wojownik just made a great point. With these returns and letters include a copy of the receipt when you point out that discrimination against us is costly to TRU/BRU.
Dear Lynn,
Thank you for contacting Toys"R"Us. At Toys“R”Us, Inc., the safety and security of our customers and our employees is, and always has been, our highest priority. As a retailer that welcomes millions of kids and families into our stores across the country each year, we take our responsibility to create only the safest shopping environment very seriously. While we respect citizens’ rights to carry firearms in public areas according to certain state laws, our company policy prohibits customers from doing so in any of our stores out of an abundance of caution for the safety and protection of the children and families shopping with us. Thank you for shopping Toys"R"Us and Babies"R"Us.
Sincerely,
The "R"Us Team
Customer (Contact Us) - 09/11/2010 10:29 PM
Ms. Albano,
A few days ago I was asked to leave a Toys 'R' Us location in Orem, Utah. The catalyst behind this request was my Lawfully carried firearm.
It has come to my attention that it is a corporate policy to ban firearms from Toys 'R' Us stores.
This policy leaves a sour taste with me regarding Toys 'R' Us and any stores owned by Toys 'R' Us.
The unfortunate thing about no firearms policies, is that they do nothing to stop the criminal element of society from carrying their illegally carried firearms.
It does however, disarm law abiding customers, as they are apt to respect the corporate policy.
Disarming the law abiding leaves nothing but a target rich environment for those who are inclined to commit crimes.
As a concealed carry permit holder, and a veteran of the United States Army, I find it offensive that Toys 'R' Us considers me too irresponsible to carry my firearm in their stores.
I have decided to ask firearms owners to boycott Toys 'R' Us and any stores owned by or affiliated with Toys 'R' Us unless and until this policy is changed.
For your convenience, I will now link to the discussions on this topic at various internet firearms forums.
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=543355
http://www.xdtalk.com/forums/rkba-news-information/158598-toys-r-us-boycott.html
http://www.utahconcealedcarry.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=9505
http://forum.opencarry.org/forums/showthread.php?80532-Toys-R-Us-Boycott.
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=92947
Take careful note not only of the replies to these threads, but to the number of views to these threads.
I myself have spent $200 at another store that I had planned to spend at Toys 'R' Us, merely because of your policy.
Others have returned merchandise totaling in excess of $1,000 to Toys 'R' Us locations because of this policy.
Given the economy's state, and the upcoming holiday season, I would imagine that alienating any customers at all would be a bad idea and will hurt profit margins.
Despite the claim that (excerpt from an e-mail received from Rich Latner of Toys 'R' Us corporate guest relations)
"• It is also our policy not to sell any toy gun that could be mistaken for a real gun. Toys“R”Us was the first retailer in the U.S. to adopt this policy, which was established in 1994."
It is immediately apparent that this claim is false. See link below.
http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=4365587
That product could easily be mistaken for a real gun, especially given the advent of duracoat.
To recap, I am calling for a boycott of Toys 'R' Us and all related companies because of Toy's 'R' Us' stance on firearms.
Sincerely,
Thx.
Thank you for taking the time to share your comments with us. We value all your feedback, positive and negative, as it helps us to understand how our guests feel and gives us an opportunity to evaluate any possible issues, including our current decision to place a no firearm policy in our stores. Hearing from you has helped us to do just that. Your comments are important to us, and we have forwarded them to our Corporate Office where they will be reviewed. Again, we appreciate your feedback, and thank you for your time in contacting us.
Sincerely,
The "R"Us Team
At Toys “R” Us, Inc., the safety and security of our customers and our employees is, and always has been, our highest priority. As a retailer that welcomes millions of kids and families into our stores across the country each year, we take our responsibility to create only the safest shopping environment very seriously. While we respect citizens’ rights to carry firearms in public areas according to certain state laws, our company policy prohibits customers from doing so in any of our stores out of an abundance of caution for the safety and protection of the children and families shopping with us.
Do you have some example text that would help push that button well?
Consider the legal ramifications if your policy were to be responsible for someone being hurt or killed because you disarmed them.
This is an issue that I have looked into extensively and have never come across an attorney that suggests that a 30.06 signs lowers liability but rather the inverse.
Except that now they have your money.Well, after not ever entering T.R.U. as far as I can remember, I read this thread Sunday morning. Weird, that very morning, my wife sez "let's go to Toys R Us and get a gift for that party tonight". So, I went there, carried my DW Commander Bobtail 1911 in a nice holster with FBI cant, under an excellent cover shirt. Eat that, TRU! I figured I could not go there at all, or flip them the long one and just carry there anyway. I chose the latter. They wouldn't know either way, and this way, I got to feel superior to their little petty B.S. and win the battle and the war.
Jeff
Are we going to boycott churches?