More than 300,000 supporters have asked Kroger leadership to end the open carry of guns in their stores.
Here are three of them.
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Majority of Kroger Customers Want an End to Open Carry
After more than 300,000 petition signatures and nearly 13,000 phone calls demanding that the nation’s largest supermarket chain stop allowing the open carry of guns in its stores, a new poll conducted by Benenson Strategy Group released today shows 64 percent of Kroger shoppers polled believe people should not be able to openly carry guns in Kroger stores.
Despite this opposition to Kroger’s policy allowing open carry of firearms — and even though a majority of states allow people to openly carry firearms without a background check, training or permit — Kroger so far has sided with a small group of gun extremists and refused to change its policy.
While Kroger has not yet changed its open carry policy, in recent weeks, New Seasons Market, a chain of more than a dozen grocery stores located in Oregon and Washington, and Panera Bread recently joined other major brands, including Target, Starbucks, Chipotle, Sonic, Jack in the Box, and Chili’s, in asking guests to leave their firearms at home.
Kroger claims to be a ‘Family of Stores,’ so where are their family values?
Thank Panera for standing up to open-carry gun extremists
Panera Bread just announced that it’s adopting a gun sense policy in its 1,800+ cafes across the country!
Panera’s new policy says they want “bakery-cafes where customers and associates feel comfortable and welcome. To this end, we ask that guns not be brought into this environment unless carried by an authorized law enforcement officer.”
Thank you Panera for taking this important, proactive decision!
Moms Across America Call on Kroger to Protect Our Children
“If Kroger doesn’t know it already, they will know it very soon: We are in this for the long run, and in the long run we will win.” - Shannon Watts
So Kroger grocery stores allow people to carry loaded guns–but shirtless shoppers, outside food and skateboards aren’t allowed?
This is ridiculous
This weekend, let’s show Kroger that we mean business by doing our grocery shopping elsewhere.
Don’t have Kroger in your state? Skip these Kroger-owned brands:
Baker’s, City Market, Dillons, Food4Less, Foods Co, Fred Meyer, Fry’s Food Stores, Gerbes, Harris Teeter, Jay C Food Stores, King Soopers, Owen’s, Pay Less Super Markets, QFC, Ralphs, Smith’s Food & Drug
Tell Kroger: #GroceriesNotGuns
A grocery store is one of the last places we should expect to see someone openly carrying a loaded weapon. But Kroger, the largest grocery chain in the country, has policies that allow customers to openly carry guns in its stores – where families shop every day.
Most states have weak gun laws that let people openly carry guns even if they haven’t had a background check or training. Private businesses like Kroger have the responsibility to protect their customers when the law won’t.
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of Everytown’s gun violence Survivor Fellowship program!
Open-Carry Gun Activist Arrested for Killing Husband and Stepdaughter
“Mama didn’t raise no victim”: That’s how a controversial Texas gun-rights group described one of its dedicated members last May. That activist was arrested Wednesday for allegedly murdering her estranged husband and stepdaughter, then driving herself to a mental hospital.
Authorities locked down a nearby elementary school as a precaution after discovering the bodies yesterday at the Arlington home Veronica Dunnachie, 35, had shared with her husband Russell, according to the Daily Mail. Dunnachie reportedly shot the Russell and his adult daughter from a previous marriage, but left three of her own children in the house unharmed.
Police found Dunnachie after the incident attempting to check herself into nearby Millwood Hospital, which “specializes in mental health and chemical dependency care,” according to CBSDFW.com.
Multiple reports say relations were strained and a divorce was imminent between Russell and Veronica, who lists an armed-guard service as her employer and who, according to relatives, had recently “become very distant, lost weight and become heavily involved in gun-rights activist groups.”
Indeed, Dunnachie’s Facebook account was full of images showing her shooting and participating in activities with the local chapter of Open Carry Texas, a Second Amendment group so provocative that even the NRA has distanced itself from the group’s tactics at times.
We love this photo from Maryland Congressman Chris Van Hollen.
He writes, “I stand with my constituents in calling for common sense laws to reduce gun violence. #NotOneMore.”
Thank you Congressman!
Saturday is the first day of National Gun Violence Survivors Week – when we ask everyone to shine a spotlight on the stories of Americans who have had loved ones taken by gun violence, who have been wounded or threatened with a gun, or witnessed a shooting.
We’ll be sharing the stories of survivors and statistics that highlight the impact of gun violence.