2A/BUSINESS/GUNS: “Kroger Co. said it would stop selling guns to buyers under 21 years old through its Fred Meyer locations, the third major retailer to tighten its policies while lawmakers continue to debate how to respond to the latest school shooting in America.
The U.S.’s largest supermarket chain said it would raise the minimum age to purchase arms and ammunition in all of its Fred Meyer stores in response to the Parkland, Fla., high school tragedy. Kroger currently sells firearms at 43 Fred Meyer locations in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington.
Kroger stopped selling assault-style semiautomatic rifles in Oregon, Washington and Idaho at Fred Meyer stores several years ago, and decided Wednesday to no longer sell those style of guns or special orders for them in Alaska, a spokeswoman said.
Kroger’s Fred Meyer chain, which the company acquired through a merger in 1999, sells general merchandise, including home items, electronics and sporting goods…
Kroger’s move follows announcements by two of the largest U.S. firearms retailers. Walmart Inc. and Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. on Wednesday raised the purchase age for guns to 21. Dick’s also said it would stop selling high-capacity magazines at all its stores and halt sales of assault-style rifles at its 35 Field and Stream stores.”
-Heather Haddon, “Kroger to Stop Selling Guns to Buyers Under 21,” The Wall Street Journal online, Mar. 1, 2018 10:04am