GA: Restaurant Changes Mind, Welcomes Gun Carriers

Gun Watch ^ | 20 May, 2014 | Dean Weingarten

[marktwain]

In a scenario that has recurred all over the nation, a restaurant in Georgia briefly put up a "NO GUNS" sign, became educated, and took it down.  This is the usual course of events that has occurred as antiquated gun laws have been reformed.   Georgia recently passed  a bill that reformed one of the last laws in the nation that forbid armed citizens from eating in restaurants that also serve alcohol.  Louisiana passed a similar reform shortly after, becoming the 50th state in the nation to have this freedom.   From wrdw.com in Augusta, Georgia:

"I come up and see a sign on your door that says you don't allow weapons, I'm going to honor your sign, but then I'm also not going to come into your establishment," that's how Jennifer Seymour feels about a no gun rule that was recently reversed by T-Bonz steakhouse.

Jennifer sent an email to the restaurant, who then reconsidered their position:

The restaurant's Facebook page says the sign was meant for irresponsible gun owners, but then realized a sign wouldn't really stop careless carriers.

I watched this same scenario play out in Arizona, and  then across the nation.  As people stop to think about firearms and real situations, they stop reacting emotionally to the bombastic hypotheticals put forward by those pushing for more restrictions on armed citizens.  Then logic kicks in and they do the responsible thing.   The signs come down.


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[marktwain]

This is the pattern that is recurring all over the country as reforms are implemented. Signs at private businesses go up because of all the politically correct scare stories; then they come down when the business owners confront the reality.

[SnuffaBolshevik]

" Louisiana passed a similar reform shortly after, becoming the 50th state in the nation to have this freedom."

Am I missing something?

I live in Maryland and have a better chance of being the first man to land on Mars than to carry (concealed or open) in a local restaurant.

[Veggie Todd]

...becoming the 50th state in the nation to have this freedom.

What about the other 7?

[SkyDancer]

So now they want gun owners to come since they found out they’re loosing money.

[Billthedrill]

God bless the free market. BTT

[InABunkerUnderSF]

What was the name of the restaurant and where in GA were they located? (I mean Georgia is a largish state by eastern standards.)

[Delta 21]

If you realy learned anything from trying to educate yourself on this matter, you would put up one or two of these.

[andyk]

It was the last state to remove barriers from legal carriers. It's just that your state may make it extremely impossible to become a legal carrier unless you're well connected.

[AppyPappy]

So police couldn’t eat there?

Hmmm.....

[yarddog]

Yes Georgia is the largest state East of the Mississippi area wise.

I once saw a question which is interesting and which almost no one gets.

What is the largest city, in the largest county in the largest state East of the Mississippi?

The answer is Waycross, Ware County, Georgia.