msn money Wal-Mart workers on patrol as law lets… Wal-Mart workers on pistol patrol as law lets Texans tote guns 8 / 33 Bloomberg Lauren Etter and Shannon Pettypiece Managers at Wal-Mart stores in Texas have a new task to add to their list of duties: asking customers if they have a permit to carry a handgun. To comply with state liquor rules, the world’s biggest retailer sent a written notice last month to stores that sell alcohol, telling managers to ensure that customers who openly carry firearms under a new law have licenses. Cashiers or door greeters who see someone with a gun are to alert the highest- ranking employee, who is to approach the customer and ask to see the paperwork. “We do try to ensure that people have a licensed firearm,” said Wal-Mart spokesman Brian Nick. “We are giving direction to our store employees to ask for a license as our management sees appropriate.” Recommended for you: Walmart - Apply Online - Join the Walmart Team! walmart.localjobster.com | Sponsored The notice was sent out in anticipation of the Lone Star State’s open-carry law, which went into effect Jan. 1. It made Texas the nation’s most populous state to allow citizens with a permit to carry handguns openly in a holster.
I think that's an excellent development. As soon as Wal-Mart starts losing business because of the state liquor laws, they'll order the state liquor laws changed. Especially if the business they lose goes to other local merchants. I mean, that's what politicians are bought for. If I'm packing heat, I have no problem with someone asking me if I have a license. But I'll be damned if I'll show my license to a civilian just because he demands to see it. And I won't let him search my car or house, either.
There is another thread here claiming that the entire alcohol/open carry thing is a lie. Alcohol is covered under the 50% rule, and Walmart is required to do nothing of the kind.
