Democrat Senators
Pressure Grocers to Ban Open Carry of Handguns
by AWR Hawkins 29 Jan 2016
Senators Sen. Richard
Blumenthal (D-CT) 4% and Chris
Murphy (D-CT) are asking the Connecticut Food
Association (CFA) to ban the open carry of handguns in its “300 retail food
stores and pharmacies” in Connecticut.
Representative Rep. Elizabeth Esty (D-CT)
11% (D-CT-5th) is pushing for a CFA ban on open carry as well.
Carrying a handgun openly is legal in Connecticut if you
have a carry permit, but businesses can ban the practice. Blumenthal, Murphy,
and Esty want CFA to put a ban in place.
According to The
Connecticut Mirror, the three lawmakers sent CFA a letter
saying, “Customers should feel safe while shopping, and employees should not be
fearful while doing their jobs. You have the opportunity to take a strong
stance in support of creating a safe, welcoming environment in Connecticut’s
food retailer.”
The letter went on to say, “There is simply no reason
someone would need to bring their gun with them in order to purchase milk,
bread or other necessities at a grocery store.”
But truth be known, there actually is a reason
that customers would want to bring a gun in to shop–and that reason is
self-defense. Breitbart News has covered myriad attempted robberies of
businesses in which the difference between life and death came down to the
presence of a concealed carry permit holder who was armed and willing to act.
Without the benefit of an armed citizen, a trip inside to get milk, bread, or
other necessities can turn into a death march.
Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America launched a
similar campaign against Kroger grocers on August 18, 2014. They
pressured the retail food chain to ban the open carry of handguns and upped the
ante by launching a boycott of Kroger in April 2015.
But during a March 25 appearance on CNBC’s Squawk Box,
Kroger CFO Michael Scholtman
explained why the retail food chain would not comply with the
demands:
[Moms Demand Action] 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.
It remains to be seen how Connecticut Food Association
will respond to Blumenthal, Murphy, and Esty.
Connecticut
Richard
Blumenthal is a member of the CT
congressional delegation.
Note: CT
congressional delegation is the delegation for the State of Connecticut.
Christopher S.
Murphy is a senator for the CT
congressional delegation, an advisory board member for the Center for National Policy, and an advisory
board member for the Truman National
Security Project.
Joseph Courtney
is a house member for the CT
congressional delegation, an advisory board member for the Center for National Policy, and an advisory
board member for the Truman National
Security Project.
Kamala D. Harris
is an advisory board member for the Center
for National Policy, an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project, and the attorney general for the California state government.
Federal Appeals Court will
Re-Consider NRA Victory in California Right to Carry Case, Peruta v. San Diego (Past
Research on California Attorney General Kamala Harris)
Gabrielle
Giffords is an advisory board member for the Center for National Policy, an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project, and a co-founder for the Americans for Responsible Solutions.
Americans
for Responsible Solutions is a “Gun
Safety, Gun Control” PAC for guns.
Michael R.
Bloomberg was a contributor for the Americans
for Responsible Solutions, a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone, is a co-chair for the Mayors Against Illegal Guns, and the founder of the Everytown for Gun Safety.
Mayors
Against Illegal Guns is a “Gun
Safety, Gun Control” group for guns.
Everytown
for Gun Safety is a
“Gun Safety, Gun Control” group for guns.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Harlem
Children's Zone.
George
Soros was the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society, a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone, and is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the American Constitution Society.
Robert Raben was
a director at the American Constitution
Society, an assistant attorney general for the U.S. Department of Justice, and is the president of the Raben Group.
Raben Group is
the lobby firm for Mayors Against
Illegal Guns, and the NAACP Legal
Defense & Educational Fund.
Eric H. Holder Jr.
was a board member at the American
Constitution Society, an intern at the NAACP
Legal Defense & Educational Fund, the attorney general at the U.S. Department of Justice for the Barack Obama administration, and is a
partner at Covington & Burling LLP.
Covington
& Burling LLP was the lobby firm for the Grocery Manufacturers Association.
Faith Elizabeth
Gay is a board of adviser’s member at the American Constitution Society, and was an attorney at Sidley Austin LLP.
Sidley Austin
LLP was the lobby firm for the Grocery
Manufacturers Association.
Elizabeth Esty was
an attorney at Sidley Austin LLP,
and is a member of the CT congressional
delegation.
CT
congressional delegation is the delegation for the State of Connecticut.
R. Eden Martin is
counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and
the president of the Commercial Club of
Chicago.
Michelle Obama
was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack
Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin
LLP.
Newton N. Minow is
a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP,
and a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago.
Commercial Club of
Chicago, Members Directory A-Z (Past Research)
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Kathleen L. Brown
is a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, Jerry Brown’s sister,
and was a California state government
treasurer.
Jerry
Brown is Kathleen L. Brown’s
brother, and the California state
government governor.
Kamala D. Harris
is the attorney general for the California
state government, an advisory board member for the Center for National Policy, an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project.
Christopher S.
Murphy is an advisory board member for the Center for National Policy, an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project, and a
senator for the CT congressional
delegation.
Joseph Courtney
is an advisory board member for the Center
for National Policy, an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project, and a house member for the CT congressional delegation.
Richard
Blumenthal is a member of the CT
congressional delegation.
CT
congressional delegation is the delegation for the State of Connecticut.
Gabrielle
Giffords is an advisory board member for the Center for National Policy, an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project, and a
co-founder for the Americans for
Responsible Solutions.
Americans
for Responsible Solutions is a “Gun
Safety, Gun Control” PAC for guns
Michael R.
Bloomberg was a contributor for the Americans
for Responsible Solutions, a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone, is a co-chair for the Mayors Against Illegal Guns, and the founder of the Everytown for Gun Safety.
Mayors
Against Illegal Guns is a “Gun
Safety, Gun Control” group for guns.
Everytown
for Gun Safety is a “Gun Safety, Gun
Control” group for guns.
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