Chipotle says leave your guns at home

[Jer]

To summarize the above: We don't have to blindly support EVERY person who is pro2A regardless of their methodology because it gives our logical approaches less credibility. Idiots are idiots regardless of their political and social beliefs.

[Great-Kazoo]

Hmmm. Got a call this morning to interview at Chipolte (their corporate HQ, not making burritos lol). This will probably influence my decision a bit.

If that's how you base a job offer, you might as well file for unemployment, now.

Especially since they suggested taking up the gun issue with your local politician.


Chipotle’s “gun ban” is actually more of a polite suggestion, and the chain’s statement acknowledges that “there are strong arguments on both sides of this issue” and the “vast majority of gun owners are responsible citizens and we appreciate them honoring this request. And we hope that our customers who oppose the carrying of guns in public agree with us that it is the role of elected officials and the legislative process to set policy in this area, not the role of businesses like Chipotle.”

[275RLTW]

1) Chipotle's response was tactful and appropriate
2) IF (I hate using the word "if") those 2 pictured are the ones who caused this ordeal, they probably would have been met with resistance by any LEO just how they were "carrying" their weapons. In an age where active shooter incidents are becoming more prevalent and in varied venues, their actions could easily been articulated as being threatening or menacing.
3) I find it ironic that those who have never had to carry a rifle every day try so much to do so, not knowing that is NOT the environment we want in this country. We don't have to carry them on a daily basis here, and just because we legally can doesn't mean we should.
4) Common sense is getting more and more rare...practice it!

[jhood001]

1) Chipotle's response was tactful and appropriate
2) IF (I hate using the word "if") those 2 pictured are the ones who caused this ordeal, they probably would have been met with resistance by any LEO just how they were "carrying" their weapons. In an age where active shooter incidents are becoming more SENSATIONALIZED and in varied venues, their actions could easily been articulated as being threatening or menacing.
3) I find it ironic that those who have never had to carry a rifle every day try so much to do so, not knowing that is NOT the environment we want in this country. We don't have to carry them on a daily basis here, and just because we legally can doesn't mean we should.
4) Common sense is getting more and more rare...practice it!

FIFY



http://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbar...demic-n1778891

Are mass shootings really on the rise in America? Will an increased focus on mental health help prevent mass murders? Would expanded background checks really make a difference? The answer to all of these questions, according to author and Northeastern University criminology professor James Alan Fox, is no.

[kidicarus13]

DUH FUUUQ?!? I was raised pro-gun, own a few firearms, and consider myself an avid shooter. Without the benefit of knowing the whole story I would say this picture was taken moments before the San Ysidro McDonald's mass shooting occurred. I would have been on the phone with 9-1-1 as I ducked and ran for the nearest exit. For all I know Big Hoss is wearing a TNT vest strapped and ready to blow.

[KAPA]

I'm betting these two are cashing a check today from Bloomberg's $50mm pile of cash.

[PugnacAutMortem]

Those open carriers look Operator as fuck....

JEEZUS...that dude on the right is doing the equivalent to walking around with your pistol in your hand. That's brandishing if I've ever seen it. Honestly if I'm Chipotle HQ and I see this picture I'm saying no more guns in my stores either.

[clublights]

JEEZUS...that dude on the right is doing the equivalent to walking around with your pistol in your hand. That's brandishing if I've ever seen it. Honestly if I'm Chipotle HQ and I see this picture I'm saying no more guns in my stores either.

Oh come on ...


You really think he was walking around holding his SKS in his hands like that or maybe just maybe he POSING FOR A PICTURE?


jesus .

[Zundfolge]

Here's a simplified breakdown of what has been done to Chipotle, Jack-In-The Box and Starbucks.

1. Anti gun pressure group suggests the business go "No Guns".
2. Business doesn't want to take a side in the fight because they know they have customers on both sides and they just want to sell ______. So they ignore anti-gun pressure group (usually with a statement about "we follow the local laws where our stores are").
3. Anti-gun pressure group says "No, you don't get it, you go 100% No Guns or we'll boycott, picket, shame and pester you.
4. Business realizes this will cost them money too so they try to cave half way ... just enough to get the pressure group to go away but not enough to appear to be taking sides in the fight.
5. Solution appears to both sides as a 100% endorsement of one side over the other.

It really is a no-win situation but its also a sign of something troubling building in our culture (something that throughout history has almost always lead to civil war). "Tolerance" is no longer enough, now too many people are demanding that there must be 100% endorsement of their positions or "you're my mortal enemy."

The left is also learning that they can force us to go hide in a box if they just attack some business we use, force them to "compromise", and even if the "compromise" doesn't really change things they know that WE will boycott these businesses which only isolates us even more.

[Jer]

Oh come on ...


You really think he was walking around holding his SKS in his hands like that or maybe just maybe he POSING FOR A PICTURE?


jesus .

Does it matter? Would you draw your handgun for a picture in a public place like that? Hell, I get nervous about taking my rifles to my garage or the back yard where people can see them since I live on the edge of town but still in town and to see this idiot, rifle in hand, at a Chipotle should make you cringe as a pro-2A supporter.