Though I have to say, for all the time I’ve spent in grocery stores in my life (including Kroger) I can’t recall EVER seeing a customer carry. At least not openly.
This is a phony non-issue.
This is a phony non-issue.
I live is a Denver suburb and in 15 years I have seen open carry twice in a Kroger (KingSoopers) store and recognized the print of concealed carry about 4 times. Of the two open carry, one was security guard (I knew him through my son’s football team). I don’t know about the other time. Both carry times everyone remained calm and no one freaked out. I have HEARD that in western Colorado, during hunting season, some people will enter stores with their rifles because they do not want to leave them in their cars.
Never saw anyone carry a rifle inside the grocery store. But I have seen rifles during political protests (when they instituted the magazine limits) outside the capital building. Again, no one freaked out.
Really, this is a non-issue