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Trump is right. The Target/N.C. Bathroom issue is a loser on all counts—(principle and practicality) for conservatives. Here’s why.
1. Public bathrooms are a courtesy, not a right. As customers, we should be thankful for any accommodations stores provide and should politely say “thanks but no thanks” to any public bathrooms that do not meet our cultural or sanity standards.
2. To suggest that stores should keep private areas safe for children establishes a false sense of security and takes the onus off of parents to provide for the safety of their own children. Specifically, no parent should send young children into a bathroom unattended. Fathers should take their young children with them into the men’s bathroom or mothers should take their young children with them into the women’s bathroom.
3. There is no evidence that man/child sexual perversion is an issue for transgender people beyond the average norm.
4. Given the above, it makes more sense to be more concerned about other groups in public bathrooms than transgender people. For instance, currently, people on the sex abuse registry are not prohibited from public bathrooms.
4. Truth be told, people currently enter opposite sex bathroom for any number of reasons already, both good and bad. People often “commandeer” opposite sex bathrooms when their own bathrooms are out-of-order or there are long lines. People bring good sense and courtesy to these situations and they find a way to work it out. People with more nefarious purposes can hide out in bathrooms or dress to look like the opposite sex in order to commit crimes anyway. As is the conservative argument when it comes to firearms, registrations, policies, and rules do not keep bad people from doing bad things.
5. The North Carolina law is unenforceable and provides for no reasonable way it can be executed.

Bottom line...Public bathrooms can be bad places that should be avoided. If an emergency arises, customers enter public bathrooms at their own risk and should only do so in a very cautious manner.