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  • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    There's no reason to make a spectacle of carrying, but some states force you to open carry or register for a concealed carry. Unfortunately, if you open carry, you are likely to be approached by a police officer and present identification, upon which you are immediately registered as owning a firearm.
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  • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I'm glad that you are able to carry, but worried that by registering as such, you open yourself up to having that weapon confiscated. I refuse to present any data to any entity that indicates I may have a firearm. All purchases, including anything related to firearms for the past 20 yrs has been by cash and private sale.

    The only carry law needed is Constitutional Carry - open or concealed.
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  • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I doubt it very strongly. They will only say that if no guns were allowed, then nobody would have guns. What they fail to grasp is that law breakers have no respect for laws and therefore don't worry about breaking them.
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  • Posted by eilinel 10 years, 8 months ago
    ".....allow anyone to openly carry loaded firearms, even though no permit, training, or background check is required to do so in most states."
    In what fantasy universe does she live?!
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  • Posted by freedomforall 10 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I think Wal-mart is the largest supermarket operator and Kroger is #2, Albertsons/Safeway barely behind at #3 (as of early 2014.)
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  • Posted by iraeise 10 years, 8 months ago
    I'd boycott Wal Mart and Target and whoever else she mentions prohibits guns, and shop at Kroger for anything I could. Maybe even start a campaign to influence them to allow open carry.
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  • Posted by $ blarman 10 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Kroger's is actually one of the largest (if not THE largest) grocery chain in the United States. My company does business with them and they are a major customer.

    Personally, I think Kroger's is taking the right tack - you just don't deal with people who aren't willing to negotiate in good faith. These people are too busy being activists.

    My wife isn't scared like these pansies. She knows how to handle and use her firearms (and they are hers). Fear comes mostly from ignorance.
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  • Posted by IndianaGary 10 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    You'd be surprised. Kroger owns lots of other stores. Smiths and Food4Less both carry many Kroger brands and may be at least partly owned by Kroger. Check it out.
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 10 years, 8 months ago
    A few months ago I was a little surprised when I was in an Alabama Walmart and saw a mom with three small kids and a holstered revolver on her hip.
    My first thought amounted to "Well, no one is messing with her kids."
    I go to that Walmart on a regular basis and have not seen that since.
    An armed parent escorting kids does not bother me in the least. Good for them!
    Alabama now has an open carry ;law but you rarely see it.
    My grow son informed me of it. He prefers to conceal his semi-auto .45.

    http://whnt.com/2013/07/30/alabamas-new-...
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  • Posted by strugatsky 10 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Kroger should allow only red, pink, purple and, of course, green guns. Because they don't look scary.
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  • Posted by wiggys 10 years, 8 months ago
    Maybe these mothers will be happy is a savage as is in Sydney shows up and no honest person with a carry permit was kept out of the store. maybe the guy carrying an exposed gun where it is legal will thwart the savages.
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  • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I don't agree. It is legal in public places, but a private business should be able to determine their own rules. I just think that such a ban would be stupid. They should have the right, they just shouldn't be stupid.
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  • Posted by JanelleFila 10 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    That's a good way to explain it. I've never understood how stores can explicitly limit the right to carry in a weapon. If it is legal, then it should be legal everywhere. If people aren't comfortable with that, then it shouldn't be legal.
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  • Posted by eddieh 10 years, 8 months ago
    I think she should move to Australia, there's no guns down there.
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  • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    But that's how they look at themselves. Believe me, it is a term of derision as used here.
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  • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Problem is, they become vocal and the rest of us don't speak out in support of the business. About 18 months ago, when our Governor was being recalled, a bunch of the recall advocates tried to start a boycott of a gas company which had some execs who donated to the Gov. Many of us who supported the Gov started a Buycott, and went into the stations and told the managers that we supported the management in their right to support whomever they wanted. They boycott failed.

    Any of you who live near a Kroger, go in and tell the store manager that you support their decision to not ban guns. Unfortunately, Kroger isn't local to me, so I can't participate.
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  • Posted by woodlema 10 years, 8 months ago
    I would not call these people "do-gooders". Trying to 1) bully people, and 2) take away constitutional rights it NOT good.
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  • Posted by voodoo59 10 years, 8 months ago
    The best thing to do is ignore these self-important acolytes. Did you ever notice that they are very quiet until a mob of them coalesce into a stupid storm! Pay no attention to them and never validate their idiotic "calls to action".
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  • Posted by jabuttrick 10 years, 8 months ago
    I think it is false and tactically weak to refer to these people as "do-gooders." I know that term has some negative connotations, but I find it hard to stomach labeling their position as "good" in any way.
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  • Posted by xthinker88 10 years, 8 months ago
    "How are moms shopping with children expected to know the difference between an activist and a threat to our families?"

    Easy. An activist is somebody who open carries to make a point. A threat to our families is the woman who wrote this editorial.
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