Florida grocery chain allows customers to openly carry guns

Florida’s largest grocery store chain has announced it now allows shoppers to openly carry guns at its locations.

Publix will follow the state’s procedures with its open-carry policy, which went into effect on Sept. 25.

On Sept. 10, a District Court of Appeal panel overturned a 1987 law that made it a misdemeanour to visibly display guns, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said. But Uthmeier said the ruling permits private business owners to “compel individuals carrying firearms to leave their premises.”

A Publix spokesperson told the South Florida Sun Sentinel that the retail chain “follows all federal, state and local laws.

“In any instance where a customer creates a threatening, erratic or dangerous shopping experience — whether they are openly carrying a firearm or not — w