A group of 12 members from Moms Demand Action delivered a petition to Kroger-owned Fred Meyer supermarket’s headquarters in support of a ban on open carry. (Photo: Moms Demand Action) As part of their “12 Days of Kroger” drive, Moms Demand Action is targeting an Oregon-based grocery store chain to prohibit open carry. Tuesday the gun control group presented 18,000 signatures to Fred Meyer corporate staff at the supermarket’s Portland, Oregon, headquarters. The petition, calling for the chain to ban the practice of open carry in its 132 stores, was circulated in the four states in which the grocer currently operates.

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