Hawaii’s Supporters Falsely Claim that Walmart, Kroger, Walg…

The behavior of major retailers, who own large swaths of private property open to the public, aligns with these preferences. Some of the country’s biggest chains—including Walmart, Costco, Kroger, Walgreens, CVS, and Target—generally prohibit their customers from carrying firearms inside their stores. . . .

BRIEF OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ILLINOIS, CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, MAINE, MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA, NEVADA, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, OREGON, RHODE ISLAND, VERMONT, AND WASHINGTON AS AMICI CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF RESPONDENT, Amicus Brief for Wolford v. Lopez, December 23, 2025.

We then asked Grok and ChatGPT the follow answer: “In a state such as Arizona, Louisiana, Ohio, and Texas, stores can post signs banning permitted concealed carry in their stories if they don’t want people to carry permitted concealed handguns in their stores. If stores want to prevent people carrying permitted concealed handguns, they can post a sign banning such carrying. Do Walmart, Kroger, Walgreens, CVS, Costco, and Target have a policy where they post the sign at all their stores?”

These companies can easily ban customers from carrying permitted concealed handguns in states that give them the option. In Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin, private business owners have the option to post signs to make concealed carry illegal on their property, triggering criminal trespass charges for license holders who disregard the signs. Yet, none of these companies adopt a policy to post such signs banning permitted concealed handguns in any of these states where these companies have a choice.

While Hawaii requires a concealed handgun permit to carry a gun in public and these private businesses, there are 29 Constitutional Carry states that don’t require people to have a permit to carry. But, as we show at the bottom of this page, none of these stores even require people to have a permit to carry in their stores.

For Grok on whether these stores post signs banning people with concealed handgun permits from carrying in their stores:

From ChatGPT on whether these stores post signs banning people with concealed handgun permits from carrying in their stores

For Grok on whether these stores post signs banning people without concealed handgun permits from carrying in their stores:

For ChatGPT on whether these stores post signs banning people without concealed handgun permits from carrying in their stores: