I know many of you have already seen this site, the goal of which is to list those restaurants that have signs posted forbidding the lawful concealed carry of firearms by patrons.
Many of you have already commented there, as well. Good show.
The most recent post contains the following quote from Wendi Thomas, a Commercial Squeal columnist (with a hilarious work history, BTW) who seems to have implanted her larynx directly into her rectum:
The other side will argue that folks without permits are probably packing at restaurants right now — and I need law-abiding, pistol-packing vigilantes to protect me.
But in 37 years of dining out, I have not been shot. Nor have I had to gaze at a firearm while I eat. And I like it that way.
I love this gem, at the bottom of Thomas’s most recent post – Reasoned Discourse, AWAY!
REMINDER: If you think guns and alcohols and restaurants are a good idea, don’t bother commenting here. Go start your own site. Seriously. Comments are moderated and I won’t be approving anything that isn’t in the vein of who this site is designed for. Looking for a toilet to complain – the CA’s comment boards are free and open to you. Whizz away.
So our comments which don’t subscribe to her fingers-in-the-ears logic are excrement? Mmhm.
Granted, everyone has say over what will and won’t be posted on their website, but I have to commend the moderator of SafeRestaurants for at least leaving opposing viewpoints in the comment section.
Wendi has never earned anything but indifference from me, until now. Now? She has earned my contempt.
For posterity’s sake, in case comments start disappearing, I’ll post my response to the first quote here:
Yet another case of someone not reading the law before commenting on it…
Concealed carry means you would be no more likely to “gaze at a firearm” while eating than before. And being inside a restaurant (or in a hospital, or on a college campus, or in a state park…) makes a lawful gun owner no more likely to shoot someone than they would be if they were walking down the street.
In fact, I think you’re more likely to accidentally bite your tongue while dining than you are to actually see a firearm while you’re out, regardless of your location.
Guns are not magical things that turn any holder into a bloodthirsty madman (or mad-woman). They’re simply tools, and very effective ones, for self-defense. Any place that puts the value of my life lower than that of their most popular entree is not a place in which I will be doing any business.
I mean it, too. I will be subscribing to Wendi’s site, as well as the SafeRestaurant site, only to get information on places where I know my money is not as welcome as the money of those who would just as soon roll over and take it than actually stand up for themselves in any context.
Wendi has a pretty long history of being rabidly anti-firearm and anti-firearm-owners, so this most-recent foraey into outright bigotry is really nothing new for her (unfortunately).
I do, however, love the whole larynx-in-rectum thing, though :).
I’m a sucker for poetic insults. It sounds so much better than, “talking out her ass”, doesn’t it?
[...] Squeaky, who seems upset that Wendi and her big brain don’t want comments that shatter the worldview. [...]
Holy SHIT, I hate Wendi Williams. I wrote to her several years ago because she had some dipshit column about how white men were the reason behind Memphis’s problems. I wrote her in a very nice tone telling her how much of an idiot she was and she wrote back a very short response basically telling me I was an idiot for thinking her column was racist, sexist and offensive.
I have NO idea how she still has her job, but I guarantee no other paper in the county would be willing to print half the stupid and offensive stuff she writes.
er Thomas
She is sexist, racist, and offensive. She has serious issues.
She still has a job because she’s a black female, and this is Memphis. Plain and simple. She tried to move up to another city (Minneapolis? Maybe?), and there was a big to-do about her leaving to go to a bigger paper, and she ran back home in three months with her tail between her legs to write for the CA again.
If the restaurant has the “No Gunz” sign up, then I guess they’re assuming Strict Liability for my safety while dining.
I kid. A “No Gunz” sign means I’m more than happy to keep me, my handgun and my money out of said establishment.
If they have a “no gunz” sign, I wouldn’t trust them to take my order correctly, let alone take my safety seriously…lol.
I’m keeping track of the restaurants so that I’ll know where NOT to go. And I know that criminals are keeping track of the restaurants that block concealed carry so that they know the easiest folks to hit up. It sounds like hyperbole, but unfortunately in this city, you can’t ever assume that something like that WON’T happen.
http://www.learntocarry.com offers a downloadable and printable .pdf “No Guns=No Money” business card template for such places. The front has the No Guns = No $$$ graphic. The back says, among other things:
“Missouri Concealed Permit Holders:
-Are at least 23 years of age
-Are law-abiding citizens–verified by law enforcement
-Have submitted fingerprints and undergone background checks
-Have passed firearms training and know proper weapons handling
-Know Missouri law on concealed carry and justifiable use of force ”
A similar card I saw elsewhere asked at the end of this list, “How much do you know about your other customers?”
Surely something like that could be printed up to hand out in Tennessee.
I’ve actually already seen something similar to that. I plan to purchase some when I have the funds. Thanks!
I absolutely love the tag for this post. “Fucktardery” Brilliant!
I’ve had that tag for a while – I just haven’t had ample opportunity to use it until now. :-)