For months, Publix stores in Florida allowed customers to openly carry firearms, but that has changed in a move that is drawing backlash from some gun rights supporters. The retailer quietly updated its firearms policy in Florida, and now asks that only law enforcement officers openly carry guns while shopping, the Sun Sentinel reports. “Publix kindly asks that only law enforcement openly carry firearms in our stores,” according to a statement posted on Publix’s customer service FAQ page on their website. The shift comes just months after Florida became an open carry state in September, when an appeals court struck down the state’s ban on openly carrying firearms as unconstitutional. While the new law allows open carry, private businesses still have the right to prohibit it on their property. After the law changed, Publix became one of the first major retailers in Florida to allow customers to openly carry firearms inside stores.…