Misguided meddler searching for her 5 big media minutes. Utterly without any understanding of the issue. The only thing that might have an effect is if her life is saved by action of a CCW holder. Near death experience sometimes has a rational effect.

I would not call these people "do-gooders". Trying to 1) bully people, and 2) take away constitutional rights it NOT good.

"How are moms shopping with children expected to know the difference between an activist and a threat to our families?"

Easy. An activist is somebody who open carries to make a point. A threat to our families is the woman who wrote this editorial.

If they feel this strongly about it then why don't they just shop somewhere else and stop trying to dictate business decisions for a company they do not own. That's what I will do if Kroger caves to these lunatics who prefer false security over the right of the individual to protect their own life. Imbeciles!!

Women like this mouthpiece for a liberal bunch give women a bad name.They overreact, do not study the issues and they jump at events as excuses. Columbine was a tragedy waiting to happen, and it was NOT guns, rather psychotropic drugs and values clarification in school. The curriculum was never studied after the incident, but we studied it a year before and said it was a disaster in the majking.
Sandy Hook? No there is an incident with some conflicts in truth. The so-called weapon was taken from the trunk of the car - AFTER the shooting. The government was conducting tests just down the road that same day. One publicized dead girl was in a photo op with Obama a few days AFTER the shooting. Some of the so-called parents who went on camera were members of the actors union.
These women better start doing some research instead of freaking at the word gun. They should be more concerned how their kids are being brainwahsed in school and overmedicated on psychiatric drugs.

Funny thing I did NOT see in that article.

Bearing arms is a constitutionally guaranteed right

Something that cannot be said about the feelings of "mothers"

A few months ago I was a little surprised when I was in an Alabama Walmart and saw a mom with three small kids and a holstered revolver on her hip.
My first thought amounted to "Well, no one is messing with her kids."
I go to that Walmart on a regular basis and have not seen that since.
An armed parent escorting kids does not bother me in the least. Good for them!
Alabama now has an open carry ;law but you rarely see it.
My grow son informed me of it. He prefers to conceal his semi-auto .45.

http://whnt.com/2013/07/30/alabamas-new-...

Maybe these mothers will be happy is a savage as is in Sydney shows up and no honest person with a carry permit was kept out of the store. maybe the guy carrying an exposed gun where it is legal will thwart the savages.

The best thing to do is ignore these self-important acolytes. Did you ever notice that they are very quiet until a mob of them coalesce into a stupid storm! Pay no attention to them and never validate their idiotic "calls to action".

how about calling them "do-badders" instead?
if I were king, people would be encouraged to
become trained and carry everywhere!!! -- j

They just never stop. MADD has spawned much more socialism and evil than any other group in the recent past. If you can't pass a law that bypasses natural rights--shame them with the Moms. How absurd.

Hurray for Kroger!
Looks as if they have a set. Let's hope that castration is not in their future.

".....allow anyone to openly carry loaded firearms, even though no permit, training, or background check is required to do so in most states."
In what fantasy universe does she live?!

I think she should move to Australia, there's no guns down there.

I think it is false and tactically weak to refer to these people as "do-gooders." I know that term has some negative connotations, but I find it hard to stomach labeling their position as "good" in any way.

I'd boycott Wal Mart and Target and whoever else she mentions prohibits guns, and shop at Kroger for anything I could. Maybe even start a campaign to influence them to allow open carry.