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Not naive, just statistics. I've read many articles about bank robberies over the years, and I don't recall ever reading one where the robbers shot the employees after getting what they wanted. I can't say that I disagree with what Autozone did. Everything worked out fine this time, but it could've been a totally different outcome. If you are going to stop shopping at stores because of their policies regarding employees and handguns, you're going to have a very, very short list.

It's not about the everyday policy. It's about the fact that these morons can't seem to differentiate between an employee simply carrying while on the clock, and an employee who responded correctly to an emergency. "Necessity" is a defense for almost every offense under the law. It was "necessary" for this employee to violate the stupid policy in order to save his supervisor's life (potentially). This "zero tolerance" cr*p has got to stop. If people in management positions want to have zero tolerance policies so that they don't have to exercise any judgement in the performance of their duties then fine, any minimum wage drone can read a flow chart for decision making, so pay them what they are worth, minimum wage. Same goes for school administrators and any other management people who are afraid to make a decision on their own.
 
It's not about the everyday policy. It's about the fact that these morons can't seem to differentiate between an employee simply carrying while on the clock, and an employee who responded correctly to an emergency. "Necessity" is a defense for almost every offense under the law. It was "necessary" for this employee to violate the stupid policy in order to save his supervisor's life (potentially). This "zero tolerance" cr*p has got to stop. If people in management positions want to have zero tolerance policies so that they don't have to exercise any judgement in the performance of their duties then fine, any minimum wage drone can read a flow chart for decision making, so pay them what they are worth, minimum wage. Same goes for school administrators and any other management people who are afraid to make a decision on their own.

This. This right here.
 
If you are going to stop shopping at stores because of their policies regarding employees and handguns, you're going to have a very, very short list.

This is exactly what stores want you to feel, and if they have their claws in you that deep they are already in your head.
You do not have to believe in boycotts but it is clear below they work regardless of the cause you support without them we are drones subject to their will.
( I do not support all of these but they are what occurred over the last 10 years )

Boycotts work:
England of sugar produced by slaves. In 1791, after Parliament refused to abolish slavery, thousands of pamphlets were printed encouraging the boycott. Sales of sugar dropped by between a third and a half.


Nestlé gave in to pressure from Greenpeace and promised a zero deforestation policy in its palm oil supply chain. After just 8 weeks of intense campaigning and meetings with the company Nestle came come up with what Greenpeace described as a "comprehensive policy" that will be monitored by the Forest Trust.

Nearly 1.5m saw Greenpeace's spoof Kit Kat advert, over 200,000 emails were sent and activists demonstrated at Nestlé HQs worldwide. Greenpeace said "We didn't expect Nestlé to come up with this policy so quickly.

Fruit of the Loom crumbled in the face of pressure from the largest ever student boycott. In an incredible about-face the company re-opened a Honduran factory it had closed after workers had unionised. Furthermore, it also gave all 1,200 employees their jobs back, awarded them $2.5 million in compensation and restored all union rights.

The campaign started in 2009 when United Students Against Sweatshops started a campaign that led to 96 US colleges severing their contracts with the company. Ten British universities followed suit. The campaign was estimated to have cost the company $50million.

Marine campaign group Oceana's boycott of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd led to the company installing Advanced Wastewater Purification technology (AWP) on all its ships.

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) confirmed its decision to pull out of Burma. The company had featured on Burma Campaign UK's boycott list of companies directly or indirectly funding the regime in Burma.

The Stop Staples Campaign declared victory following the office-supply giant's announcement that it would meet the campaign's goal of moving the company towards environmentally-preferable paper sales.
Staples pledged to achieve an average of 30% post consumer recycled content across all paper products it sold.

The four year boycott run by the National Anti-Hunt Campaign (NAHC) over John Lewis' staff pheasant shoots finally ended in victory, with the closure of the company's Shooting Club. The campaign gained a higher profile in 2000 when Animal Aid added its voice and membership capacity to the boycott. :s0131:

Point is any group and 2nd amendment supporters are a group, just like people who want gay rights and support PETA,
your voice matters. I am sad to ever hear anyone give up their cause and just give up. You are obviously entitled to your opinion, but when people give up and are convinced they have no power to choose ? Then we are in big trouble !
 

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