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Pawpaw wrote:
1. Walmart Corporate's policy is to follow local law on the carry of firearms. This has been discussed here many times.

And local law says they can tell you to leave.

Pawpaw wrote:
2. If you or anyone you know has worked at Walmart, you should be aware that they just barely authorize their employees to breath the air in their stores. It isn't Sam Walton's Walmart any more. Employees are empowered to do nothing any more, unless you're some level of manager.

Well, I haven't, and don't really know anyone who does. With that, I don't know their policy, so no matter what store I go into if an employee advises that I can't do something in their store, I will assume they have the authority to do so until I possibly later confirm it with store management or corporate. I personally would not want to bet my LTC that a Judge wouldn't say an employee had 'apparent' authority to tell you to not open carry.

Pariah3j wrote:

mojo84 wrote:

Pawpaw wrote:A Walmart security guard?? I don't think I've ever seen one of those.

It wasn't the door greeter, was it? If it was, I would not see that as someone with the "apparent authority" to give you notice.

Why would you not consider the greeter as someone that has apparent authority to give notice? The law doesn't say it has to be any certain level of employee. The manager can grant that authority to whomever he decide.

I have to agree w/ Mojo here - I've worked various retail/minimum wage jobs over the years. Just about all of them gave me as an employee that right to refuse service, and to me that would go with the ability to give notice. Now it might not stand, and it may get them chewed out/fired later, but in that moment I believe we would have to assume they do.

Anyone wearing a Walmart vest or name tag would have 'apparent authority' to tell you you must leave. It does not specify a particular job title like 'the owner, the asset protection manager, the janitor, etc', so if they are an employee, they wold have apparent authority.