"Kroger has demonstrated with our actions that we recognize the growing chorus of Americans who are no longer comfortable with the status quo and who advocate for gun reform in concrete and common sense," the company said in a statement.
As mass shootings have increased in frequency, death toll and prominence in recent years, many large companies have been pressured to take up their role in the crisis.
[19659004] In its statement, Kroger said It would be "respectful to ask" that customers no longer have guns open in their stores, except for authorized attorneys. It is unclear whether or how the merchant plans to enforce this request.
Walmart said it would take a "non-confrontational" approach to enforce the new policy by putting up signs announcing the request outside stores.
Ed Scruggs, president of the Texas Gun Sense Security Safety Group, said that a number of state-owned dealers (where open carry is legal) are asking that customers not openly carry in their stores by posting big signs about the policy in English and Spanish outside their stores. Store workers can ask customers who do not comply with the signs to return the guns to their cars or leave the store, Scruggs said.
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