Kroger joins Walmart and asks buyers not to openly carry guns in stores

Kroger followed Walmart Tuesday by asking clients not to openly carry firearms in one of his stores, in states where "open portering" is allowed, unless they are agents of the authorized public authority.

The announced changes are part of a wave of deadly shootings in the United States, including two in Walmart stores this summer.

The two companies are also asking the government to strengthen the background check.

"Kroger respectfully requests that customers no longer openly carry guns in our stores, except authorized law enforcement officials," said Jessica Adelman, vice president institutional affairs of the group, in a statement. "We also join with those who encourage our elected officials to pass laws that will strengthen background checks and eliminate weapons from those at risk of violence."

"A year ago, Kroger made the conscious decision to withdraw completely from the firearms and ammunition trade when we stopped selling them in our Fred Meyer stores in the Pacific Northwest," he said. she also said. "Kroger has demonstrated with our actions that we recognize the growing number of Americans who are no longer comfortable with the status quo and who advocate for concrete and sensible firearms reforms."

After a shootout in Parkland, Florida, in 2018, Kroger said his Fred Meyer stores would stop selling firearms to buyers under the age of 21.