Autozone Now Anti Gun!

[TAB]

Wrong, I am supporting the person,  the owners rights.   don't like the policy, go work some where else.     you are fooling yourselfs if you don't think it does not apply every where.   if you have ever been a employer of dozens of people, you would under stand.

[Solus]

Well, I look at it like this.  

If my wife were inside, say a small jewelry store which was posted against carrying concealed, and I was waiting outside because I was packing and I saw two armed men enter the place and heard my wife start screaming, I'd kiss the owners rights good by and do what was needed to go to my wife's aid.  To me, saving a life trumps a person's rights to restrict firearms.

How about you, TAB...what would you do?

[tombogan03884]

Wrong, I am supporting the person,  the owners rights.   don't like the policy, go work some where else.     you are fooling yourselfs if you don't think it does not apply every where.   if you have ever been a employer of dozens of people, you would under stand.

You are NOT supporting the person, which would be the employee who foiled the robbery .
You are supporting a faceless corporation that has instituted a policy that violates individual rights and needlessly endangers employees and customers by discouraging lawful concealed carry while doing nothing to assure their safety. .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoZone

AutoZone is a retailer and distributor of aftermarket automotive parts and accessories.[2] based in Memphis, Tennessee.

Not franchises,[8] AutoZone's 5,000+ retail outlets[2] throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Brazil stock a variety of aftermarket parts. AutoZone's 5000th store in Wasilla, Alaska, opened on August 17, 2012.
Controversies and criticism

Controversies have included patent-infringement lawsuits. The company has been criticized by its employees.

Founder J.R. "Pitt" Hyde, Jr. bought the building involved in Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr's assassination: "AutoZone founder and civil rights benefactor J. R. Pitt 'Hyde' [sic] Jr. intends to buy Chappell's building and donate it to the Lorraine Foundation, which operates the museum, said Beverly Robertson, museum executive director."[9]
Litigation

In March, 2006, the company was accused of infringing two patents owned by Orion IP, LLC, in a lawsuit filed in the Eastern District of Texas. In May 2007, the company settled the lawsuit for an undisclosed amount and the case was dismissed.[10]

In September, 2009, AutoZone was accused of infringing a patent owned by Lisle Corporation in a lawsuit filed in the Southern District of Iowa.[11]

In September, 2010, the company was sued by the US Equal Opportunity Employment Commission for firing an employee.[12]
Survey of employee satisfaction

A 2009 survey of employee satisfaction conducted by glassdoor.com resulted in AutoZone being ranked the 4th worst workplace in America.[13]

[kmitch200]

Happens every where.  Ask your hr guys if you don't beleave me.

How 'bout I just ask my old boss that got rear-ended by a company car owned by an orthopedic surgeon group.
The one that was told: "No, you can't go after the orthopod group because of 3rd party lawsuit issues in AZ."

Same reason that in AZ, you can't go after the insurance company that provides your industrial/workmans comp. Even if they screw the pooch so bad you have permanent damage!  
The ONLY thing you can do is sue to have them cover your claim. THAT ONE YOU CAN ASK MY WIFE ABOUT.
 
The only way you get around it is if someone is self-insured. (Like the City of Phoenix)
By then though, they have deep enough pockets to absorb a lot of pain.

on edit: Having an employee NOT dead or wounded is a damn good outcome for AutoZone. The firing of said employee is retarded.
Which is why they will no longer get my business.

[fightingquaker13]

Dittoes. Manny, Moe and Jack are two blocks away and the the price is about the same. Decision made. Its an easy answer. I wonder how many guys will make the same call, and if they get the message?

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[Jrlobo]

Well TAB, I checked with my HR department and he thinks like I do. I checked with my CEO and he thinks like I do. I checked with Legal and he thinks like I do. The smart thing to do is to rehire the black veteran and win the hearts, minds and wallets of the customers. Now I must admit that I am the HR Department, I am the CEO and I am Legal because I am RET! So, it is easy for me to be flexible.

[TAB]

if your willing to risk losing every thing, go right ahead.    me not so much.   been there done that, it sucks.