Any interest in staging a Pro-Carry protest against a restaurant that bans?

[TGO David]

From the Clarksville's The Leaf Chronicle.

Restaurant owners cheered Bredesen's veto. Boscos co-owner Andy Feinstone put signs up this month banning handguns in his three Tennessee restaurants, including in Hillsboro Village, in anticipation of the bill becoming state law.

"I think it's great that the governor vetoed it, and hopefully it doesn't get overridden," Feinstone said.

So I am curious. How many of you would participate in a lawful, peacful protest in front of the Hillsboro Village location of Boscos restaurant following the presumed Tennessee House & Senate override of Governor Bredesen's veto?

Here is what I am thinking:

• We would do this on public property, such as the sidewalk or roadside.

• We would do NOTHING to block or otherwise make it difficult for patrons of Boscos to enter or exit their property. We would just be there to peacefully and unobtrusively protest the manager's decision.

• We would hand out flyers to any interested party including a summary of HB0962, why we believe it makes good law. Also it would include a copy of the statement from the Boscos management (see above) and explain why we are protesting them.

• We would all dress nicely (i.e. no camo, no t-shirts with controversial or profane slogans or logos) and look the part of the responsible gun-owning Average Americans that we are.

• Our picket signs would all use proper spelling and grammar so that we don't look like uneducated morons.

• Optionally, we would wear EMPTY holsters as a show of being rendered defenseless by the management's decision to forbid us legal carry under the new law.

• I would contact the Steve Gill show by US mail, email and phone call asking them to come out and cover the protest and give the cause a little radio exposure.

• We would also have our own people video-tape the entire thing for submission to Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly or anyone else who wants to air it. Especially useful if some anti-2A people get nasty with us.

The goals of this would be to:

• Put these restaurant owners on notice that not only will they lose our business as pro-personal protection consumers, but they will also have unwanted attention drawn to their practice.

• Inspire restaurant owners to reconsider their decisions and remove their individual ban on being able to protect ourselves while dining in their establishments.

• By dressing nicely, having intelligently worded signs and flyers, and conducting ourselves peacefully and with tact and decorum, show that gun owners are not all neanderthal redneck backwoods hicks as the media paints us so broadly.

If successful, this model can be employed again and again as needed across the state.

Thoughts?

[Motasyco]

If there are any restaurants in east TN that have taken the same position as Boscos, and we want to set up something there, count me in.

[JustAGuy]

I think it is a great idea! Of course I wouldn't be able to participate in this one, but hopefully I could in the future.

[Punisher84]

• By dressing nicely, having intelligently worded signs and fyers, and conducting ourselves peacefully and with tact and decorum, show that gun owners are not all neanderthal redneck backwoods hicks as the media paints us so broadly.

I'm all for it, but what's a fyer? I'm sorry David, I'm sorry, but how could I pass that up given the context?

I think this is a great idea in all seriousness though!

[Volzfan]

Sure! Let's do it.

[nraforlife]

I think we need a HCP Protection Act. Whereas we, as HCP holders, can get the poop sued out of us for using our legally carried handgun if we shoot someone, or flash it, accidentally or on purpose, we should be able to sue ANYBODY whether private or STATE government should we be disarmed - by a posting or ban, and an incident occur where having our firearm could have, to a reasonable juror, possibly prevented or lessen an injury to the HCP holder or another. Or some law to that effect.

[dralarms]

The only thing I disagree with is "unarmed" hell if I'm on a public street I'm armed. I'm not disarming for them, period. Now if you are talking about going in ordering a coke, sitting there taking up space and costing them money then I would have to be disarmed. Otherwise, I'm Ocing a Desert Eagle 50ae.




Actually that last part is a joke.

[DaveTN]

No, I certainly would not take part in something like this.
Tennessee recognizes no 2^nd amendment rights. All we have is privileges that we can buy from the state; I am willing to pay for them and would like to keep them.

We are on the minority side of this. The majoririty of people do not agree with guns & liquor. They agree with the Governor that “It defies common sense”.

Business owners could care less that they lose our business; it would be insignificant.
But if you ask people to take sides the entire HCP carry program is going to be painted as a group that supports “Guns in bars”. Even though we know that is not what this is about I don’t think I saw a news report that did not start with “Guns in bars”.

I do not support guns and liquor. I agree with the Governor that it defies common sense, and I do not want to put my privilege of carrying a firearm at risk.

I support that we should be able to carry and that it should be a recognized right instead of a privilege; but it is not.

I will not take part in this; I do not support it and hope you guys think long and hard about what you are getting ready to do.

[benchpresspower]

I think we need a HCP Protection Act. Whereas we, as HCP holders, can get the poop sued out of us for using our legally carried handgun if we shoot someone, or flash it, accidentally or on purpose, we should be able to sue ANYBODY whether private or STATE government should we be disarmed - by a posting or ban, and an incident occur where having our firearm could have, to a reasonable juror, possibly prevented or lessen an injury to the HCP holder or another. Or some law to that effect.

I think that there was something in the works on this but not neccessarily sure if it went anywhere or not.

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On a side note however, I would like to see the letter the TN Restaurant Assoc. sent Bredesen disclosed and see EXACTLY which chains or individuals supported the veto so we can turn right around and "veto" them. In other words these restaurants want to take your money but don't give a flying monkey butt about your safety. I may be wrong and I am sure someone may post the link here but I think we had a petition or poll going on here a while back about us on here agreeing not to patronize ANY restaurant that chooses to carry. I'm all for that. I'll help with the protest.

[TGO David]

I'm all for it, but what's a fyer? I'm sorry David, I'm sorry, but how could I pass that up given the context?

I think this is a great idea in all seriousness though!

You're a dick.