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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nThese two fellows were part of a gathering of Open Carry Texas in a Dallas franchise restaurant called Chipotle. For some reason, the folks from Open Carry Texas made an appearance there to wave their rights in the faces of the folks who were there to enjoy a meal – you know, the reason that people normally go to restaurants.<\/p>\n
Well, the incident prompted Chipotle to issue a statement<\/a> asking customers to refrain from carrying guns in their places of business;<\/p>\n \u201cThe issue of gun ownership or gun rights has become one of the most contentious debates in the country. Chipotle has never taken a position on this issue, as we focus instead on our mission to change the way people think about and eat fast food.<\/p>\n “Recently participants from an \u201copen carry\u201d demonstration in Texas brought guns (including military-style assault rifles) into one of our restaurants, causing many of our customers anxiety and discomfort. Because of this, we are respectfully asking that customers not bring guns into our restaurants, unless they are authorized law enforcement personnel.<\/p>\n “Historically, we felt it enough to simply comply with local laws regarding the open or concealed carrying of firearms, because we believe that it is not fair to put our team members in the uncomfortable position of asking that customers refrain from bringing guns into our restaurants. However, because the display of firearms in our restaurants has now created an environment that is potentially intimidating or uncomfortable for many of our customers, we think it is time to make this request.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Now, you’re free to boycott Chipotle if you want, but, they are a private business and they don’t have to tolerate you and your scary black gun at all, since they’re not bound by the Second Amendment. If they want to stay out of the whole gun debate, I understand that. <\/p>\n Open Carry Texas founder C.J. Grisham told Forbes that this past weekend\u2019s activity was not a demonstration, but simply a meal following an event.<\/p>\n \u201cWe don\u2019t go there just to carry guns into a restaurant,\u201d he said. \u201cWe always let the manager know we\u2019re coming. We try very hard to make people feel comfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n Grisham said his group\u2019s policy is to send an unarmed person into a restaurant to seek permission to dine and to warn staff and customers in advance.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re peaceful, we\u2019re looking for a place to eat, but we have guns,\u201d he said. \u201cIf we\u2019re not welcome, we\u2019re not going to spend money there.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Then don’t. To me this bullying and “in-your-face” tactics is no different than what we’ve seen over the past few years from gays and transsexuals who want to cram their flamboyant lifestyle choices down our throats, so to speak. Those tactics worked against their movement and it will work against law abiding gun owners who conceal our weapons and keep our mouths shut about it. In fact when I see someone open carrying, I wonder why they couldn’t get a concealed weapon permit. <\/p>\n If I saw those two dinguses in the picture above enter a place of business like that, my gun hand would probably rest on the butt of my concealed weapon until I was able to get out of that business safely. There’s no reason to open carry a long gun when you’re out on the town, and certainly not in a restaurant. <\/p>\n You’re not doing the gun rights folks any favors, in fact, you’re doing us more harm than good<\/a>. I stayed out of the whole Open Carry Texas thing until now. But, this is really beyond the limits of responsible behavior.<\/p>\n I’ve never been to a Chipotle joint, but this won’t be one of the reasons that I stay out of one. Not after seeing the complete retards that they’re asking to come into their places unarmed. There are things that you *can* do, but you really probably shouldn’t. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"