.CVSpharmacy, Walgreens and Wegmans join growing list of retailers prohibiting open carry of firearms
Thursday."The sight of someone with a gun can be alarming, and we don't want anyone to feel that way at Wegmans. For this reason, we prefer that customers not openly carry firearms into our stores."The three large-scale retailers now join Walmart and The Kroger Co., both of which issued the same store policies earlier this week.
"We know these decisions will inconvenience some of our customers, and we hope they will understand, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon wrote in aTuesday, one month after a shooting in El Paso, Texas, killed 22 people and injured dozens of others."As a company, we experienced two horrific events in one week, and we will never be the same."
In addition to banning open carry, Walmart announced it would no longer be selling handguns in Alaska—which is currently the only state where the retail giant sells them—and will discontinue the sale of handgun ammunition across its locations worldwide.Walmart's choice."It is shameful to see Walmart succumb to the pressure of the anti-gun elites," the gun-rights group said in a press release.
The Kroger Co. followed Walmart's lead."Kroger is respectfully asking that customers no longer openly carry firearms into our stores, other than authorized law enforcement officers," said Jessica Adelman, group vice president of corporate affairs, in a statement issued Tuesday. "Thirty-one states allow the open carrying of a handgun without any license or permit, although in some cases the gun must be unloaded," according to the Giffords Law Center
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Walgreens, CVS, Wegmans ask shoppers to not openly carry firearmsWalgreens Boots Alliance Inc , CVS Health Corp and supermarket chain Wegmans Foo...
Read more »
Walgreens, CVS Ask Customers to Stop Carrying GunsCVS, Walgreens and Wegmans asked customers to stop openly carrying firearms in stores, adding to a growing list of companies that are wading into the debate around how to reduce gun violence
Read more »
CVS hires Fitbit executive to lead consumer healthCVS has hired Fitbit executive Adam Pellegrini to lead its consumer health efforts, according to an internal memo obtained by CNBC.
Read more »
Dispensed: uBiome gets dumped by CVS, Jeffrey Epstein's wacky plan to sell DNA data, and 19 unicorn startups to watchWelcome to Dispensed, Business Insider's weekly roundup of healthcare, biotech, and pharma news. In this week's letter: CVS dumps uBiome, Epstein's plan to...
Read more »
Walgreens, CVS, Wegmans ask shoppers to not openly carry firearmsWalgreens Boots Alliance Inc , CVS Health Corp and supermarket chain Wegmans Foo...
Read more »