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Thursday, May 22, 2014
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| Source: www.ncgunblog.com |
North Carolina restaurant The Pit was robbed at gunpoint on Sunday. Normally, local crime stories like this wouldn't merit a Townhall post, but this one is different: The Pit has a "no weapons" sign displayed prominently on its door declaring the restaurant a gun-free zone, and bans patrons from carrying concealed weapons.
Authorities said just before 9 p.m. Sunday, three men wearing hoodies entered the restaurant through the back doors with pistols, and forced several staff members to lie on the floor.
The bandits assaulted two employees during the crime, but they were not seriously injured.
What groups like Everytown for Gun Safety or Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America seem to have an issue grasping is that criminals have no respect for the law by nature of being criminals. Criminals aren't going to be stopped by a "no guns allowed" sign. If somebody is going to rob or shoot up a Chipotle, for instance, they're not going to care that they cannot (or have been politely asked not to) bring a gun onto the premises. Criminals are not going to submit to background checks. They'll use straw purchases or just buy a gun from an illegal source. All these policies and laws do is make it harder for legal gun owners to protect themselves.
While I am thankful nobody was hurt, this certainly harms the narrative that "gun free" places are safe places.
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Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Chipotle is asking customers not to bring firearms into its stores after it says gun rights advocates brought military-style assault rifles into one of its restaurants in Texas.
The Denver-based company notes that it has traditionally complied with local laws regarding open and concealed firearms.
But in a statement Monday, the company said that "the display of firearms in our restaurants has now created an environment that is potentially intimidating or uncomfortable for many of our customers."
The announcement came after a petition by Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, which has called on other companies to ban firearms in their stores as well. The group said its petition was in reaction to open-carry gun activists appearing at a Dallas-area Chipotle restaurant over the weekend.
Erika Soto Lamb, a spokeswoman for the group, said she thought the move by Chipotle was a "bold statement," especially considering its previous stance of complying with local laws.
Many states allow people to carry licensed guns in some way, but some businesses exercise their right to ban firearms.
A Chipotle spokesman didn't immediately respond when asked if the company's request was an outright ban, or how it would respond if people continued to bring firearms into its restaurants.
Last year, Starbucks Corp. also told customers that guns were no longer welcome in its cafes after it had to temporarily close a store in Newtown, Connecticut, to avoid a demonstration by gun rights advocates. The company said it shut down the store out of respect for the community, where 20 school children and six educators had been slain.
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| Everytown / Credit: www.businessinsider.com |
Everytown for Gun Safety, the gun control group backed by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, is calling on the Chipotle restaurant chain to crack down on guns in its stores.
In an email sent Monday titled "Burritos, not bullets," the group sounded the alarm over a recent incident where gun rights advocates took advantage of Texas' open carry laws and reportedly displayed their firearms openly in a Chipotle restaurant.
"A group of gun extremists flocked into a Dallas-area Chipotle over the weekend with semiautomatic rifles strapped to their backs, alarming customers and raising serious questions about public safety at the restaurant chain's 1,600 locations," the group wrote, urging supporters to sign a petition to Chipotle's CEO, Steve Ells, demanding the company create a "clear policy prohibiting guns in restaurants."
Bloomberg's group said the issue of guns potentially being carried in Chipotle was even more important since the restaurant serves beer and margaritas.
"Making matters worse, most Chipotle locations serve alcohol, a potentially dangerous mix with guns," the email said. "Chipotle has no policy on guns in its stores, which means they're putting their customers -- including our children and families -- at risk."
Chipotle responded to criticism online.
"We recognize that it's a sensitive issue and we respect that people have very different points of view," the company wrote on Facebook. "That said, we have no position on the issue and simply comply with local laws."
Update (6:05 pm): Chipotle provided the following statement to Business Insider after this story was published:
"The 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…"
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