Posted on 08/24/2019 10:41:44 AM PDT by simpson96
Kellie Watson said she was just finishing her workday last October when she received a phone call from her 12-year-old son.
"It was unbelievable to hear the fear and panic in his voice," she said.
Her son told her that her father, 69-year-old Maurice Stallard, had been shot. Stallard had been shopping for school supplies with his grandson at a Kroger grocery store in Louisville, Kentucky, when a gunman opened fire, killing two – including Stallard.
Watson said the only thing that stopped the alleged gunman from shooting her son was that he ran.
"If he hadn't run, I probably would not have my son or my father right now," she said.
Watson and her mother, Charlotte Stallard, filed a civil lawsuit against Kroger last week asking the chain to ban guns in its stores. "Who would have known that Kroger would allow people to just walk in, carry their guns on their waistband and just pull them out?" she said.
Currently, Kroger does not have a policy prohibiting customers from bringing firearms into their stores. The company released a statement on its website stating that their longstanding policy on the issue is to follow state and local gun laws and to ask customers to be respectful of others while shopping.
"You don't need a gun to buy groceries," said Ron Johnson, the Stallard family's attorney. "…You can't carry a gun into your school, you can't carry a gun into the courthouse… And what we're simply saying is grocery stores need to do the same thing."
The alleged gunman, Gregory Alan Bush, was indicted by a federal grand jury for hate crimes. This October, a judge will determine if Bush is mentally competent to stand trial.
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We need a law against shooting innocent people in grocery stores.
Yes lady, that will help, since CRIMINALS do obey gun free zones. We are sorry about your loss, however, a CRIMINAL will never obey laws. It would be more killings in Kroger’s!
Criminals and the mental unstable do not care about gun free zones.
I mean the law that says it's illegal to rob a bank doesn't stop bank robbers.
Not supposed to speed on the freeway? People do it all the time.
You're not going to stop random violence by making random violence illegal.
A lawsuit is a terrible way to grieve.
Back some 33 years ago, I lived in Louisville. Stopped a Kroger to pick up something my wife needed (stuff I shouldn’t have to get). I walked in during an armed robbery. First I saw the bag boy on the floor where they bag and thought he must have dropped something. Going to get said items, I returned to the checkouts and there were no cashiers. Looking around and muttering, I then noticed a guy with a ski mask on by the office. It was summer and I thought Who is this clown with a ski mask on. (yeah, I can be slow sometimes). That’s when I saw the gun, as I quickly retreated out of the line of potential gunfire. They left and the cops finally showed up. Too bad no one was carrying that night.
And that’s exactly why I carry even if “only going to Walmart”....actually, my holster and weapon are part of my morning getting dressed ritual...
Thanks!
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