Sears and Kmart - Defense Free Zones

[Itstjs]

Kmart a no carry zone? I hate to say it, but I think thats wrong information. I openly carried in a Kmart not even 3 days ago, no incident, I also conceal carry in there. Again, no incident [might be because they dont see it? lol] But, either way, it might vary by manager, or by state.

[paintsnow]

Kmart a no carry zone? I hate to say it, but I think thats wrong information. I openly carried in a Kmart not even 3 days ago, no incident, I also conceal carry in there. Again, no incident [might be because they dont see it? lol] But, either way, it might vary by manager, or by state.

It USED to be a corporate policy a couple days ago that no firearms were allowed. Sure enforcement might not have been consistent across the board, and could have possibly varied by manager, but the policy was on the books, and the whole corporation did not want citizens carrying at any of their Sears or Kmart locations. Please go back and see the responses received from corporate representatives.

A letter was sent down from Sears Senior Councel (Sears Holdings Corporation owns Kmart, so this decision applies to all Sears and Kmart retail locations) stating that the policy now is to allow firearms in all of their locations where state and local laws permit it.

Thanks to the hard work of SCJeffro and everybody who emailed and mailed Sears Corporate, we have achieved a victory for our RKBA.

[xmanhockey7]

Iceman I completely disagree with you on many levels. With the right training you can be able to shoot from over 7 yards away. Also because of the Federal Government some of us are not legally old enough to carry again however out state does permit us to open carry. I think your take on open carry is very wrong. I open carry not because I want to show off my gun but because I can not carry a firearm any other way. If I could, yeah I would more than love to go and out get my CCW carry 1 or more guns with me and never let anybody see it.

[hopnpop]

Iceman I completely disagree with you on many levels. With the right training you can be able to shoot from over 7 yards away. Also because of the Federal Government some of us are not legally old enough to carry again however out state does permit us to open carry. I think your take on open carry is very wrong. I open carry not because I want to show off my gun but because I can not carry a firearm any other way. If I could, yeah I would more than love to go and out get my CCW carry 1 or more guns with me and never let anybody see it.

Playing referee here, nothing ever gets accomplished by telling someone that their take on a certain mode of carry is (very) wrong. Everyone's got their own perspective and opinion, and it's theirs to have. I've got my own view, as do you, as does he, and nobody's definitively right or wrong. My perspective tends to vary greatly from those who are strictly anti-OC, but that's their opinions to have. I've said it a million times - both modes of carry have their +'s and -'s. Myself, being pro-OC, am sick of the "wild west" references, the opinion that OC is only for attention, is just stupid, it's to show off, etc. But I'm not going to waste my time and energy on trying to change those peoples' views. Just as no one should waste their time trying to change mine. For whatever reason you OC, in this case it being your only legal method, there will be those who "know" you're doing it for another reason... I think it best just to let them think whatever they're gonna think. They will anyway.

[hopnpop]

It USED to be a corporate policy a couple days ago that no firearms were allowed. Sure enforcement might not have been consistent across the board, and could have possibly varied by manager, but the policy was on the books, and the whole corporation did not want citizens carrying at any of their Sears or Kmart locations. Please go back and see the responses received from corporate representatives.

A letter was sent down from Sears Senior Councel (Sears Holdings Corporation owns Kmart, so this decision applies to all Sears and Kmart retail locations) stating that the policy now is to allow firearms in all of their locations where state and local laws permit it.

Thanks to the hard work of SCJeffro and everybody who emailed and mailed Sears Corporate, we have achieved a victory for our RKBA.

BTW, I posted the "new" Sears policy at Opencarry.Org - hope no one minds, seeing how we're all on the same team.

[CathyInBlue]

I'll just leave this here.

Is K Mart owned by Sears or is Sears owned by K Mart?

[Ringo]

Playing referee here, nothing ever gets accomplished by telling someone that their take on a certain mode of carry is (very) wrong. Everyone's got their own perspective and opinion, and it's theirs to have. I've got my own view, as do you, as does he, and nobody's definitively right or wrong. My perspective tends to vary greatly from those who are strictly anti-OC, but that's their opinions to have. I've said it a million times - both modes of carry have their +'s and -'s. Myself, being pro-OC, am sick of the "wild west" references, the opinion that OC is only for attention, is just stupid, it's to show off, etc. But I'm not going to waste my time and energy on trying to change those peoples' views. Just as no one should waste their time trying to change mine. For whatever reason you OC, in this case it being your only legal method, there will be those who "know" you're doing it for another reason... I think it best just to let them think whatever they're gonna think. They will anyway.

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[CCW357]

I have never had a problrm st my local store,