{"id":62103,"date":"2015-10-01T14:28:46","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T18:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=62103"},"modified":"2015-10-01T15:27:25","modified_gmt":"2015-10-01T19:27:25","slug":"the-waffle-house-kerfuffle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=62103","title":{"rendered":"The Waffle House kerfuffle"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Over the last few days we’ve been receiving links about this story in regards to Billy Welch, reportedly a National Guardsman in uniform who wore his gun into the local Waffle House. Their national headquarters says that they have a “no gun” policy in their restaurants. As much as I support the 2d Amendment, I also respect property rights. That’s why I don’t go the Waffle House or Denny’s. I don’t go places without my gun and since they don’t allow guns, they don’t allow me. <\/p>\n

But according to this link<\/a>, there’s more to the story than just a guardsman with a gun. If you believe the manager, Billy Welch had been involved in an altercation only a few weeks before and was forcibly removed from that particular Waffle House by the local constabulary.<\/p>\n

First, he was an active participant in a fight on the premises several weeks prior to September 27th. He was restrained and taken off the premises by off-duty police officers that were eating in the restaurant at the time. The second item not reported accurately was the time the most recent incident occurred, 2AM. We have associates who have to make snap decisions on our third shifts to provide for their own safety and the safety of our customers. Our associates decided because of Mr. Welch\u2019s recent altercation, which they witnessed, it was in their best interest at 2 AM to ask Mr. Welch to leave his firearm in his vehicle. Mr. Welch decided to leave. We still tried to garner his business at that point. I am supportive of my team\u2019s decision. I was not there and will not judge their decision making after the fact. If this incident occurred at 10am in the morning and Mr. Welch had not been involved in a previous fight I\u2019m sure the outcome would have been different. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If it’s true, I really don’t blame the Waffle House. They still won’t get my business because of their policy, but I’m sure that won’t drive them out of business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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