Does corporate website policy influence you?

[SIRIT]

Now I'm not talking about if they have 06/07 signs posted I'm talking about things like this: https://corporate.target.com/article/20 ... -in-stores


This link was posted in a thread yesterday by I believe Solaris in response to a comment I made about OC at Target. It got me thinking. I have never cared what is said on a company's website whether Target, Starbucks, or the likes about their in store gun policy to me it's more about what's posted at physical location. I've always though what is put on a website is either trying to defuse one side of the issue or the other or their legal team "recommends" that they put some sort of statement.

So when a corporation like Starbucks or in this case Target posts something like this on their website does it influence you not to do business with them or do you not really care unless it's more of maybe an extreme statement which really I can't find an example of?



And thanks to Solaris for posting that link. I had never really though about it except a few years ago with the Starbucks thing and didn't really care enough to actually read the whole statement, just kept going concealed anyways since at that point OC wasn't an option except with a long gun and I'm not "that type of person".

[WildBill]

Short answer to whether corporate website policy influences me? No.

[K.Mooneyham]

It doesn't influence me because I generally do not go to corporate websites for retail stores, etc. Therefore, if they don't properly post a location, then I won't know their intentions.

[Abraham]

No and I seriously doubt many are.

[Jusme]

It doesn't influence me because I generally do not go to corporate websites for retail stores, etc. Therefore, if they don't properly post a location, then I won't know their intentions.

The only corporate Web site gun policy that I ever concern myself with, is one that I may work for.

[Glockedandlocked]

I am not that interested in corporate policies and do not let them sway me unless they are blatantly anti-gun, I have what they want, the money.

I don't make political statements generally

[The Annoyed Man]

I don't cruise corporate websites for their policies.....which is tantamount to be asked to be given effective notice.

Instead:

1. I go to the store in question.
2. I don't really care that much about 30.07, but if the business is posted 30.06, I leave and never come back. Ever.
3. I go somewhere else that wants my business badly enough to not post wrong-headed foolishness at the doors.
4. If I have a choice between two similar businesses, one of which posts no signage, and one that posts 30.07 only, I will patronize the one that is not posted at all.

My reasoning is that individual businesses don't always post according to their corporate policies. If I have not received effective notice and the sign has not been posted, then their policy doesn't apply to me. The law does not require me to research every random corporation's policies before I drive there. The law DOES however require those businesses to post compliant signage if they want to enforce a no-guns policy at the door and keep me from entering armed. It's not MY job to make sure that their locations are in compliance with their corporate policies.

[Shadow41]

No. But then again, about the only web I normally look at anyway is either firearm or motorsport related.

[AJSully421]

Metal detectors influence me.

[crazy2medic]

Certainly would not waste my time searching for and reading corporate policy, some things I have learned by random reading, Walmart follows the local laws, Target prefers you to be a unatmed victim, Target is NOT my favorite store I quit shopping there when they stopped selling firearms back in the stone age, they are expensive compared to Walmart and have a limited selection of items compared to Walmart. At times my wife manages to talk me into Target but we go there for the specific item she is trying to find then we leave. Unless they post 30.06 then there is a cocked and locked 1911 under my shirt.

[Abraham]

"Target"

What a poor choice of name for a business.

[The Annoyed Man]

Certainly would not waste my time searching for and reading corporate policy, some things I have learned by random reading, Walmart follows the local laws, Target prefers you to be a unatmed victim, Target is NOT my favorite store I quit shopping there when they stopped selling firearms back in the stone age, they are expensive compared to Walmart and have a limited selection of items compared to Walmart. At times my wife manages to talk me into Target but we go there for the specific item she is trying to find then we leave. Unless they post 30.06 then there is a cocked and locked 1911 under my shirt.

It's not that I think Target is a great store or anything, or even that I shop there a lot (although I did recently buy new eyeglasses there), but at the two Target stores in my town, I've never seen any signs other than the usual TABC signage about unlicensed carry in a business selling alcohol for off-premises consumption......which doesn't affect me. I haven't even seen 30.07 signs there.....and I look for them.

"Target"

What a poor choice of name for a business.

That has occurred to me more than once.

[WildBill]

Certainly would not waste my time searching for and reading corporate policy, some things I have learned by random reading, Walmart follows the local laws, Target prefers you to be a unatmed victim, Target is NOT my favorite store I quit shopping there when they stopped selling firearms back in the stone age, they are expensive compared to Walmart and have a limited selection of items compared to Walmart. At times my wife manages to talk me into Target but we go there for the specific item she is trying to find then we leave. Unless they post 30.06 then there is a cocked and locked 1911 under my shirt.

It's not that I think Target is a great store or anything, or even that I shop there a lot (although I did recently buy new eyeglasses there), but at the two Target stores in my town, I've never seen any signs other than the usual TABC signage about unlicensed carry in a business selling alcohol for off-premises consumption......which doesn't affect me. I haven't even seen 30.07 signs there.....and I look for them.

"Target"

What a poor choice of name for a business.

That has occurred to me more than once.

I am sure that the board of directors had countless meetings and martinis before deciding on the name.

[treadlightly]

1. I go to the store in question.
2. I don't really care that much about 30.07, but if the business is posted 30.06, I leave and never come back. Ever.
3. I go somewhere else that wants my business badly enough to not post wrong-headed foolishness at the doors.
4. If I have a choice between two similar businesses, one of which posts no signage, and one that posts 30.07 only, I will patronize the one that is not posted at all.

My reasoning is that individual businesses don't always post according to their corporate policies. If I have not received effective notice and the sign has not been posted, then their policy doesn't apply to me. The law does not require me to research every random corporation's policies before I drive there. The law DOES however require those businesses to post compliant signage if they want to enforce a no-guns policy at the door and keep me from entering armed. It's not MY job to make sure that their locations are in compliance with their corporate policies.

The naturally stubborn nature my wife complains about, of course, wants to find something to disagree with.

But there just isn't.

Spot on.

Should be in the CHL curriculum.

[C-dub]

Not influenced.

And this isn't even effective notice for Texas or probably for any other state since it is just a request and not a declaration that they do not allow OC. And it is 18 months old from before OC was even passed or effective in Texas.