Just watched the 2 videos.
That "ex-cop" was a real jerk. Betcha he's the one that started the problem by telling the manager he was scared [waaaah], then escalated the problem by harassing the family.
Why didn't he get arrested for disorderly conduct? He was the one causing the problem & likely made a false 911 MWAG call for someone who was OCing (perfectly legal).
But yeah, the best way to deal with people like that is to ignore them.
Keep them in sight, in case they decide to do something really stupid, but ignore them.
Don't talk, don't preach, don't try to educate.
(Perhaps "thank you for your concern", or "I know the law".)
They don't want to learn & won't hear anything.
Focus on the manager & getting your money back.
And why would the cop steal the citizens property, order him around like a criminal? He wasn't doing anything wrong.
(Then there's the "don't video me"... sorry, Charlie, you're a public servant in a public place, so you have double zero expectation of privacy. Hope he's seen the video. LOL)
Sent emails to the letter writer & through the Hardee's website.
One of the things I pointed out is that thanks to the new cc law in WI, ONLY places that ALLOW carry are immune from liability if something goes bad. So in addition to increasing the danger (it's going to be a posted victim disarmament zone) they've also increased their liability - a double whammy.
But hey, if they're doing so well that they can afford to alienate a large part of the population, bully for them. It's not only people who carry who will avoid Hardee's once word gets out, but people who own guns & people who value their rights.
Yes, Hardee's is perfectly within the law to ban people based on their peaceful exercise of a protected civil right... as long as it's that protected civil right, which is wrong.
And we'll help spread the word so that no law-abiding customer accidentally goes into a Hardee's while armed. Hopefully, ever. That's what they want, right?
Just after our new cc law passed, a jewelry store here in Milwaukee (MKE) whined on several news reports that now he'd have to buy signs & so on... then seemed surprised when people were mad at him, & his business dropped off markedly in the next 2 months. [Search for Robert Haack Diamonds over on the WI forum.]
OTOH, knowing that, when I needed the services of a jewlery store I went to a different one. Openly armed. Was welcomed & treated well*, told my friends about it, now several of them are planning to take business there.
*(In fact, the sales guy insisted I hold a 2 carat diamond solitare... drool.)