Kroger on 16th Street in Indianapolis is not carry friendly

[littletommy]

Exactly. Seems like in southern Indiana the Krogers and JCs, and people in general, just have a little more sense about that sort of thing than in the metro areas.

Yeah, I've read a lot of posts on here from guys up north, and sometimes it seems like they're not even talking about the same state I live in. Most horror stories I hear are from Indy, and it just blows my mind that folks only a 100 or so miles away live in such a totally different world. I know most of the cops in my town, and I can't really imagine any of them making a big deal out of a citizen carrying a gun, nor do I remember ever hearing of such incidents around here.

 

[IndyMonkey]

Yeah, I've read a lot of posts on here from guys up north, and sometimes it seems like they're not even talking about the same state I live in. Most horror stories I hear are from Indy, and it just blows my mind that folks only a 100 or so miles away live in such a totally different world. I know most of the cops in my town, and I can't really imagine any of them making a big deal out of a citizen carrying a gun, nor do I remember ever hearing of such incidents around here.

We live in a different world here.

 

[sheriff125]

a sub compact glock is great for that. i wear mine in an ankle holster or iwb in the small of my back

 

[Bisley Man]

Did you ask why, if the store is so safe that guns aren't needed, they chose to hire a security guard?

The Kroger at Pendleton Pike and Sunnyside(Lawrence/Oaklandon)has a full uniformed Lawrence or IMPD officer. The Kroger at 38TH and Post closed so the hood moved with it.

 

[XDinmyXJ]

and just so you all know Jaycee is owned by Kroger now

JayC has been owned by Kroger for years.

 

[mk2ja]

Yeah, I've read a lot of posts on here from guys up north, and sometimes it seems like they're not even talking about the same state I live in. Most horror stories I hear are from Indy, and it just blows my mind that folks only a 100 or so miles away live in such a totally different world. I know most of the cops in my town, and I can't really imagine any of them making a big deal out of a citizen carrying a gun, nor do I remember ever hearing of such incidents around here.

It's more of a big-city thing than a north-south thing. There are hillbillies everywhere, not just in the south. Likewise, you get into the country just about anywhere and you'll find people with guns; move into the city and they become more scarce (among the good guys, that is).

 

[mighty2]

If there was not any signs posted I would have went on with my shopping.

 

[IndyMonkey]

If there was not any signs posted I would have went on with my shopping.

You cant once you are asked to leave, unless you want to deal with the trespassing and the popo.

 

[Bendrx]

oops...

"less than half butt concealed"

Yours or your guns?

So I shouldn't go into Krogers without pants? I thought that was how to open carry "This is my rifle, this is my gun...."

 

[Flitmob]

The only place in Indy I have seen with a sign is costco. It says no firearms please. I follow their rules

 

[LEO IN TRAINING]

The store security was just doing there job to ensure the safety and well being of the customers, as i can tell the guard was polite in asking to cover it up because it made customers nervous, its going to happen from time to time. until it is posted outside that OC is not permitted you can, the only other thing that can happen is the local Police dept will be called...

 

[dburkhead]

Hmmm, good luck finding a grocery store that IS gun friendly. If I avoided anti-gun grocery stores I would go hungry. Stay concealed and carry on.

You may not count them as "grocery stores" since they're combined with a a department store but you can certainly buy groceries here, enough that you wouldn't go hungry:

Meier on Parkdale place. I open carry there regularly.
The new WalMart on Lafayette Rd. Only OC'd a couple of times there (times I've stopped there have usually been when I've only had the pocket gun on me).

I'm sure there are more.

 

[dburkhead]

heh, we need to all meet at a Kroger one night. Like thirty of us.

Go in one at a time, next guy doesn't go until five minutes after the last guy gets escorted out.

I like the way you think.

Look at folk like Gandhi and King: this is exactly the kind of thing that made up "nonviolent resistance."

 

[chezuki]

Look at folk like Gandhi and King: this is exactly the kind of thing that made up "nonviolent resistance."

Whatever happened to those guys anyway?

 

[dburkhead]

Whatever happened to those guys anyway?

No one lives forever. I guess how important the individual fate of folk like Gandhi and King is depends on whether one is more worried about ones own survival for a few more years or about the success of the ideal of freedom.

"The rules of conduct, the maxims of action, and the tactical instincts that serve to gain small victories may always be expanded into the winning of great ones with suitable opportunity; because in human affairs the sources of success are ever to be found in the fountains of quick resolve and swift stroke; and it seems to be a law inflexible and inexorable that he who will not risk, cannot win." Admiral John Paul Jones, 1791, letter to Vice-Admiral Kersaint. To be honest, I like this quote better than his more famous one.

 

[littletommy]

The only place in Indy I have seen with a sign is costco. It says no firearms please. I follow their rules

The only places I follow the rules, are where it's an actual law. I dont remember ever going in someplace that had signs posted, but I'm sure I have, and I always carry concealed, so nobody could beef about it anyway. I don't compromise mine or my family's safety because of somebodies paranoid "store policy". If I were to be in a situation were someone knew I had a gun, and asked me to leave, I certainly would, but they gotta know I have one first.

 

[chezuki]

I have seen "No Guns" signs at Costco, Tuchman Cleaners, and Simon Malls. Also Hard Rock Cafe has a "No Drugs or Nuclear Weapons" sign posted. (c'mon Glock haters, where's that mushroom cloud pic?).

Gander Mountain has a sign that reads something like "No loaded firearms accept those carried for protection by properly licensed persons" which I respect. It's nice to see a company support our right to carry publicly.