Cindy Cashdollar & Rose Sinclair - "Steelin' Home"
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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Either do I; business decisions are made every day for numerous reasons .... they’ll learn soon enough whether it was s sound decision or not.
Good luck to Whataburger.
The welding supply (Praxair) I used to trade with posted no CHL allowed shortly after the school shooting in Connecticut.
I think I first bought stuff from them in 1983. Over the years, I bought probably >$5K in machines alone.
I never felt the need to CHL carry in the store but I started trading with another supplier.
Today the building is vacant and has been for months.
Whataburger can become vacant for all I care.
One of the conservative legal foundations should start litigation on this issue.
If an open carry person comes into Whatchamawallmaka-Burger, what law are they violating?
Management can refuse service and tell them to leave. At that point they would be trespassing and subject to arrest I suppose.
Problem of pressing the issue would be, how would the responding police officers deal with the situation?
I wonder if Whatchamalakahalla-burger thought through that potential liability nightmare? That someone carrying legally is shot by responding officers when all he is guilty of is a (constructed) trespassing offense?
I don't like square hamburgers!
I wouldn't go into a Whataburger anymore.
Cindy Cashdollar & Rose Sinclair - "Steelin' Home"
The nearest Whata to me, is in Jax, FL....1,058 miles....16 hours
Not much chance of me ever *not* needing their product.
bttt - ;o)
On the plus side, they have come out and stated that they have no problem with concealed carry.
I can understand - MS has open carry and I occasionally do so, but when going into many establishments, I will cover my weapon as a courtesy - not because I worry about the establishment's reaction but because there are so many nut cases who will throw a fit, call the cops and spout hysterical lies to cause trouble and inconvenience. This can be just as inconvenient for the establishment as for me.
When leaving, I often uncover on the way out the door and have done so in front of police w/o any issues (I would assume that cops would rather know up-front if one has a weapon and the locals don't blink and eye at those who carry openly).
At any rate, unless an establishment opts to ban weapons vs. asking folks not to display them openly, I will still spend my money there, with my weapon handy but covered.
We can be our own worst enemies by knee-jerking w/o thinking it through.
How is being told you cannot bring a legal weapon into a business different from a business refusing to bake a gay cake? Either a business has a right to exclude or it doesn’t. If a baker now must pay a fine for not baking a gay cake...because it is the law, then why can’t a burger joint be fined for ignoring the law that states open carry is legal. They can’t have it both ways.
“It’s their property and it is theirs to control.”
Oh? Let them try to deny service to a gay couple then.
Check the weather forecast for Texas today. might change your mind about covering a gun up with more clothes.
Corporate fascists - running the world and dictating to everyone. Time for heavy taxes on fast food restaurants.
In Hillary’s commie/socialist world.......the corp with give it’s profits to the employees.
I don’t care if you open carry. But if you come on to my property and I say you can’t do so that’s my right.
You presume wrong, your car, your gun. If they decided to tow the car that is their call.
A business should be able to refuse service to anyone they want. In the case of the bakers their rights have been trampled on.
If agree that the bakers have the right to control their property then it makes sense that you would agree they have the right to tell you no open carry, or no shirt, no shoes, no service if they so choose.
See my other post about that.
I'm sure this burger joint will regret their plan. It might work in NYC or SF, in Texas it sounds like a death wish for a business. Just like Chik-Fil-A boomed after the gayness ruckus.
Unfortunately it's privately held so we can't short the stock.
No matter how hot it is in Texas you won’t see the weapons I have on me.
To restate what I have already indicated, I could care less if people open carry. I like the law because prior to it if someone was concealing and they accidentally displayed the weapon that could cause them some grief. I have a buddy that was a fighter pilot that was always accidentally showing his weapon. He was 80+ years old and was always armed. He started to use a Sneaky Pete and would have liked open carry but alas we lost him recently. He was a real hero.
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