Today I sent the following e-mail to Wal-Mart:
Today, as usual, I drove past a new Target store and passed wihin a mile of a K-Mart, to visit my favorite Wal-Mart on Walnut Street in New Braunfels, TX. As I began to enter Wal-Mart, I was saddened to see a sign prohibiting concealed handguns (even if licensed) on the entrance door. I was unarmed at the moment, but it is clear you no longer want my business because of my political beliefs.
According to my accounting software, I spent more than $3,745 (for my home and business) at Wal-Mart and Sam's in 1998. Now I am not welcome.
I will fight for your right to control your premises and do business as you see fit; but I am "voting with dollars" when I make a purchase. Any difference in prices between Target and Wal-Mart is very slight, so until I, as a licensed handgun owner, am welcome again at your business, I will shop where I am as welcome as my dollars.
The loss of my business surely is negligible to the behemoth Wal-Mart has become. But I am not alone in my opinions - many of my friends tell me the new Target store is clean and well-stocked. They have sales events. Their store is newer and cleaner than the New Braunfels Wal-Mart or Sam's (several in San Antonio, TX). Target has many happy and helpful salespeople on the floor. It's a nice place.
I feel I am safer where people think I might have a gun than someplace where they know I can not have one. Also, I strongly prefer to support those who support my rights and trust me, rather than those who do not care about my rights and say, "Just bring your dollars."
I know of fifteen people in our area who feel as I do, though I'm sure your polls would support whatever viewpoint you desire. Let me know if I am ever welcome again in your stores.
Thank you for the opportunity to express my views.
Dennis & Leona Bateman
(address & phone)
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Unite!
Today, as usual, I drove past a new Target store and passed wihin a mile of a K-Mart, to visit my favorite Wal-Mart on Walnut Street in New Braunfels, TX. As I began to enter Wal-Mart, I was saddened to see a sign prohibiting concealed handguns (even if licensed) on the entrance door. I was unarmed at the moment, but it is clear you no longer want my business because of my political beliefs.
According to my accounting software, I spent more than $3,745 (for my home and business) at Wal-Mart and Sam's in 1998. Now I am not welcome.
I will fight for your right to control your premises and do business as you see fit; but I am "voting with dollars" when I make a purchase. Any difference in prices between Target and Wal-Mart is very slight, so until I, as a licensed handgun owner, am welcome again at your business, I will shop where I am as welcome as my dollars.
The loss of my business surely is negligible to the behemoth Wal-Mart has become. But I am not alone in my opinions - many of my friends tell me the new Target store is clean and well-stocked. They have sales events. Their store is newer and cleaner than the New Braunfels Wal-Mart or Sam's (several in San Antonio, TX). Target has many happy and helpful salespeople on the floor. It's a nice place.
I feel I am safer where people think I might have a gun than someplace where they know I can not have one. Also, I strongly prefer to support those who support my rights and trust me, rather than those who do not care about my rights and say, "Just bring your dollars."
I know of fifteen people in our area who feel as I do, though I'm sure your polls would support whatever viewpoint you desire. Let me know if I am ever welcome again in your stores.
Thank you for the opportunity to express my views.
Dennis & Leona Bateman
(address & phone)
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Unite!