On November 30, 2016, the you, wrote “An Open Letter to Customers: Our Weapons Policy” which you posted on LinkedIn – featured in “Editor’s Picks, Retail & E-Commerce.” The letter can be found and read here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/open-letter-customers-our-weapons-policy-chip-bergh?trk=prof-post
You requested “… people not to bring firearms into our stores, offices or facilities, even in states where it’s permitted by law.” You cited an incident to support this policy by saying “Recently, we had an incident in one of our stores where a gun inadvertently went off, injuring the customer who was carrying it.”
Numerous internet sleuths, myself included, have been unable to uncover a single incident of a negligent discharge of a weapon in any Levi’s store, anywhere. Outside of reports of an 18 year old who negligently shot himself in his thigh while exiting his truck, parked in a mall parking lot in Augusta, GA, there are no police reports, news stories, or anecdotal evidence which points to the incident referenced by yourself to have actually happened.
There is a tremendous effort by those who wish to violate Civil Rights to vilify the Second Amendment and those who exercise that Right by painting pictures of gun owners as negligent, not-safe, and dangerous to others. This “incident” should it be proven that it did not actually occur, is an affront to the Constitution of the United States, Civil Rights, and millions of individuals who take the Civil Right of the Second Amendment as seriously as others take Freedom of Speech.
While the rights of a corporation such as Levi’s are such that you may restrict items, such as weapons, in your stores, I sincerely hope you did not fabricate this story in an effort to push an anti-Second Amendment agenda. I also hope that the millions of American gun owners abide by your request and not carry inside your stores – by taking their business and money to other retailers and manufacturers of quality clothing elsewhere.
Should you wish to come forward and present the actual facts of the incident, a copy of the police report or other such verified information, I am sure the world would appreciate the factual information so we do not rely on supposition and potentially false statements.
You requested “… people not to bring firearms into our stores, offices or facilities, even in states where it’s permitted by law.” You cited an incident to support this policy by saying “Recently, we had an incident in one of our stores where a gun inadvertently went off, injuring the customer who was carrying it.”
Numerous internet sleuths, myself included, have been unable to uncover a single incident of a negligent discharge of a weapon in any Levi’s store, anywhere. Outside of reports of an 18 year old who negligently shot himself in his thigh while exiting his truck, parked in a mall parking lot in Augusta, GA, there are no police reports, news stories, or anecdotal evidence which points to the incident referenced by yourself to have actually happened.
There is a tremendous effort by those who wish to violate Civil Rights to vilify the Second Amendment and those who exercise that Right by painting pictures of gun owners as negligent, not-safe, and dangerous to others. This “incident” should it be proven that it did not actually occur, is an affront to the Constitution of the United States, Civil Rights, and millions of individuals who take the Civil Right of the Second Amendment as seriously as others take Freedom of Speech.
While the rights of a corporation such as Levi’s are such that you may restrict items, such as weapons, in your stores, I sincerely hope you did not fabricate this story in an effort to push an anti-Second Amendment agenda. I also hope that the millions of American gun owners abide by your request and not carry inside your stores – by taking their business and money to other retailers and manufacturers of quality clothing elsewhere.
Should you wish to come forward and present the actual facts of the incident, a copy of the police report or other such verified information, I am sure the world would appreciate the factual information so we do not rely on supposition and potentially false statements.
