Posted on 09/09/2014 3:58:58 PM PDT by Kaslin
Yesterday Panera Bread became another restaurant establishment asking customers to leave their guns at home, joining eateries like Chilis, Starbucks and stores like Target after pressure from anti-gun groups. Like other restaurant chains, Panera's official policy hasn't changed to an outright ban, but they've made clear customers carrying firearms for self-defense aren't welcome.
This "please leave your guns at home" policy is catching on, but as more restaurants join Panera and others like it, it's important to remind them of the horrifying Luby's Cafeteria massacre.
In 1991 Texas residents were banned by law from bringing firearms into restaurants. That same year, a mad man with an intent to kill as many people as possible, crashed his truck into a Lubys Cafeteria in Killeen. The man got out of his vehicle and shot 50 people, killing 23 of them. One of the survivors, Dr. Susan Gratia-Hupp, had left her gun in the parking lot and watched as her parents were executed in front of her. She was following the rules and obeying the law by leaving her gun in the car, right where the killer knew it would be. As Hupp describes in her own words, it was like shooting fish in a barrel. Everyone was defenseless.
As a survivor of the Luby's massacre, Hupp testified across the country in support of concealed-handgun laws. She said that if there had been a second chance to prevent the slaughter, she would have violated the Texas law and carried the handgun inside her purse into the restaurant. She testified across the country in support of concealed handgun laws, and was elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1996. The law was signed by then-Governor George W. Bush.
Dr Susan Gratia-Hupp - Survivor of the 1991 Kileen TX Lubys Shooting Massacre
Restaurants should think twice and review history before banning or suggesting customers refrain from carrying firearms into their establishments. Customers and their families should also consider the safety risks that come with eating at establishments seen as soft targets by criminals.
I had TOLD y’all about Luby’s....
Instead of “no guns allowed” policies why not simply post a sign that says “Unarmed victims here, fire away!” It is the same thing and far more truthful advertising.
there ain’t nothin’ in no store, nowhere in the continental 48, that is worth more, than my life, or the life of my beloved!
I will always remember that Luby’s. I lived a couple of miles away at the time and ate lunch there a few days before.
It you’re packing concealed, no one will know.
Except the perp, when his time has come.
As the old adage says, it is better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6.
There is a very simple solution to this. Pass a law stating that any company or building posting or otherwise declaring they wish for no guns on their premises is now wholly liable, 100%, for the security of people on their property.
Then pass another law stating that failure to provide adequate security in the above case is a felony.
Watch how fast those signs come down.
And all the libs in the restaurant will thank you
And then vote for more gun control laws
I just sent this article to Panera.
This is all fine and good, but you can be sure they will pass the expense on to the customers
Then customers will go to competing establishments that *do* allow them to defend themselves and therefore have lower prices. The anti-defense types will either get a wakeup call or go out of business. I don’t really care which.
I can’t BELIEVE you didn’t put, “Banglist,” in the keywords.
I went ahead and put, “ArmedCitizen,” in there as well. I think it’s applicable here.
Ha a lube and oil change there once.
About 25 years ago, I stopped a robbery because I took my legal handgun out of my car and illegally concealed it in my jacket pocket. Until the restaurants and movie theatres start doing pat-downs, I’m just not going to take their requests seriously.
How come Kaslin only posts from Townhall.........where’s yer self righteous indignation over that?........What a maroon!
It was an armed New Life Church member that prevented a massacre where 4 were murdered.
the panera bread I go to has a drive thru. I haven’t gone inside one since the this one opened.
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