Posted on 07/13/2015 6:04:45 PM PDT by Daffynition
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — An iconic Texas restaurant chain will not allow the open carrying of guns on its properties, and industry experts say other restaurants will likely take the same stand against a new state law legalizing the practice in many public places.
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Aaaaaaaaaand, I’m an idiot. Please disregard previous nonsense.
There is a good one a few exits up above me that makes a great double cheeseburger.
I have never wanted to open carry other than when hunting or plinking on my own property.
Still I think open carry is a good law. It keeps the cops from claiming they saw the print of a gun in your clothes.
I think Georgia has recently passed a law to make it clear that accidentally exposing a firearm is not illegal.
I understand Whattaburger’s stance, many people are uncomfortable with people openly carrying. Despite that I think they are making a mistake as there are a lot of gun owners who see it as an unfriendly act by Whattaburger.
There are many businesses with the same policy, including at least some of Whataburger’s competitors. How about doctors’ offices and hospitals? Will they be boycotted?
I find my firearm to be faster and safer to draw from an owb holster unencumbered by a covering garment. I think uniformed police do as well.
So they are denying people an accommodation because someone exercises their rights?
Isn’t this a civil rights violation?
Maybe we need a black transgender lesbian couple to demand to be married in a Whattaburger wearing six shooters.
Actually, it's not.
When open carry was being promoted last year, a dumbass group of supporters took it upon themselves to demonstrate in Fort Worth fast food locations. They carried AR-15s into the stores and held them in a "ready" position with their fingers on the trigger.
They came off like a bunch of threatening thugs, ready to spray the customers on a moment's notice.
I can assure you that no restaurant chain wants that kind of behavior in their stores.
That particular incident also came close to sidetracking the whole open carry movement, as well.
In the news a barbecue concern gave free BBQ sandwich with another sandwich purchase for anyone open carrying, and was mobbed by customers from all over the country. A ton of publicity, national noteriety, now a place on the bend in the road nobody heard of is a huge success.
Don’t correct an idiot, take back the country so a conservative can take his place. If they go out of business I hope in 2016 a church buys it and changes the name to Jesus Burgers. All the food is blessed. Just for the sake of the liberal heads that would start spinning and vomiting pea soup.
Here in Indiana we will often see weapons carried openly. It's far from unusual in fast food places.
If it is seen frequently in Indiana and Hoosiers are not getting nervous, we find it just too hard to believe that Texans get nervous seeing a handgun on a hip.
Some ideas are so bad you have to suspect the organizer was working for the opposition.
They can do as they wish, which includes making decisions that will DRIVE THEM OUT OF BUSINESS.
Hopefully other businesses will learn from them - that it is best to STAY CLEAR of politics, particularly being on the wrong side of an issue.
“It’s their property and it is theirs to control. Just like people are in control of whether they eat there or not.”
In Texas, the parking lot where I work is owned by my company. We passed a law here saying that me having a gun in my car, and keeping it there, locked out of sight, was permitted, regardless of my company’s preference.
I assume that you would support overturning of that law, also.
A legitimate speculation.
But, in this case, not applicable. These idiots were serious supporters of open carry.
They were "seeking publicity for the cause"...and they got it.
Huh?
In all of Virginia there are maybe 20-30 restaurants that post. All the rest, just walk on in. Been open carrying for over 10 years and been hassled ....twice.
Please read the article it says the ban is for open carry OK for concealed carry.
Concealed carry OK.
I don’t have any problem with this decision. To begin with, the restaurants are private property and Whataburger has every right to set the rules for guests on its premises. Second, this restriction applies only to open carry weapons and does not prohibit customers with concealed weapons.
Oh, let’s call the ACLU.
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