Discussion for article #222935
From recent travels to Plano, Allen, Legacy and Dallas, Iād say it is common for stores, restaurants and health clubs to prohibit firearms. We were surprised by the signs, but apparently enough jerks have made nuisances of themselves down there.
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Waiting on the first report of gun fetishists threatening-uhhhhh, expressing their 1st Amendment RIGHTS to Chipotle employees.
Just, remember, though: The only way to stop a DUMB GUY with a gunā¦ is to tell him to eat somewhere else!
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Another way would be to stand your ground and break a chair on his backā¦just saying, the guy could be a terrorist , I mean, who else would walk into a Chipolte with an assault rifle?
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Why donāt they just pull the trigger and ban guns in Chipotle? If you donāt want 2nd amendment advocates to patronize your business just come out and say so. This mealy mouthed āboth sides are rightā horseshit isnāt going to impress anybody.
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MARGE
Homer, I told you this morning, no guns at the dinner table!
HOMER
You said the breakfast table!
MARGE
Itās the same table!!
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āā¦causing many of our customers anxiety and discomfortā¦ā
Let me think. Shall I take my family and children to a restaurant frequented by armed radicals who hate my country?
Chipotle and all restaurants had better take a tougher stand.
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If I were in line at Chipotle and a bunch of guys with guns came in, I would leave IMMEDIATELY and never come back.
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Asking seems a little weak. Banning would be the proper course, and let the sacred free-market forces sort em out. Iād have no problem with two classes of establishment - ones wit guns and ones wit aint.
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If you believe in āstand your ground lawsā like most gun-huggers, would it be OK if I shoot you coming into my store with an open-carry weapon? Or does that only apply if the gun-hugger is a black person.
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Between police officers, sportsmen, wannabes and crooks, Chipotleās request is directed squarely at the wannabes.
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Chipotleās statement did not say the company was banning firearms from its restaurants entirely and acknowledged āthere are strong arguments on both sidesā of the gun control issue."
No, there is no argument in favor of bringing weapons into a Chipotle ārestaurantā. Unless you are an idiot.
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I doubt that asking nicely and saying please will have any effect on a bunch of ammosexual, bully yahoos. This mealy-mouthed response is going to cause more trouble that it cures.
BTW I too will walk out of any establishment in which I see a firearm beside those of uniformed law enforcement.
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Uncomfortable? Iād feel downright alarmed if a gang of thuggish gun-fondlers stormed a restaurant waggling their penis extenders in my face.
Sorry, Chipotle, if you want my business youāve got to take a stronger position and ban this foolishness.
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State legislatures put the burden on property owners to assert their rights if they donāt want people bringing guns in. So as a substitute for common sense, every bar, stadium and hospital has to put up a sign.
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Protip: You can be a strong supporter of the 2nd Amendment and still use common sense and not carry your weapon into a restaurant. In fact, ācommon senseā should be a major attribute of being a gun owner.
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Because if they actually ban the guns in their restaurants, that puts their employees in the very dangerous position of asking armed customers to leave. Most gun owners are very sane people, but as has been demonstrated by every single gun crime in America, a very large number of them are not. It would be wrong of Chipotle to put their employees in that dangerous of a position.
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Do you want Chipotle to mandate that their unarmed employees confront armed customers? That is exceedingly dangerous. Far better to put a no guns sign outside but not enforce it. You are asking way too much of people who are making way too little.
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How do you enforce the ban? Ask your minimum wage employees to escort the armed mob out of the restaurant?
I think you can ask law enforcement to back you up. Like others have suggested here, in Texas, you can put up a sign that says you donāt want firearms and the public is expected to comply. I think this gets into a dangerous area with respect to enforcement, and I donāt think there is a lot of precedent for removing armed customers from eating establishments.
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