Chipotle Puts a Wrap on Guns

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May 22, 2014

Chipotle Puts a Wrap on Guns

It’s hurting instead of helping.

Burrito company Chipotle joined Starbucks and Jack in the Box in asking customers not to bring firearms in their restaurants. The move came after open carry activists brought guns into a Dallas location. One deputy sheriff explains the problem: “At what point are the open carry activists going to stop, take a breath, and look at the results of their actions? The results are not positive. The results, by any measure, are negative. If they keep this up, more states are going to follow the lead of CA, where open carry activists were recently successful in getting open carry outlawed. You guys aren’t helping us; you are hurting us!” The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, but it’s not enough to be law-abiding – we have to be responsible too. Provocative actions must be more calculating and strategic to truly counter leftists who work so hard to take rights away. More…

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