TALK IS CHEAP - EDWARD DID YOU MEAN WHAT YOU SAID?

Must be a different world where some of those commenting live that
someone would simply be able to walk into your home and rob it or them
and not be charged with breaking and entering. At the very least it's
burglary, and if you're home at the time it's home invasion and
robbery. Around here it's perfectly legal to shoot to kill if they
enter your home without permission whether the doors are locked or
not. Like the sign says,"Trespassers will be shot, survivors will be
shot again".

It took my wife 6 months to get a steam kettle when she asked for one.
It went through committees, votes, 3 quotes, etc. So I can imagine
what it takes to get cameras in the parking lot of a huge retailer.

I am sure if you send a dozen more of these it should get it done in
about the same time if you didnt.

Honestly what will cameras do? Give police the grainy outline of
someone stealing your car?

Then again if you bugged Edward in person as much as you are bugging
him electronically maybe he just lied to you to get you to leave him
alone.

Stupid question: if this particular Costco is soooooooo unsafe, then
why do you keep shopping there?

You do realize that if you leave your car unlocked and some one
hotwires and steals it some insurance policies won't cover that right?
Also, if the door is unlocked it is no longer considered "breaking
into" the car if they decide to steal something. Much like if you
leave your front door unlocked and somebody enters your house. It is
no longer "breaking and entering" because they didn't have to "break
in". Besides that alot of criminals that will break into a car just to
look won't even try the door to see if it is open.

I am sorry you were a crime victim and realize you are frightened but
even with cameras it's no guarantee for you or your families safety.

http://www.nps.gov/bibe/parkmgmt/upload/TX%20Concealed%20Handgun%20Reg
s%202009.pdf


The only thing I dislike about the document is that you can't use the
'search' function to find phrases. But it pretty much points out all
the rules etc... even what the law considers to be justifications for
using deadly force.


http://www.handgunlaw.us/
also another good site.

You left your wife and two children in the car with a loaded gun? Are
you serious?

If you are so worried why don't you stay in the car with your loaded
gun and let your wife and kids go shopping.

This happend in SA? And there are 2 Costco's in SA. The one on UTSA
Blvd and one out on 1604 - neither one in an area I would consider
high crime. If you want security cam's try the Sam's on I10 @
Dezavala...they have them. Never noticed that Costco's didnt have
security cam's...never really thought about it however.

Please PLEASE leave that poor manager alone already. He has NOTHING to
do with it at this point. If this is SO important to you why don't
you front the money to get the cameras installed? or shop somewhere
else.

Costo is NOT responsible for crime in the state of texas. I don't even
know why a bike being stolen someplace else factors into this letter.

Does it stink getting robbed? Yes. But sometimes you just have to get
over things, not teach your child to sit in the car with a GUN (yes, I
know the wife was there as well). But seriously, it seems as though
this event has caused you a great deal of upset. You might need to
look into a healthy way to deal with those feelings.

Why would you ASSUME ANYTHING about gun laws?

A lot of factors could play into why Sam's Club has not had break ins
on their property, and one of those things could just be that they
haven't been targeted yet, plain and simple. What will you do if
something bad happens in that parking lot? A fight. A break in. Purse
snatcher. Dog locked in the car.

My car was broken into and things were taken out of it - this happened
in MY OWN DRIVEWAY WHILE I WAS SLEEPING. Sometimes you just have to
say - bad things happen and move on.

Why on earth do you consider proof of insurance to be a valuable item?
Keep it in your billfold, then.

Seriously, if you feel so unsafe shopping there that you need to pack
a gun, you need to go elsewhere. This Edward person told you the
cameras would be installed. In the corporate world, this will still
take some time. Usually a "request for proposal" needs to go out to
various vendors. Bidders are given a certain time period to respond
and then those bids are reviewed by the company.

I used to send out RFP's for bids on telecom equipment. The whole
process could take months before the work was actually started.

I don't understand the tangent you went off on about motorcycle theft.
My husband and I are motorcycle enthusiasts. Motorcycles can be
stolen anywhere. Several members of my husband's club had bikes
stolen from right in front of their clubhouse during a meeting! It
takes a brazen thief to steal bikes but a biker club during their
meeting with about 50 bikers less than 100' away!

So I understand how you feel. I abhor murderers.


My point mainly was that it opens up a new realm of dangers.


and ... for the cops... that may depend on where you are too.

CA, assuming you can even get a permit there, has some areas where
they'll prone you out for carrying and pretty much don't care if you
have a permit or not.

In fact there was even a costco news story of late about a man who was
legally carrying. Cops got called because someone realized he was
carrying and he got surrounded. Not sure why they killed him
though... the security tapes of the event went ... missing.


The one downside to CCW however is that it does take some time for it
to go through. And each state has different rules on what you can and
can't do if you don't have it.

My current state allows for open carry, so I could carry right now if
I wanted. I just don't want to be a target. The next state over only
allows OC if you're CCW. And some states don't even let you carry the
ammo in the same vehicle as the guns.

We are allowed open carry also. The last thing want to broadcast is
that I am carrying a gun. I hardly carry nowadays.

Michigan is a " shall issue" state, which I do not agree with. Pretty
much if you meet the minimal criteria (very minimal at best), they are
required to issue the permit. Very little training, no screening
(i.e., no drug testing, etc). It took about two weeks to get my permit
(small county).

I completely agree with you that the OP is taking a very dangerous
path by circumventing the gun law, especially when he has other
options.

Were you robbed??? Or was your car bulglarized? Two different things


good day

people keep going back, even though it's (apparently) very dangerous.

Being that Costco is the kind of store you don't just pop in to grab a
gallon of milk, I hope you were joking about leaving your wife and
kids in the car while you shopped. It was 104 in San Antonio. Other
than tomatoes, no living thing should be left trapped in a vehicle at
those sort of temperatures.

If shopping at Costco is so dangerous and Sams is safer, why not shop
at Sams?