What to Know
- This comes off the heels of other large retailers across the country making the same request.
Publix is asking its customers to no longer openly carry firearms inside its stores.
This comes off the heels of other large retailers across the country making the same request.
Walmart, CVS, Kroger, Wegmans, Walgreens, and Aldi have all asked their customers to no longer openly carry firearms after mass shootings in Texas and Ohio left dozens murdered.
In a statement, Publix said: "Publix respectfully requests that only law enforcement officials openly carry firearms in our stores."
Florida already has a law prohibiting people from openly carrying firearms in public. The few exceptions to the rule are individuals who carry the weapon inside their homes or places of business.
