--- description: An employee found the weapon sitting in plain view title: Fully-Loaded Gun Found in Toy Aisle at Target image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbdcbfac18cc10ee7/69869663810bbb4d1ac920bd/71478735.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Fully-Loaded Gun Found in Toy Aisle at Target by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 5, 2014 5:54 PM CUT  CHICAGO - JULY 18: A sign is seen on the exterior of a Target store July, 18, 2006 in Chicago, Illinois. Heightened concerns that energy prices are slowing consumer spending helped to drag shares of Target down today for their biggest one-day percentage slide in eight months. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) CHICAGO - JULY 18: A sign is seen on the exterior of a Target store July, 18, 2006 in Chicago, Illinois. Heightened concerns that energy prices are slowing consumer spending helped to drag shares of Target down today for their biggest one-day percentage slide in eight months. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)Scott Olson / Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 5, 2014 5:54 PM CUT A real, loaded gun was found in the toy aisle of a Target in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, last Friday night. A worker happened upon the weapon, which was loaded with live ammo, resting on top of a superhero Playskool toy box, NBC affiliate WMBF [reports](http://www.wmbfnews.com/story/25698439/real-gun-found-in-toy-aisle "undefined"). According to a police report, a suspicious male was seen on surveillance video wandering up and down the toy aisles, including the aisle where the gun was later found. Target plans to release that footage to the public. A Target rep sent WMBF the following statement: --- > “” --- The incident came just a few days before activists [launched a petition](http://money.cnn.com/2014/06/04/news/companies/target-moms-guns/ "undefined") calling for Target to ban people from carrying firearms in its stores. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2827727/fully-loaded-gun-found-in-toy-aisle-at-target/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2827727/fully-loaded-gun-found-in-toy-aisle-at-target/"},"headline":"Fully-Loaded Gun Found in Toy Aisle at Target","datePublished":"2014-06-05T17:54:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:10:26.033Z","description":"An employee found the weapon sitting in plain view","url":"https://time.com/2827727/fully-loaded-gun-found-in-toy-aisle-at-target/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Crime","Target","Gun Control","Guns","Toys"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbdcbfac18cc10ee7/69869663810bbb4d1ac920bd/71478735.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbdcbfac18cc10ee7/69869663810bbb4d1ac920bd/71478735.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"After Target Lowers Sales Forecast, Shares Plummet","caption":"After Target Lowers Sales Forecast, Shares Plummet","creditText":"Scott Olson / Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2827727/fully-loaded-gun-found-in-toy-aisle-at-target/","name":"Fully-Loaded Gun Found in Toy Aisle at Target"}}]}] ```