Walgreens

[Fallguy]

It is weird that they would put them up now.....maybe things really do filter slow through Walgreens' channels.....lol

[Oh Shoot]

Why would removing old signs the never prevented carry cause them to post new ones that do?

It is weird that they would put them up now.....maybe things really do filter slow through Walgreens' channels.....lol

There's your probable answer: that they actually DO want to bar handgun carry of any kind, but somehow went about it wrong.

- OS

[Fallguy]

There's your probable answer: that they actually DO want to bar handgun carry of any kind, but somehow went about it wrong.

- OS

Yeah, may be. Kind of forgot they were just put up when I saw they were the old signs.

[Chucktshoes]

There's your probable answer: that they actually DO want to bar handgun carry of any kind, but somehow went about it wrong.

- OS

I can say with near certainty that this is not the case. We have a few customers who open carry at my store (in the heart of Midtown Memphis, lol) and one of my other managers questioned our policies on that as she didn't like it. She was told from on high to leave it alone as it is legal here and that we can to only ask them to cover the weapon if they receive a complaint from another customer. Walgreens isn't a gun friendly company (employees banned from having weapons on property) but it is more concerned with alienating customers. Things may be a different in Nashville, or more likely is that manager that OP spoke to was an idiot who was talking out of his ass.

This is the most likely reason the sign just recently went up. Walgreens started selling beer in all stores just prior to the laws regarding carry changing. At that time we received an email with PDF files of the signs we needed to print out and hang. That sign was included in the group of signs to post. Some store managers were a little slower than others in posting all of the required signage. Nothing was ever sent out saying that sign was no longer required after the law change. It is likely that there was a store visit, and the store manager was told that he was missing some of his/her alcohol signs, and all of a sudden, that sign shows up along with the signs regarding underage sales and pregnant women drinking, etc.

[Chucktshoes]

If the higher ups need a refrence tell them to see Section 5 and Section 6 of Public Chapter 1009

Thanks, I just might send an email to my LP guy with that info. Approach it like "just an FYI, this sign is no longer required by law, can we take ours down to cut down on clutter?"

[Guest EyeOfMidnight]

I also work at Walgreens, and I can firmly tell you that the corporate policy is to follow whatever laws are in each state (similar to Starbucks). That sign is actually posted near the beer at all the Walgreens in my area, but it holds no legal weight. It seems to me like the General Manager of that store simply moved those signs to the front entrance.

[vontar]

I know my walgreens is not currenty posted but if they decide to post I would ask to speak with the manager and advise I would be transfering all my family's meds to another store

[Mike.357]

I doubt that signage was ever a legal posting. No where on it is the old law actually cited.

[Fallguy]

I doubt that signage was ever a legal posting. No where on it is the old law actually cited.

You're right. Those signs never legally prevented carry. Only warned of the consequences of illegal carry when it was illegal by statute.