What is wrong with these people? I'm talking about the protesters who are trying to force themselves into places they're not welcome.Last Saturday about 100 “open carry” gun activists descended on Buckhorn Grill in Walnut Creek, one of a chain of California restaurants, to display their semi-automatic pistols and ammunition magazines.
As reported in the Contra Costa Times, customers responded to the display:
“I’m a little worried,” said Hayley King, of Walnut Creek, who stopped in for lunch. “I don’t feel safe in here. I wouldn’t have come if I had known.”
“If it’s (carrying guns) not for law enforcement, it’s completely wrong,” said Rumer Cantrell, a Walnut Creek resident who attends Carondelet High School in Concord. “Violence should never be promoted in any way. To be walking around saying, ‘You can see I have a gun,’ promotes violence.”
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One week later, and after the hard work of our California Brady Campaign Chapters, comes news that the Buckhorn Grill restaurant chain has now made its “No Guns” policy clear.
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Mikeb says:
ReplyDeleteWhat is wrong with these people? I'm talking about the protesters who are trying to force themselves into places they're not welcome.
It's my understanding that they weren't made unwelcome until after the fact.
No worries--more business for Starbucks, where they won't be forced to the back of the bus.
They shall overcome.
"What is wrong with these people? I'm talking about the protesters who are trying to force themselves into places they're not welcome."
ReplyDeleteI imagine the same thing that was wrong with black people who tried to force themselves into places where they are not welcome, like segregated lunch counters, the forwards seats of buses, and public pools.
"I'm talking about the protesters who are trying to force themselves into places they're not welcome."
ReplyDeleteName a single instance of open carry individuals trying to force themselves into places that have posted signs stating that they are not welcome.
If you are unable or unwilling to do so, ask yourself why?
kaveman said, "Name a single instance of open carry individuals trying to force themselves into places that have posted signs stating that they are not welcome."
ReplyDeleteSeattle parks.
"Seattle parks."
ReplyDeleteThat law was illegal, no?
In case you missed it...
ReplyDelete"The rule banning firearms in Seattle parks was tossed out Friday by King County Superior Court Judge Catherine Shaffer, who said the city cannot pre-empt state law."
That "law" was illegal.
Ignoring signs that are illegal anyway? I don't buy that.
ReplyDeleteThe signs were posted, I give you that, but they should never have been put up in the first place.
Mikeb says, when asked to "[n]ame a single instance of open carry individuals trying to force themselves into places that have posted signs stating that they are not welcome.":
ReplyDeleteSeattle Parks.
They didn't take their guns to the Seattle parks until told by the courts that they are welcome.