The retail chain Target is joining a growing list of companies—that now includes Starbucks, Chipotle, Chili’s and Sonic—asking customers not to bring firearms to their stores. And, like in several of the other cases, the action was the result of a backfire by an “Open Carry” pro-gun activism group. When the organization Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America came across an image of a bunch of dudes walking around Target with large, military-style assault rifles, they successfully petitioned the company to institute the ban. (As noted in Huffington Post, the irony of a store called “Target” whose logo is literally a identical to an actual shooting range target is not lost here) …
