Guess which person is NOT allowed in Kroger's Grocery Store ! (pic)

I agree. So, what if a store owner 'feels' that a group of young black men entering his store with their pants around their ankles are intimidating his customers? What if he is concerned that a gay couple daintily perusing the doily display will alienate his straight customers at the ammo counter? Should he have that same right? I think store owners should be able to exercise their 'freedom of association' in any way they see fit. Including the exclusion and ejection of people from their privately owned establishment, based on any criteria they see fit.

 

yes, a store owner can require that men have their pants around their waist and not be exposing their underwear.

this discussion is about conduct.

a store owner has a right to regulate conduct in his store.

 

Sounds like good old-fashioned prejudice to me. Not a bad thing; prejudice is just a self-preservation tactic. We all make snap judgements based on our experiences, and act on them to our supposed best advantage, regardless of any actual threat that exists.

 

i support the right to concealed carry a handgun as long as you are permitted to do so.

i dont support open carry of assault weapons.

how is this "prejudice"?

 

I was not responding to you. Tecoya said if he saw a guy with a gun in a store, he'd leave. He has pre-judged the situation. A reasonable response, and his choice to make, regardless of whether there is an actual threat or not.

 

people who open carry an assault weapon are doing it for attention, to make a political statement, or cause they intend to commit a masacre.

 

True enough.

Can't just let the left in that the right wing doesn't like without letting some of the right wing in that the left doesn't like.

 

I think it's stupid.

If a person is going to commit a crime, they will likely use a concealed weapon until they are ready to show it. Openly carrying a weapon puts scrutiny on a person from the start.

Wouldn't it be stupid to attempt a crime that way?

Thank-You for calling it an assault weapon instead of an assault rifle.

 

Really?

In a casual manner?

No masks, not running in, etc?

Can you back up your unfounded bias?

 

mentally ill people dont act or think rationally

 

You guys on the Left LOVE places like sweden and such where they carry these things everywhere they go but have no problem with it.

 

Is that your explanation for fearing open carry of a rifle?

 

I think it's hypocritical.

The left keeps telling us we can't "profile" but that's what they want to do with this thread!

 

Where is open carry in Kroger supermarkets a problem?

Answer: It's not. This is an astro-turf campaign by Bloomberg to try to stir up anti-gun sentiment, as the rest of his anti-gun initiatives have been defeated.

 

So you admit your actions are no more than that of a common thug trying to make himself feel like a man by strapping a gun to himself.

 

You need to look up hoplophobia.

 

Would be a strange affliction for me to have considering my collection of hunting rifles, shotguns, and pistols.

There is a difference between being a responsible gun owner and a thug.

 

Really? That is how you see it when someone exercises their 2A right?

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Lemme pose this, why do you back Kroger in its actions, yet back the government against the farm in NY that refuses to do gay weddings?

 

Obviously, you don't know what a thug is.....



There are varying degrees of hoplophobia... You are probably not as severe as others... There is still hope for you hahhahaaahah

 

hmmm, maybe because you can choose to carry a gun, but cannot choose your gender, color, who you like, etc.....

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so the cops that shot the guy in Walmart with the toy gun...was that hopolphobia?

 

So if you are a business, you cant decided you don't want gays on your property? Simple as that. I will see your wishful right and raise you my actual right.

 

when you apply for that pesky thing called a business license, you are pretty much saying you agree to do business with the public. Don't like gays, blacks, women, etc., then you should open a private club

 

Oh, like Augusta. No women. Until NOW and other feminist groups raised enough hell. Then a private club had to change under pressure of a special interest.

 

Well, I don't know if Augusta National would apply as a good example and it is a private club, however, they did have to borrow money from the city of Augusta to start having the tournament in 1934.

 

No.

Walking around with the gun slung over the shoulder in a store, in a state that allows open carry is not grounds to just wantonly blast him. That sounds more like the crazy, fear-driven scenarios the anti-gunners dream up.

If anyone "fears for their life" at the site of someone with a rifle slung over their shoulder where it is legal to carry, then I suggest that person has deep psychological issues and should seek help.

If he unslung the rifle, charged it and began aiming at people, that's a different story.

Do you see the difference?

You claim to be "reasonable" when discussing carry of firearms, or firearms in general...I have learned over the years that anyone claiming to be reasonable and stating there is no need in the same sentence when speaking on firearms is indeed not reasonable and is, or leans far to the anti-gun side.

As for people being "afraid"...welcome to America, in addition the 2nd Amendment, you're also free to feel as afraid as you want to.