Leslie Ruffing says she was shopping at a Hobby Lobby in Illinois when she saw decorations that she believes 'encourage and glorify gun violence.'
Hobby Lobby, the arts-and-crafts giant whose evangelical Christian owners won a landmark religious-freedom ruling in U.S. Supreme Court several years back, is now under fire for selling signs that a customer alleges “glorify and encourage gun violence,” with some calling for a boycott of the chain.
The customer says she immediately reported the signs to an unidentified manager on duty and asked that her complaint be elevated to the corporate office. On the same day, Ruffing took to social media to share her disgust with the gun-themed decorations.“Hobby Lobby, I’d love to know why on earth you think it’s OK to sell merchandise that blatantly glorifies and encourages gun violence,” Ruffing tweeted on Sept. 30. “It’s 2019. Let’s do better.
“People that have mailboxes that look like guns and bumper stickers that promote firearms ownership — and what you sent me pictures of — are [designed] to be humorous,” Dave Workman tells Yahoo Lifestyle, adding anyone taking issue with the signs sold at Hobby Lobby “doesn’t seem to have a sense of humor.”
Hobby Lobby did not respond to Yahoo Lifestyle’s request for comment about open carry policies in more than 850 stores nationwide. While the family-owned Christian company has no public ties with the National Rifle Association , Hobby Lobby sells NRA merchandise and products with gun-rights messaging.
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