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VoiceofReason wrote:

Soccerdad1995 wrote:I may be in the minority here but I do not blame anyone other than the psycho for the girls injuries. Here are my thoughts.

My job as a parent includes the responsibility to keep my family safe. This is why I educate them on safety and why I carry a weapon when I am with them.

The police have a responsibility to investigate crime and punish perps so they do not hurt others later on, at some future date. The police do not protect me or my family.

A business has a responsibility to not create an unduly unsafe environment by doing stupid things like pouring water on tile floors, or creating a free fire zone through the posting of 30.06 / 30.07 signs. As long as the business doesn't actively create an unsafe environment through their actions, I don't believe they should be responsible for harm that comes to me or my family. I don't need every business to fill their establishment with armed security. Just let me have my gun and I will protect me and mine.

And blaming someone who "upset" a deranged criminal and "caused" them to harm someone else is just beyond ridiculous, IMHO. These guys were the victim of a crime, and they were just trying to keep the criminal there until the cops could arrive. This does not justify the criminal's assault of an unrelated, innocent little girl.

I must respectfully disagree with you. In my opinion, a business must assume the responsibility of protecting those customers that cannot protect themselves.

I am sure many businesses have customers too young to own a gun, veterans that cannot have a gun and many others that for one reason or other are unable to protect themselves.

If I invite you on to my property whether to sell you something or just socialize I am responsible to a certain degree for your safety. Businesses are too.

sbrawley wrote:

Solaris wrote:

sbrawley wrote:

Solaris wrote:

Pariah3j wrote:I heard their stock is tanking in a market report yesterday... funny how they were trying to make it sounds like it was due to poor market conditions, not policies that are driving their customers away.

From 84 to 68 in last 30 days. DJI is down slightly over same period. So they are underperforming significantly.

Oddly, the S.O. and I were watching a television show on Hulu and at every commercial break, 2 out of the 3 commercials were for Target. Coincidence? I think not!

Yeah, not all advertising has its desired effect. They ran a non-English commercial several times during "Nashville" last week which was the final nail in their coffin for wife. She cut up her target card at that moment and swore she would never set foot in that store again.

Way to go wife. We took Target off of our list when their policy came out, but she's struggling with switching pharmacies. The pharmacists at our Target actually knew who we were which is making it difficult to switch.

Javier730 wrote:

C-dub wrote:The thing appears to be that it wouldn't have happened at all if the "hero" weren't there. It seems that he stopped something that he caused.

but that guy was a ticking time bomb. I believe we would of heard something about him in the future had this incident not occurred.

Mike S wrote:As Paul Harvey woulda said, here's the part of the story left out by The Federalist article.

This "hero" & a couple of his friends had an altercation with a homeless, mentally ill guy and then jumped in their car to try & find him. The "hero" ran into the Target store WITH a baseball bat, ran up the escalator to find the guy, and had more 'words' with the mental homeless guy. Homeless guy grabs teenage girl & pulls out a knife to show 'he means business' (... remember, he's a mental homeless guy; this must have made sense to him on some alternative wavelength...), to wit our "hero" springs into action & tackles/chases homeless nut out of the store with the baseball bat that he brought with him.

If Target wants to sue him & his homeboys for bringing street justice into their stores, I'm not going to lose any sleep over it.

http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2015/07/ ... g-lawsuit/