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Good read in the WSJ:
Smaller Restaurants Welcome Gun Owners
While Some Large Chains Discourage Guns, More Independent Restaurateurs Are Giving the Green Light
Anyone for breakfast here?
[size=+1]Jessie Spaulding, a gun-toting waitress at the Shooters Grill in Rifle, Colo., where weapons are welcome.[/size]
Smaller Restaurants Welcome Gun Owners
While Some Large Chains Discourage Guns, More Independent Restaurateurs Are Giving the Green Light
Eateries like Shiloh Brew & Chew in Maryville, Tenn., are posting signs saying guns are welcome. All Around Pizza and Deli in Virginia Beach, Va., is offering discounts for patrons who show up armed, while The Cajun Experience in Leesburg, Va., hosts "Second Amendment Wednesdays." At Shooters Grill in Rifle, Colo., the waitresses pack heat.
"I believe in the right to bear arms, and as a small business owner, who am I to take it away?" said Sharma Floyd, the owner of Shiloh Brew & Chew.
Some gun-control activists call the pro-gun efforts irresponsible. "Restaurants routinely protect their patrons from second-hand smoke, so it makes sense they would go out of their way to protect them from bullets as well," said Shannon Watts, the founder of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, which has pressured larger companies to adopt more-restrictive policies on guns.
Anyone for breakfast here?
[size=+1]Jessie Spaulding, a gun-toting waitress at the Shooters Grill in Rifle, Colo., where weapons are welcome.[/size]