IDIOTS With Guns: Gun Junkies Want To Bring Their Guns Into Stores — Gun Found Among Toys in Target Store

Photo by Charles Knowles.

The discovery of a gun left among toys at a Target store comes as retailers face pressure to prohibit customers from carrying guns into their stores.


By Kavita Kumar
The pictures are provocative: Gun-rights activists in Texas with rifles slung over their shoulders standing in the baby aisle of a Target store, with the company’s trademark red bull’s-eye in the background.

Then on Thursday, a police report revealed that an employee at the Myrtle Beach, N.C., Target store reported May 30 that he found a black handgun on top of a superhero toy box.

Authorities said the 9-mm handgun had not been reported stolen and had eight bullets inside. Officers said they would review security-camera footage to try to determine who left the gun in the store.

The discovery comes as Target and other retailers face pressure to prohibit customers from carrying guns into their stores. On Wednesday, the group Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America launched a petition asking the company to prevent customers from carrying firearms in Target stores.

The petition is unrelated to the discovery of the gun in South Carolina.

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