- Publix, a major retailer in Florida, has quietly updated its firearms policy, now requesting that only law enforcement officers openly carry guns in its stores.
- The policy shift follows Florida becoming an open-carry state in September, a change that allowed private businesses to set their own firearms rules.
- Initially, Publix was one of the first major retailers in Florida to permit customers to openly carry firearms after the state law changed.
- The updated policy has drawn mixed reactions from customers, with some gun rights supporters expressing disapproval and others supporting the change for safety reasons.
- Publix's revised policy does not prohibit customers from carrying concealed firearms within its stores.
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