“Charlottesville police say the man who showed up at a Kroger grocery store with a loaded gun wanted to make a point”
Now if this guy told the officers that was his goal, then he was playing with fire. He should have asked the store first if it was ok to walk in with his rifle, unless there is some law in that state where it is perfectly legal to go into private establishments openly packing.
People at that store (private property) didn’t know him, and aren’t obliged to play along regardless of what right he wants to express. No different then if we walked in to make a political speech against the government.