By: Jessica Swords
Sunday, July 13, 2014
Just a few days after “respectfully
requesting” that customers not bring in their firearms to nationwide store
locations[1],
Target has had two armed robberies in Georgia[2].
The request came just two days after new
gun laws went into effect in Georgia, a law which allows citizens to carry
inside more places such as unsecured government buildings, bars and
participating churches. Within days of this request, a man was robbed at
gunpoint by three men[3].
Xavier Holland, 21, Zaccari Goudelock, 20, and Kenneth Loving, 17 had stolen
more than $500 cash from the victim[4].
The three suspects, who are currently being held in Hall County Jail, were
denied bond. No reports indicate whether or not the firearm taken from one of
the suspects was purchased legally or not.
In the second case, a woman in Atlanta
was attacked by an African-American man who knocked her to the ground and
robbed her[5].
Reports say that had the victim not rolled out of the way, the suspect would
have run over her when putting her car in reverse and speeding off[6]. It has not been reported whether or not the suspect has been identified or is in custody.
Such events make one wonder whether or
not Target made the right decision in requesting that their customers disobey
themselves. The company has already been under fire in the last 8 months due to
its inability to keep its shoppers’ credit card information private after its
system was hacked and thousands of customers’ identities were stolen.
[3] Wind Exclusive
[4] Gainesville Times: http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/section/6/article/101754/
[5] Wind Exclusive
[6] Wind Exclusive
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