Chipotle says leave your guns at home

[Jer]

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.

Except this time it was idiots from 'our side' who forced their hand.

[Ranger353]

These two are fucking idiots. They have no legitimate reason to be carrying rifles in that manner in a restaurant, unless they are trying to impress people. They are too stupid to understand that they are probably scaring the shit out of most of the other customers for no reason other than they "legally can" but there is a larger moral obligation not to be a dumb-ass when you are armed. Why couldn't they leave them locked in the car trunk?

[MrPrena]

Since 2005, I have never seen any companies who were successful after going against gun owner. Gun owner has $$$$$$ to spend.

Ebay(ebay)- After banning the majority of firearm parts , they were suffering. They loosen that policy and now eBay is doing good.
Dicks(Dks)- Dick's got hit -18% today because weak golf and HUNTING sales. Didn't they drop modern sporting rifles 2yrs ago???
Groupon(grpn)- hahahaaha Do i need to explain more?
Chipotle(CMG)- we shall see.... I am strongly betting against them. Even before this, I might like to food there, but I didn't like the company valuation anyways.

[Zundfolge]

Except this time it was idiots from 'our side' who forced their hand.

The "idiots from our side" were an isolated incident that would never have been seen in Chipotle headquarters if it wasn't for the organized pressure campaign of Bloomberg's Mommy Brigade sending them thousands of copies of that photo of the two goobers above.

[Jer]

Since 2005, I have never seen any companies who were successful after going against gun owner. Gun owner has $$$$$$ to spend.

Ebay(ebay)- After banning the majority of firearm parts , they were suffering. They loosen that policy and now eBay is doing good.
Dicks(Dks)- Dick's got hit -18% today because weak golf and HUNTING sales. Didn't they drop modern sporting rifles 2yrs ago???
Groupon(grpn)- hahahaaha Do i need to explain more?
Chipotle(CMG)- we shall see.... I am strongly betting against them. Even before this, I might like to food there, but I didn't like the company valuation anyways.

There's holes even in your list of 'newly pro-gun' businesses and the list of 'newly anti' is substantially longer and growing daily due to stupid tactics like this unfortunately.

What do you think the take-away is for those who don't know firearms who happened to be Chipotle when these clowns walked in? I bet the jump on the anti-gun bandwagon post haste so they don't have to be terrified 'legally' next time they just want a burrito.

[Jer]

The "idiots from our side" were an isolated incident that would never have been seen in Chipotle headquarters if it wasn't for the organized pressure campaign of Bloomberg's Mommy Brigade sending them thousands of copies of that photo of the two goobers above.

Keep trying to blame this on Bloomberg but that dog don't hunt in this situation. We're all still responsible for our own actions and there is NO action where this reaction is acceptable short of a civil war.

[Bailey Guns]

I probably wouldn't let those two assholes into my gunstore (if I had one) like that, much less my restaurant. Douchebags....plain and simple.

[Jer]

I probably wouldn't let those two assholes into my gunstore (if I had one) like that, much less my restaurant. Douchebags....plain and simple.

Excellent point.

[Ranger353]

I probably wouldn't let those two assholes into my gunstore (if I had one) like that, much less my restaurant. Douchebags....plain and simple.

+1 It makes me angry because I have spent a lot of time over the years trying to prove to people that gun owners are mostly level-headed common sense citizens that don't do stupid shit; and with one gigantic step into a pile of shit these two funktards send all of us back 10 years in our discussions.

[PugnacAutMortem]

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 .

Ok...how about we do a little experiment...how about you go out somewhere in town where OC is legal and pull out your pistol to pose for a picture inside an establishment. You think that isn't brandishing? Try telling that to the gaggle of officers drawn on you.