MO: Store drops restrictions against CHL carry
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 1:22 pm
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The signs barring the carrying of concealed weapons inside Schnucks quietly came down earlier this month — more than six years after they first went up in the grocery chain's Missouri stores following the passage of a state law allowing individuals to carry concealed weapons.
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Schnucks has not barred weapons in four other states — Indiana, Iowa, Mississippi, and Tennessee — where the company has stores and where there are concealed-carry laws on the books. And there haven't been any problems in those states, she said.
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The signs were removed without fanfare on June 1.
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Others, such as Dierbergs, never put signs up.
"We decided the Legislature had given our customers the right to carry, and we were going to honor that," said Steve Radcliff, Dierbergs' director of risk management.
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When the law was first passed, Schnucks felt putting up the signs was the "right thing to do," in order to make sure its stores were safe and secure, Willis said.
But upon review, she said the company realized the signs were no longer needed. She added that Schnucks continues to ban employees from carrying concealed weapons.
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