Both signs at McKinney Half Price Books

[Jago668]

The one in Richardson on 75 and Belt Line only had 30.06 up this morning when I went by. I had heard they were putting signs up and we were eating breakfast right next door so figured I would look. Don't know if they just hadn't gotten around to the 30.07 yet or what. Told my girlfriend it's odd to put a 30.06 up and not a 30.07. They've definitely lost my business.

The posting of a NEW 30.06 seems unusual, since (to my knowledge) HPB stores have never been 30.06 before, but in the big scheme of things, I can see why they'd handle it that way.

My take on it is that they are going 30.06, since if I'm concealed, you'd never know it, and as such, you'd never have the occasion to directly notify me otherwise. If I'm carrying openly, and you notice it, you mention it to me, and I now have effective notice. Not the approach I'd take, but then again, I'm desensitized to it (as are most of us on this forum.)

It's the first confirmed report (I've seen) of standalone 30.06 going up in response to open carry, but we may see more of it in the near future. Hopefully it will go away quietly once the streets remain paved with asphalt rather than blood for a while.

Like I said I thought it was odd that only a 30.06 went up. Maybe they are planning on putting a 30.07 up later and just didn't have it available yet. I'll never know because I won't be going back. I wrote to them via their contact us section on their website and got the same response someone else posted here. I also called the store and informed a manager that I, along with my girlfriend, wouldn't be shopping at HPB because of it.

[Tracker]

I asked them also on their contact form.


Received the following response...
"Thank you for your email. Half Price Books has had a long-standing policy making all of our stores and facilities weapons-free. This policy will not change in 2016, though we are now posting signs in our Texas stores that are compliant with the relative statutes starting on January 1st.

We respect customer opinions even if they differ with our own. However, it is the policy from our corporate offices, to our warehouses, and to our stores that weapons are not allowed on the premises. We decided to do this for the comfort and safety of our employees and customers.

Again, thank you for contacting us."

copy/paste response. I got the exact same reply

[cbunt1]

Welp, that just about does it, don't it.

I hate to lose Half Price Books, but as long as their policy is to disarm and post, I'll take my book shopping elsewhere. It seems Amazon has no such restrictions, is just as good a resource for out of print materials, and I don't even have to put my shoes on.

INext time I have the chance I'll look at the Houston area HPB stores and confirm/deny what I see, but it may be a few weeks before I get over there.