost in donations???

[jmra]

I don't even want to donate to them anymore. I need to find another charity to take cloths. Stuff I can't give away ill burn before I give it to goodwill.

I try to find smaller local charities that take used items.

[Mel]

I just sent them an email telling them why I will no longer donate to them.

[Oldgringo]

Who's going to post this on the 30.06 site?

[RoyGBiv]

http://goodwilleasttexas.com/contact/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
eMail: general@goodwilletx.com

http://www.goodwill.org/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
email: contactus@goodwill.org

Sent this to both the E-TX and parent organizations.

Dear Goodwill,
I just wanted to let you know that I will no longer be making any donations to your organization. As a concealed handgun license (CHL) holder, I've been through state-mandated training, been fingerprinted and have had a thorough background check. I have NO criminal history.

Do you honestly think that a criminal will see your signs and decide to leave their gun in the car? No... all those signs do is disarm the honest guy, making your stores a more enticing target for criminals. Your sign makes me less safe when I visit your stores and donation centers.

Thank you for your service to our community. Fortunately, there are other worthy organizations that support my rights and are intelligent enough to understand that a "no guns" sign only stops the good guys. I'll be making my donations to them instead.

Regards,
RGB

[Xalt]

I sent them an e-mail as well...ridiculous. I didn't really like them before but this is the icing on the cake, Salvation Army is definitely a better organization.

[mojo84]

I don't even want to donate to them anymore. I need to find another charity to take cloths. Stuff I can't give away ill burn before I give it to goodwill.

Yep. Who knows how much they just lost in donations???

Not much in relative to their total donations. They won't notice it unfortunately.

[nightmare69]

http://goodwilleasttexas.com/contact/
eMail: general@goodwilletx.com

http://www.goodwill.org/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
email: contactus@goodwill.org

Sent this to both the E-TX and parent organizations.

Dear Goodwill,
I just wanted to let you know that I will no longer be making any donations to your organization. As a concealed handgun license (CHL) holder, I've been through state-mandated training, been fingerprinted and have had a thorough background check. I have NO criminal history.

Do you honestly think that a criminal will see your signs and decide to leave their gun in the car? No... all those signs do is disarm the honest guy, making your stores a more enticing target for criminals. Your sign makes me less safe when I visit your stores and donation centers.

Thank you for your service to our community. Fortunately, there are other worthy organizations that support my rights and are intelligent enough to understand that a "no guns" sign only stops the good guys. I'll be making my donations to them instead.

Regards,
RGB

Will send my own. I will make it clear that those signs ONLY apply to CHL holders. They all had gun buster signs for years but someone had to aware them that those mean nothing.

[Ipconfig]

Email sent. We donate a ton of computer parts to them and I will be stopping that for now.

[txglock21]

I don't even want to donate to them anymore. I need to find another charity to take cloths. Stuff I can't give away ill burn before I give it to goodwill.

Yep. Who knows how much they just lost in donations???

Not much in relative to their total donations. They won't notice it unfortunately.

You never know. It only took a few to get them to put the sign up. If a few hundred let them know they will no longer donate or buy from them it may be enough to change their minds again. Maybe not the overall "Illwill" stores, but the ones in smaller towns that rely on the local community.

[mojo84]

I don't even want to donate to them anymore. I need to find another charity to take cloths. Stuff I can't give away ill burn before I give it to goodwill.

Yep. Who knows how much they just lost in donations???

Not much in relative to their total donations. They won't notice it unfortunately.

You never know. It only took a few to get them to put the sign up. If a few hundred let them know they will no longer donate or buy from them it may be enough to change their minds again. Maybe not the overall "Illwill" stores, but the ones in smaller towns that rely on the local community.

Time will tell. We have to keep in mind the concealed carry community is relatively small. Then you take the ones that shop or donate to Goodwill that I believe will be a small percentage that are concealed carriers that will take up the issue and act upon it. I don't see it making much of an impact.

If so, Starbucks would have issued a retraction and some of the theaters would take down their signs and so forth.

[txglock21]

I don't even want to donate to them anymore. I need to find another charity to take cloths. Stuff I can't give away ill burn before I give it to goodwill.

Yep. Who knows how much they just lost in donations???

Not much in relative to their total donations. They won't notice it unfortunately.

You never know. It only took a few to get them to put the sign up. If a few hundred let them know they will no longer donate or buy from them it may be enough to change their minds again. Maybe not the overall "Illwill" stores, but the ones in smaller towns that rely on the local community.

Time will tell. We have to keep in mind the concealed carry community is relatively small. Then you take the ones that shop or donate to Goodwill that I believe will be a small percentage that are concealed carriers that will take up the issue and act upon it. I don't see it making much of an impact.

If so, Starbucks would have issued a retraction and some of the theaters would take down their signs and so forth.

True, but just reading the comments at the bottom of the article, I'm assuming from the locals, was overwhelmingly against them on this. Who knows? Like you said, "time will tell".

[mojo84]

My concern is that it is very easy to put up signs but very hard to change someone's mind. Especially when it involves them having to admit they made a mistake or they perceive they will end up with egg on their face.

Much of the reason I think the open AR carry guys should back off and tone it down some. Especially when it comes to demonstrating on private property and in private businesses.