Publix is joining the growing number of retailers asking that customers no longer openly carry guns in their stores in states where open carry is legal
New York .
With its new policy, the supermarket chain follows the lead of Walmart , Kroger , CVS and other retailers who made similar announcements last week. The moves come after recent mass shootings in California, Texas and Ohio. "Publix respectfully requests that only law enforcement officials openly carry firearms in our stores," the company said in a statement Wednesday.
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