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So apparently a gun-control group is trying to get Kroger to ban customers from carrying weapons openly...thoughts?

Contacted on Friday, company spokesman Keith Dailey said the grocery chain had no plans to change existing policy, which is to abide by state and local laws.

"Millions of customers are present in our busy grocery stores every day and we don't want to put our associates in a position of having to confront a customer who is legally carrying a gun," Dailey said. "We know that our customers are passionate on both sides of this issue and we trust them to be responsible in our stores."

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make sense, so it won't last.  I've had customers come up to me freaking out about some bank guards bringing in money or taking it out. 



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Yes, because less guns equals less crime.

I'm sure all the criminals say "HEY! This sign says gun free zone! I better not carry my gun!"

......and yes i'm liberal on like every other issue lol.

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I like how it's mainly the foreign press who picked up on this story.


That said, no store can outright ban any open-carrying unless it's state law. Where I live, you can carry a gun into a store, but you can't carry it in a place of worship.


Remember, if Kroger wants to be competitive and stay in the business, they can't force one group of people out. That's why extreme couponers, hoarders, WIC/EBT abusers, and even proven shoplifters are often times still welcome in the store so Kroger can get their money.


Remember, Kroger would rather fire an employee for having a legitimate concern about a customer's gun than ask said customer to leave. Sad, but true.

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If people want to change open-carry laws in their state or even nationwide, they should vote for representatives and lobby to do that. Not bother private businesses who are merely abiding by whatever the local laws are. Completely backward way of going about effecting change.

It reminds me of how the local bag ban went into effect (so we have to charge for bags now), and customers complain to us about how "we" are charging them extra for bags and it's not right and that we should have done something. Seriously. People complain about the effects of laws that they are not even aware were voted into place -- why? Because they themselves don't bother to vote. They'd rather just grumble at a cashier.... like we had anything to do with it. That's what's really wrong in the US these days, nobody votes, everybody complains.

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If people want to change open-carry laws in their state or even nationwide, they should vote for representatives and lobby to do that. Not bother private businesses who are merely abiding by whatever the local laws are. Completely backward way of going about effecting change.

It reminds me of how the local bag ban went into effect (so we have to charge for bags now), and customers complain to us about how "we" are charging them extra for bags and it's not right and that we should have done something. Seriously. People complain about the effects of laws that they are not even aware were voted into place -- why? Because they themselves don't bother to vote. They'd rather just grumble at a cashier.... like we had anything to do with it. That's what's really wrong in the US these days, nobody votes, everybody complains.


 If I ever ran a large business, I'd be lobbying to pass that city ordinance. Nothing like making more money off of people without cost to me.

 

I remember sitting in a government class one time and I suggested to make voting compulsory. The amount of heckles and booing from other students in the room, who, mind you, will be the "future" of this great country, were shockingly high.

 

The teacher and I were just dumbfounded.



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Let's face it though. Do we really need people like that voting?

That's the sad thing about it.

But Australia (i think it's them) has compulsory voting, and that way, the majority actually decides. Seems right to me.

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Hoh boy. So we had a customer come in today, *demanding* (they always "demand") to speak to a manager, and she huffed and puffed about how she won't shop at our store because we allow guns or some-such. Woooonderful, just what we need is more political nuts of both stripes taking up our time ._.

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A store actually following the Constitution? In the United States of America?!?

Crazies...crazies on both sides everywhere x_X

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Well, the Constitution doesn't have much to do with it. Kroger is a private business entity, and as such, being inside a store at all is a privilege, and not a right.

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FrontEnd Trooper wrote:

Well, the Constitution doesn't have much to do with it. Kroger is a private business entity, and as such, being inside a store at all is a privilege, and not a right.


 

Well, as long as Kroger doesn't boot anyone out of the store based on sex, religion, nationality, colour, etc, Civil Rights Act stuff.



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Compulsory voting? What would that achieve?



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Compulsory voting? What would that achieve?


 I dunno. I think that if people are too lazy to vote, then they shouldn't be able to choose who creates and executes our laws. And you also have a lot of people who are CONSTANTLY on a fence about every issue imaginable, so they would probably rather commit suicide than make up their damn mind.



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