Aloha_Shooter
08-04-2014, 10:40
http://online.wsj.com/articles/smaller-eateries-serve-up-welcome-for-guns-1407108503?mod=WSJ_hp_EditorsPicks
While guns are off the welcome list at chains including Chipotle Mexican Grill (http://quotes.wsj.com/CMG) Inc., Starbucks (http://quotes.wsj.com/SBUX) Corp., and Sonic (http://quotes.wsj.com/SONC) Corp., a small but growing number of independent restaurateurs around the country are rolling out the red carpet.
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.
Some gun-policy experts suspect that the niche of pro-gun restaurants will grow, alongside some smaller chains that take the opposite approach. Several small restaurants in Georgia, for example, have adopted more-restrictive policies in the wake of a new state law that allows people licensed to carry weapons outside the home to bring them into some bars and elsewhere.
The restaurants actively inviting patrons to dine with guns say they have experienced few problems related to firearms so far.
While guns are off the welcome list at chains including Chipotle Mexican Grill (http://quotes.wsj.com/CMG) Inc., Starbucks (http://quotes.wsj.com/SBUX) Corp., and Sonic (http://quotes.wsj.com/SONC) Corp., a small but growing number of independent restaurateurs around the country are rolling out the red carpet.
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.
Some gun-policy experts suspect that the niche of pro-gun restaurants will grow, alongside some smaller chains that take the opposite approach. Several small restaurants in Georgia, for example, have adopted more-restrictive policies in the wake of a new state law that allows people licensed to carry weapons outside the home to bring them into some bars and elsewhere.
The restaurants actively inviting patrons to dine with guns say they have experienced few problems related to firearms so far.