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TTT · 05-11-2008, 05:34 PM

Guns in restaurants draw stares but little outcry | Lynchburg News Advance

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RESTON, Va. (AP) — The patrons at Champps, an upscale restaurant and bar chain, were eating ribs and drinking beer on a recent Saturday when customer Bruce Jackson stood up and made an announcement: He was armed, and so were dozens of other patrons.
The armed customers stood up in unison, showing off holstered pistols and revolvers. Jackson said a word or two about the rights of gun owners to carry firearms in Virginia, then thanked everyone for their attention and sat down.
And the diners returned to their burgers and Budweisers.
The Virginia Citizens Defense League organized the dinner at Champps to prove a point: that the presence of armed customers in northern Virginia restaurants would elicit little more than shrugs.

XD45 mentioned at the end.

I like the idea of having some Open Carry get togethers.

**AZXD** · 05-11-2008, 05:48 PM

gsx1138 · 05-11-2008, 06:21 PM

Interesting but as pointless as chaining yourself to a tree to protest logging.

gsh341 · 05-11-2008, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by gsx1138

Interesting but as pointless as chaining yourself to a tree to protest logging.

I have to disagree. A right unexercised is a right easily lost. These citizens have decided to not only exercise their rights, but to do what they can to deter those that wish to take away those rights.

Any such struggle to preserve your rights is never pointless. Even if the struggle ultimately ends in failure, it was still a worthwhile endeavor.

Mercmar · 05-12-2008, 01:49 PM

Showing your ass in a restaurant isn't my idea of a reasonable exercising of one's rights.

Truly sophomoric display!

jtkratzer · 05-12-2008, 07:05 PM

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Saslaw said he’s not necessarily surprised that VCDL found restaurants in the region that would allow them to dine while armed. But he said that carrying guns is simply not normal behavior in this area.

“What normal person walks around with a gun on your hip? Something’s wrong in your life” if you feel compelled to carry a gun as part of your daily routine, he said.

I bet this ass changes his mind after he gets beat by someone who wants his wallet, or is shopping at a mall where guns are prohibited and a criminal shooting happens, or leaving a church service where a lunatic is shooting people in the parking lot.

lobster_roboto · 05-12-2008, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Mercmar

Showing your ass in a restaurant isn't my idea of a reasonable exercising of one's rights.

Truly sophomoric display!

I must of missed the part in the article.

splain please??

**Frenchy** · 05-12-2008, 10:19 PM

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“What normal person walks around with a gun on your hip? Something’s wrong in your life” if you feel compelled to carry a gun as part of your daily routine, he said.

I wonder if the cops know this?

Cogz · 05-13-2008, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by jtkratzer

I bet this ass changes his mind after he gets beat by someone who wants his wallet, or is shopping at a mall where guns are prohibited and a criminal shooting happens, or leaving a church service where a lunatic is shooting people in the parking lot.

This reminds me of a bit by Jack Benny.

Crook: Your money or your life! (while presenting a gun)

Jack Benny: (long pause)

Crook: Well! What is it?

Jack Benny: I'm Thinking about it!

05-11-2008, 05:48 PM	#2
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05-11-2008, 06:21 PM	#3
gsx1138 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Bremerton, Wa Posts: 311	Interesting but as pointless as chaining yourself to a tree to protest logging. __________________ “The very existence of flamethrowers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, "You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done."” ~ George Carlin on the flamethrower Yeah, it's me: http://www.myspace.com/yngvar Wake up America, watch: America Freedom to Fascism

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05-12-2008, 01:49 PM	#5
Mercmar XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,500	Showing your ass in a restaurant isn't my idea of a reasonable exercising of one's rights. Truly sophomoric display!