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A Target store in Watertown, Mass.

(Steven Senne | The Associated Press)

Target has become the latest national chain to ask customers not bring firearms into their stores.

In a post Wednesday on the company's blog, "A Bullseye View," interim CEO John Mulligan shared the company's new official line on firearms in stores:

Target's gun policy previously allowed firearms to be carried in stores if it was acceptable by local law, but the company had recently come under fire by groups like "Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense."

The group recently took aim at a Target in San Antonio, Texas, after images of members of the gun advocacy group "Open Carry Texas" carrying loaded firearms in Target stores circulated online, FOX 29 reported.

Target joins a collection of other national chains, primarily restaurants, that have asked customers not to bring weapons into stores, or not to display them openly.

Chipotle Mexican Grill asked customers to stop bringing guns to their stores in May, saying, "the display of firearms in our restaurants has now created an environment that is potentially intimidating or uncomfortable for many of our customers."

Chili's Grill & Bar asked customers to stop openly carrying firearms in their restaurants in early June, and Sonic Drive-In told customers to leave weapons out of their seating areas.

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