H-E-B Grocery Forbids Open Carry of Handguns in Texas, Kroger Embraces It

H-E-B Grocery Forbids Open Carry of Handguns in Texas, Kroger Embraces It

by AWR Hawkins 27 Dec 2015

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/12/27/h-e-b-grocery-forbids-open-carry-handguns-texas-kroger-embraces/

H-E-B grocers in Texas have put signage on their doors barring openly carried handguns, while Kroger says they will simply abide by the new law which will allow openly carried handguns, beginning January 1.

According to Forbes, H-E-B has put up signs to let customers know they will not be allowing openly carried handguns once they become legal. The signs say:

Pursuant to Section 30.07, Penal Code (trespass by license holder with an openly carried handgun), a person licensed under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code (handgun licensing law), may not enter this property with a handgun that is carried openly.

H-E-B is owned by Charles Butt & family and has over 300 stores in Texas. They “issued no public statement on [the] decision to disallow open carry — one that is entirely legal for a private business, as long as compliant signage is displayed.” They will continue to allow concealed carry handguns in their stores.

Whole Foods and Randall’s grocers have announced that they are also barring openly carried handguns in Texas.

Then there is Kroger, which has long refused to cave to gun control groups like Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, who began pressuring the grocery chain to ban openly carried handguns in stores nationwide in August 2014. During a March 25, 2015, appearance on CNBC’s Squawk Box, Kroger CFO Michael Schlotman said Kroger had no intention of caving to the demands of Moms Demand and would instead continue to abide by local and state laws on guns.

During the CNBC appearance, Schlotman referenced Moms Demand, then said:

They were opposed to the fact that our policy is to adhere to the local gun laws. If the local gun laws are to allow open carry, we’ll certainly allow customers to do that based on what the local laws are. We don’t believe it’s up to us to legislate what the local gun control laws should be. It’s up to the local legislators to decide to do that.

So we follow local laws [and] we ask our customers to be respectful to the other people they are shopping with. And we really haven’t had any issues inside of our stores as a result of that.

When Texas law changes to allow the open carry of handguns on January 1, Kroger will simply comply with that.

H-E-B

H-E-B is the parent company for the H.E. Butt Grocery Company.

Note: Charles C. Butt is the chairman & CEO for the H.E. Butt Grocery Company, and a summer resident at Mount Desert Island (ME).

Robert M. Bass is a summer resident at Mount Desert Island (ME), and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank), the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), the Harlem Children's Zone, and the Rockefeller Family Fund.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone.

Jessica Tuchman Mathews was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Ed Griffin’s interview with Norman Dodd in 1982

(The investigation into the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace uncovered the plans for population control by involving the United States in war)

http://www.illuminati-news.com/110106a.htm

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).   

Warren E. Buffett is an adviser for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), a member of the Augusta National Golf Club, and an advisory board member for Everytown for Gun Safety.

Roger Milliken was a member of the Augusta National Golf Club, and a summer resident at Mount Desert Island (ME).

Everytown for Gun Safety is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” group for guns.

John J. Mack is an advisory board member for Everytown for Gun Safety, and was a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone.

Michael R. Bloomberg is the founder of Everytown for Gun Safety, and was a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone.

David Rockefeller was a co-founder for the Rockefeller Family Fund, and is a summer resident at Mount Desert Island (ME).

Charles C. Butt is a summer resident at Mount Desert Island (ME), and the chairman & CEO for the H.E. Butt Grocery Company.

H-E-B is the parent company for the H.E. Butt Grocery Company.

Rockefeller Family Fund was a funder for the Joyce Foundation.

Joyce Foundation was a funder for the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence.

Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” group for guns.

Bloomberg Philanthropies was a funder for the Joyce Foundation, and is an umbrella organization for the Bloomberg Family Foundation.

Michael R. Bloomberg is the founder of the Bloomberg Family Foundation, the founder of Everytown for Gun Safety, and was a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone.

John J. Mack is an advisory board member for Everytown for Gun Safety, and was a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone.

Everytown for Gun Safety is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” group for guns.

Warren E. Buffett is an advisory board member for Everytown for Gun Safety, an adviser for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), and a member of the Augusta National Golf Club.  

Roger Milliken was a member of the Augusta National Golf Club, and a summer resident at Mount Desert Island (ME).

Charles C. Butt is a summer resident at Mount Desert Island (ME), and the chairman & CEO for the H.E. Butt Grocery Company.

H-E-B is the parent company for the H.E. Butt Grocery Company.