Kroger on 16th Street in Indianapolis is not carry friendly

[Flitmob]

The Kroger store just north of downtown is not carry friendly. I was stopped by a security guard and told to take my gun which was visible under my shirt back to my car. He asked if I was a LEO and if I had a carry permit. My answers were No and yes. He apologized on the way out of the store and told me that there have been several problems with carrying weapons in the store. He said it makes the customers nervous. I told him that the customers there made me nervous! Needless to say I will not be going back to that store.

 

[IndyMonkey]

I told him that the customers there made me nervous!

 

[pathfinder317]

Kroger has gone on the record several times as being anti-gun.

 

[DocBoCook]

should ask them how many of the thousands of times they have gotten robbed at gunpoint how many have been permit holders?????

 

[Tactical Dave]

I told him that the customers there made me nervous!

Yeah not a good area, at least in the UPS building to Meridian area.

 

[Flitmob]

Maybe I will buy a "baby glock" and hide it better if I go to any other shady grocery stores. I was only there to pick up some Monster Drinks for my buddy. The security guard was basically like this is not my rule so Kroger being anti gun makes sense. I think he understood though. I actually lived a block or two north of there when I moved from Bloomington to Indianapolis. That neighborhood was quite a shock for a 22 year old who lived in Evansville from birth to 18 and Bloomington from 18 to 22. It was really hot the summer I lived there and I used to walk around with shorts, no shirt, and a bullet proof vest. I was not the most popular guy in that neighborhood.

 

[Tactical Dave]

Maybe I will buy a "baby glock" and hide it better if I go to any other shady grocery stores. I was only there to pick up some Monster Drinks for my buddy. The security guard was basically like this is not my rule so Kroger being anti gun makes sense. I think he understood though. I actually lived a block or two north of there when I moved from Bloomington to Indianapolis. That neighborhood was quite a shock for a 22 year old who lived in Evansville from birth to 18 and Bloomington from 18 to 22. It was really hot the summer I lived there and I used to walk around with shorts, no shirt, and a bullet proof vest. I was not the most popular guy in that neighborhood.

If people know you have a vest they will just try and rob you for it or go for head shot's .

 

[theweakerbrother]

1-800-KROGERS

 

[lovemywoods]

It was really hot the summer I lived there and I used to walk around with shorts, no shirt, and a bullet proof vest. I was not the most popular guy in that neighborhood.

Is this you?

 

[STEEL CORE]

I wouldn't shop at a Krogers or anyplace else downtown in that area without my EDC G-27. F Kroger.

 

[shibumiseeker]

Krogers in Bloomington called the cops on me many years ago because someone caught sight of my gun carried ccw iwb. I was out in the parking lot when a BPD officer stopped me and asked for ID. He then asked if I had a carry permit (yes). He thanked me and was preparing to leave. I asked what was going on and he said someone inside had seen my gun. He was very profesional and polite. I wrote a polite but strongly worded letter to that Kroger manager and to this day I rarely go into that store.

 

[Denny347]

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.

 

[jedi]

Nevermind I found the answer to my question in a later post.
Me I would not have bought anything & just walked out after talking to the manager.
Where is that link to the post with the OC/CC & LTCH IN wallet cards at?
Anyone got the link. I carry some of those but don't know where the link is anymore.

 

[Bubba]

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

 

[Que]

I told him that the customers there made me nervous!

Ha! That was a good one. I feel the same way every time I go into the Bob Evans by my house. At least the guard wasn't a jerk and did apologize.

 

[ReadnFool]

Given that neighborhood I would suggest waiting until you are checked out then asking them to have the security guard throw you out. That way someone can watch your 6 while you load the car.

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

Go in while OC'ing...

Head directly to the ice-cream case

Load cart with easily melt-able foodstuffs

quickly walk to the completely opposite end of the store and wait to be approached

if/when approached, argue a few minutes with security...but NOT enough to get yourself in more trouble. "small talk", if you will.

Leave cart full of melting product as you leave the store.

-J-

 

[steve666]

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.

Concealed carry. Just like the military... Don't ask, don't tell!

 

[ISHOOTHST'S]

Go in while OC'ing...

Head directly to the ice-cream case

Load cart with easily melt-able foodstuffs

quickly walk to the completely opposite end of the store and wait to be approached

if/when approached, argue a few minutes with security...but NOT enough to get yourself in more trouble. "small talk", if you will.

Leave cart full of melting product as you leave the store.

-J-

Glad I'm not the only one that thinks of this when I hear these type of grocery store stories...

 

[HICKMAN]

the military doesn't conceal carry...