Walgreens Joins Chorus of Companies Against Open Carry

By Tom Knighton

While I didn’t agree with the decision, I understood why Walmart asked people to no longer open carry in their stores. It was a bad decision that will do nothing to increase the safety of customers in their stores, but I understood where they were coming from. I guess I can even understand why Kroger joined them. After all, they’d had a recent shooting in one of their stores, too.

However, it seems the chorus is growing, even if only slightly.

In a post on their store’s website, they issued a very simple press release. It simply reads, “We are joining other retailers in asking our customers to no longer openly carry firearms into our stores other than authorized law enforcement officials.”

Yet another store that doesn’t want you openly carrying a firearm in their store.

Now, what does this mean?

It doesn’t necessarily mean much of anything, but it may be significant too. What matters are the details.

You see, these stores are simply asking people not to open carry. It doesn’t necessarily mean that these stores are going to change their policies. Many states allow stores to put up signs meeting certain requirements and turn themselves into legal gun-free zones. It’s …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms