Brian Lupiani is rethinking his life-long relationship with Publix Supermarkets now that the grocery store chain is allowing customers to openly carry firearms in their stores.
“I just don’t want to get caught in the crossfire over the last jar of peanut butter,” the Tallahassee resident said.
But Luis Valdez of Gun Owners of American described the recent court ruling invalidating the state's ban on the open-carry of firearms that prompted Publix's announcement as an "affirmation of a constitutional right."