Kroger Will No Longer Sell Firearms And Ammunition To People Under 21

By Micah Rate

Following in the footsteps of Walmart and Dick’s Sporting Goods, another company has stated it will no longer sell firearms and ammunition, of any kind, to people under the age of 21.

Kroger, a grocery chain, announced the changes for its Fred Meyer stores on Thursday. Here’s more from CNN:

Kroger (KR) sells weapons and ammunition at 45 Fred Meyer stores located in four western states. Those stores sell general merchandise. The Kroger grocery stores do not sell weapons.

It is already illegal for licensed gun sellers to sell handguns to anyone under the age of 21, but it is legal under federal law to sell rifles of any kind — including assault-style — to anyone 18 or older.

The company joins Dick’s Sporting Goods (DKS), the nation’s largest sporting goods retailer, and Walmart (WMT), the nation’s largest retailer, which both said Wednesday that they would stop selling weapons and ammunition of any kind to anyone under 21. Dick’s also said it would stop selling assault-style weapons. Walmart stopped selling those kinds of weapons in 2015.

Under federal law, it is legal for an 18-year-old to purchase …Read the Rest

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