Her Father Was Murdered At A Kroger. Now She Wants The Grocery Chain To Ban Guns.

By Cam Edwards

AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley

Kellie Watson’s father and son were at a grocery store in Louisville, Kentucky last October shopping for school supplies last October when the unthinkable happened: a man armed with a gun shot and killed her father and one other person in what prosecutors believe was a racially-motivated attack. Watson’s father, 69-year old Maurice Stallard, and 67-year old Vickie Lee Jones were allegedly murdered by 51-year old Gregory Bush, who was recently found competent to stand trial. While the criminal case is proceeding, Watson and her mother Charlotte Stallard are now suing the grocery chain and demanding that the company change its policy allowing concealed carry inside its stores.

Watson and her mother, Charlotte Stallard, filed a civil lawsuit against Kroger last week asking the chain to ban guns in its stores. “Who would have known that Kroger would allow people to just walk in, carry their guns on their waistband and just pull them out?” she said.

Currently, Kroger does not have a policy prohibiting customers from bringing firearms into their stores. The company released a statement on its website stating that their longstanding policy on the issue is to follow state …Read the Rest

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