Following a new law in Texas this week that allows licensed people to carry handguns openly in public, Walmart WMT 1.43% store managers there have a new task: asking customers to produce gun permits.

The duty will be limited to managers of Walmart stores that sell alcohol in order to comply with Texas liquor rules prohibiting unlicensed handguns in establishments that sell alchohol to be consumed offsite. An infraction can cost a retailer its liquor license.

Bloomberg reported on Wednesday that ahead of the new Texas law that came into effect this weekend, Walmart had sent a memo last month to stores that sell alcohol, instructing managers to make sure customers openly carrying firearms have licenses. When a cashier or door greeter sees someone with a gun, they are required to let a manager know and that person will then ask to see the paperwork, Bloomberg reported.

Simmer down wrote:The Texas CHL forum has a little game where a person does the Wally Walk initiation when they get their concealed license. I bet this doesn't go over well with WalMartians.

atxgunguy wrote:I just have to say that it's been a week and I've yet to see anyone open carry anywhere I've been. That includes in downtown Austin, the burbs, and three sporting goods stores. Mountains out of molehills.

Simmer down wrote:http://www.texaschlforum.com/

Remove the space for the link.

The Texas forum is discussing this, more like drive-by shouting, and it's interesting how its being dissected and interpreted. Some portions cover finding a new church if they can't open carry there.

Wino wrote:

Simmer down wrote:http://www.texaschlforum.com/

Remove the space for the link.

The Texas forum is discussing this, more like drive-by shouting, and it's interesting how its being dissected and interpreted. Some portions cover finding a new church if they can't open carry there.

There the subject has been debated in over 500 different ways under various threads to ad nausem. The more I read and see I'm beginning to think many, if not most, right wing gun owners are the most anal retentive obnoxious and belligerent people walking this earth.

atxgunguy wrote:I just have to say that it's been a week and I've yet to see anyone open carry anywhere I've been. That includes in downtown Austin, the burbs, and three sporting goods stores. Mountains out of molehills.

dougb wrote:I think about 3% of the population has CCW. About half of those actually carry. Only a few of those OC. They stage photo ops to get media coverage. 15 seconds of fame?