Kroger, Walmart, And The Attempt To De-Normalize Gun Ownership

By Cam Edwards

Gun control groups are taking a victory lap after Kroger joined Walmart in announcing it will ask customers not to openly carry firearms in their stores. In fact, the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence goes so far as to claim that the recent moves are evidence of a cultural shift towards gun control.

. @WalmartInc announces it will stop selling high capacity ammo, end open carry in stores@kroger announces it will end open carry in its stores@NASCAR rejects advertising for semi automatic assault weapons on cars

Do you feel that? The cultural ground is shifting beneath us.

— Coalition to Stop Gun Violence (@CSGV) September 4, 2019

As much as CSGV and gun control groups really want to de-normalize gun ownership, what they’re noticing is a corporate shift, not a cultural one. As it turns out, Americans are still very interested in exercising their 2A rights, as this Montana story notes.

In the last decade, concealed handgun permits have increased in the United States by an estimated 273 percent.

The Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office says there’s currently 3,809 active concealed carry permit holders in the county, and that number is growing.

“This year, …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms