Fred Meyer is dropping guns and ammunition from its retail stores.
Friday’s announcement follows the Portland, Oregon,-based chain’s decision about two weeks ago that it would no longer sell firearms and ammunition to buyers under age 21. Fred Meyer said in a statement it is working to phase out the firearms category after evaluating customer preferences.
A growing number of retailers including Kroger, Walmart, L.L. Bean and Dick’s have tightened gun restrictions or cut ties with the National Rifle Association after February’s school shooting in Parkland, Florida. However, several outdoors specialty chains continue to sell assault-style rifles.
Fred Meyer, which carries general merchandise in addition to groceries, has 132 stores in four states. It is a division of The Kroger Co.
Damn, this is fairly huge.
Fred Meyer is my preferred one stop shopping destination, and it has bothered me for years that in order to get to the paint or electrical section I have to walk by a display that looks exactly like the one pictured above.
There is no way to continue saying that these Parkland students are not having an impact. Because clearly they are indeed.
But still there is so much work to be done, as evidenced by this tweet this morning from Sarah Kendzior.
Yeah, that's a little obscene.Rural Alabama gas station. I was there getting a Snickers. pic.twitter.com/eGraFplA43— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) March 18, 2018
Do they sell Groin Rogue, and the other ghostwritten trash from the former ½governor?
ReplyDeleteI am interested to see how fast little donnie tweets congrats to putin. Next trump will say we should have elections like russia here in the US ie only one candidate.
ReplyDeleteRussia probably had a 20% voter turnout and half of that was ballot box stuffing. I guess that would be the goal of the Republican Party.
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Deletehttps://thinkprogress.org/meet-the-latest-critic-of-russias-sham-election-edward-snowden-74cefd5f60a9/
And did Putin even have an opponent? I know in a lot of these “elections” that de-facto dictators hold are also more of you vote for the dictator, or you vote no. And then your “no” vote isn’t counted.
DeleteOh gosh, big surprise, a liberal blogger from went to Alabama and didn't see something she liked in a culture she has no familiarity with and thinks she should change it.
ReplyDeleteStill wondering why Hillary got creamed?
Oh gosh, but surprise, a conservative troll read a tweet they didn't like, in a culture that is leaving them behind and responds with childish insults.
DeleteStill wondering why the blue wave is already unseating your GOP?
Because of cheating?
DeleteIf you actually understood how comenting works you might see she is a bit more than a liberal blogger but then that would mean you actually look into the background of the person your attacking and we all know republicans/conservatives do not have that skill set.
DeleteOh fuck off...seriously. Your contribution to this blog is worthless. Take one of those guns you love so much and stick it up your ass...
DeleteObviously, you have NO idea what you're talking about. If you got your head out of your partisan ASS, you would find out exactly who this woman is.
DeleteNone of us deserves what’s coming
I am writing this not for those who oppose him, but for those who support him, because Trump and his backers are going to hurt you too.
I live in Missouri, now a bright red state, alongside you. I have faced the same economic misery as you, struggling to stay afloat since the recession, which never ended though many falsely claimed it did. I have the same anxiety over crime and racial tension and corrupt leadership as you. I am an independent, not a Democrat or a Republican, because I am as disappointed in political parties as you.
https://thecorrespondent.com/5696/were-heading-into-dark-times-this-is-how-to-be-your-own-light-in-the-age-of-trump/1611114266432-e23ea1a6
When the announcement was made about not selling to those under 21, I thought they were likely setting themselves up for a discrimination lawsuit. Unless there is some legislation limiting access to those under 21, how can a retailer say no? Wouldn't it be like the case of the baker who didn't want to make a wedding cake for a same sex couple? Or someone deciding they didn't want to allow people of a particular race into their restaurant? Yes, it would be an anti-discrimination case - with legal fees funded by the NRA, no doubt!
ReplyDeleteI can see how it would be much easier to sidestep the whole problem by not selling guns and ammunition to anyone at all.
If everyone south of the mason dixon line obliterates each other with the abundantly available guns does anyone really care?
ReplyDeleteUh, yeah, there ARE lots of us who are sane down here.
DeleteAnd since when does a line like the MDL isolate the idiots from the sane ones? Stupid isn't limited by geography.
OT:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fec-probing-nra-russia-election-funding_us_5aadab7ee4b0c33361b0f887
"The Federal Election Commission has launched an investigation to determine if the National Rifle Association accepted illegal contributions from Russian nationals or organizations to support President Donald Trump’s campaign, Politico reports."