Overview
- Publix posted new signs in Florida stores and updated its website to ask that only law enforcement openly carry firearms.
- The updated message keeps concealed carry allowed for customers.
- The company has not explained the reversal after it permitted open carry last year following a Florida court decision.
- The policy now matches moves by Walmart and Target that restrict open carry in their stores.
- Early reactions range from boycott calls by some gun-rights supporters to parents who say visible guns make shopping feel unsafe.