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I conceal carry a loaded firearm in my local Chipotle all the time, I've been doing it for years and I don't plan on stopping regardless of what their statement said. Their food isn't bad at all, I'm not going to act like some typical hypocritical liberal fool who claims they suck because they made a political statement I don't agree with.
So even though they don't want you to bring a gun in you're going to do it anyway?
No it doesnt, you dont have a right to carry a weapon in a private establishment in any state.
The requirement to post a sign is to protect the consumer from persecution.
That's not true.
I do have the right to carry a concealed weapon into a private establishment (which is otherwise open to the public) in Florida, Virginia, and a majority of all states which recognize my permit.
In addition, I also have the right to openly carry a handgun into a private establishment (again, if it's otherwise open to the public) in Virginia, West Virginia, and many other states even without a permit.
Furthermore, I think you meant to use the word prosecution but it's also funny to say persecution.
Some states restrict where guns may be carried, so obviously that's a legal issue which is not up to the individual businesses.
I conceal carry a loaded firearm in my local Chipotle all the time, I've been doing it for years and I don't plan on stopping regardless of what their statement said. Their food isn't bad at all, I'm not going to act like some typical hypocritical liberal fool who claims they suck because they made a political statement I don't agree with.
They do suck though...and politics has nothing to do with it.
Geez people...Don't you have actual MEXICANS in the area somewhere that can make you an authentic burrito?
Only reason to carry a gun in that place is to shoot the customers that think they're eating good food.
You do realize you don't have the right to carry a gun around on someone else's property without their permission, right?
So you're saying that people may only carry if given explicit permission to by the property owner of every property into which they enter?
When I carry, and I sometimes do as allowed by the court issuing a CCW to me, I carry concealed and no one around me or observing me has ever known. That's what concealed means. My weapon has never made a public appearance other than at a range.
I don't need anyone's permission to carry other than the judge who signed my authorization. The most any property owner (or representative of such) can do is to ask me to leave should it become evident that I am carrying - and it never does. If I refuse to leave under such circumstances, the police could hold me on trespass charges. If I simply leave when asked, there's no problem. My state has laws on where one may not carry concealed - courthouses, schools, churches, etc. - and I do not carry there.
Chipotle sounds good and I'm in the mood for a burrito today. I may be in line in front of you, or behind you, but you'd never know and there will never be a problem unless you're a threat to my life or someone else's in that store. Or I may not even be carrying today. You'll never know either way.
This just means that open carry is not allowed in their stores, as is their right to dictate.
They can do what they want. It's just a shame that anti-civil-rights groups can gain so much steam and bully businesses into choosing a side.
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Originally Posted by mohawkx
No more bullying than a bunch of yahoos flash mobbing an establishment with a bunch or ARs and Kalashnikovs.
^^^^^ This^^^^ Exactly what mohawkx said... Took the words right out of my mouth. I was even going to call them yahoos too.
The YAHOOS at Open Carry Texas have done more to get stores and restaurants to ban the carrying of guns than Mom's Demand Action or any other anti-gun group ever could. First it was Starbucks, then it was Jack In The Box, now it's Chipotle. They walk in to a place with their AK's and their AR's and they think they're proving some kind of point.... they're not. I'm all for carrying a gun for self defense, but let's be honest, nobody carries around a rifle for self defense, that's purely provocative. What they are doing, is making it harder for people who are serious about carrying a firearm for self defense.
Idiots who are doing more to hurt the cause then help it if you ask me.
You do realize you don't have the right to carry a gun around on someone else's property without their permission, right?
I am pro-gun rights but apparently people are having hissy fits about not being able to do as they please on someone else's property. I tried saying how it was their right to make their own rules for their own restaurants, and this was to people who purport to stand up for the Constitution.
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