Kroger does not allow employees to CCW

[justsumstuff]

http://www.indystar.com/article/2011122 ... ar.com%7Cp

This story is about a Kroger manager that shot & killed a robber. The robber stuck a "hard something" in the back of another employee, etc.an armed robber. did I forget to mention the robber was convicted and incarcerated of several other crimes?

The newspaper report states that it is against Kroger's store policy, it is in the handbook, that employees are not to carry handguns @ work.

Anyone know if this is true?

Thanks!

[SHMIV]

Hard to say. It will be interesting to see how Kroger responds to this.

What I can say, though, is that if I were the employee with "a hard object in my back", I'd be mighty thankful for that armed manager.

I'd also be thankful for that armed manager, were I an Indiana citizen and tax-payer. In the case of the foiled robber, the justice system had clearly failed.

[ProShooter]

Employer's rules...nothing unusual there if its true. I've carried in Kroger as a customer without issue.

[Diomed]

It would be newsworthy if the manager wasn't terminated. Seems like whenever an employee of a big chain company defends themselves in contravention of business policy, they get canned - think of the 7-11 clerks, pizza delivery drivers, pharmacists who make the news for fending off an attack and are then out of a job. It's cheaper for the company for their employee(s) to die than to deal with potential lawsuits.

It's unfortunate, but the golden rule applies. The employer has the gold and makes the rules.