Moms Kicked Off Staples Property But Deliver 12,000 Signatures to Retailer's Security

Members of the Massachusetts chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America tried deliver a petition with more than 12,000 signatures at Staples headquarters in Framingham on Tuesday morning to Staples' CEO but were asked to leave the property.

The organization did deliver the signatures to Staples security.

The signatures ask the retailer, headquartered in Framingham, to stop allowing guns in their stores, nationwide. 

“The presence of firearms creates an inherent and unnecessary risk for Staples shoppers,” said Ann Krantz of Wenham and the communications lead for Moms Demand Action Massachusetts.

Krantz, told Patch, while Staples does not sell guns it does allow customers to carry them in their stores nationwide. 

Massachusetts shoppers do not see customers carrying guns, except for law enforcement, due to state laws, said Krantz.

A small group of women held signs in Framingham this morning, but were asked to move off Staples property.

Last August, a female customer inside a North Carolina Staples "negligently fired her gun," said Krantz. 

"It is sheer luck that no one other than the gun owner was injured. But what about next time? It’s time for Staples to put the safety of its customers first and keep guns out of its stores," said Krantz.

Kevin Cummings of Cummings Photography in Framingham provided this slideshow of photos for Framingham Patch.