In the old days good guys wore white hats and the bad buys wore black. And all carried six-shooters (guns). So when we go grocery shopping now, how do we tell the difference between robbers and gun toting cowboys?
Safeway and Albertsons merged and responded to Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America by prohibiting firearms. As the largest retail grocer, they own more than,
?2,000 grocery stores in 34 states and the District of Columbia.?
?In February,?Moms Demand Action sent a letter to Albertsons?notifying them of?an open carry incident in an Albertsons store?and inquired about the chain’s firearm policy post-merger.?
Conversely, Kroger is fine with all their customers carrying assault rifles. In some states, such as Kansas, people can legally carry loaded weapons ? with zero training required. We better watch out for crazy Uncle Pete for sure.
So do I want to go to Safeway or Krogers? Well it depends. If I want a boring just-buy-it trip for groceries, I go to the former. On the other hand if I want an exciting?shoot-em-up trip, I should go to Krogers.
I imagine I must carry a weapon, too, if I go to Krogers. Because what if I want the last jar of whole beets and some other character reaches for it at the same time?
If Krogers let me bring my skateboard, I could brain the guy. My super-duper squirt gun would drown him. Or my guard dog, Gunter, might make hamburger of my enemy. Alas, Kroger prohibits all of these.
But Moms Demand Action is still working on them,
“As part of the effort to highlight Kroger’s failure to update it’s store policy,?Moms Demand Action released a new 60-second digital ad?produced by the Toronto office of GREY Advertising featuring individuals open carrying firearms in the aisles of a supermarket, behavior that is permitted by Kroger policies.”
So what should I take to defend myself against the evil beet stealer? I could take my dad’s Japanese rifle from WWII, but I’d have to drive six hours to get it. I could take a BB-gun, but what if the other guy is using hollow-point ammunition?
So many decisions. Shopping should be easier. I think the best answer is to skip Kroger and head for Safeway/Albertsons. I would like to live through my grocery experience.
Watch Moms Demand Action’s new ad about Kroger:
