THE NEW TOLERANCE: Group pushes Kroger to ban open-carry. This is a cultural battle. Guns are supposed to be strange and foreign, not familiar and ubiquitous. If children see enough people walking around armed, then they might start thinking that — God forbid — it’s normal. Next thing you know, they’ll be chiding their parents to be more accepting of gun culture, to keep an open mind, not to knock it ’til you’ve tried it, etc.