AntiGun Insanity in Denny's

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Sometimes even I am speechless:

An Illinois police chief has banned his officers from a Belleville Denny’s Restaurant after a manager told five on-duty detectives they had to leave because one of them had a firearm.
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http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarne...fuses-to-serve-gun-toting-police-officer.html

“(The manager) stated that he had a complaint from another customer about the weapon and she had to take the weapon outside or leave,” he said.

The manager told the detectives that Denny’s only allows officers in uniform to carry weapons. The detectives said that wasn’t going to happen so they got up to leave.

Sax said the restaurant’s general manager eventually came over and said it was fine for the detectives to be in the restaurant.

“At this point the detectives were very embarrassed and felt the situation was entirely too awkward for them to remain and all left the restaurant,” Sax said.
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The funny thing is I don't think IL has concealed carry either. I recall a few years ago at a Dennys the Secret Service agents received very poor service there and sued on racial grounds. I wonder now if they just don't like cops?
 
Gee, that ain't TX - I was eating with friends at an upscale lunch place and five finely dressed middle-aged women came in. A double take as they all had Glocks on their belts and gold shields. Female detectives out for lunch.
 
Denny's... Denny's... I don't believe I'd ever had the pleasure of eating at Denny's.

I don't believe I'd patronize an establishment that didn't want my business. There's too many greasy spoons down the road with good food.
 
Heard this today myself,and couldn't say anything.I'd bet when they are robbed they will think about it again when they don't respond to it,cus I sure wouldn't.If I did I would say can I go in or am I not to because I have a gun.:D
 
A bit of selective quoting, eh, OP?

A spokesperson for Denny’s told Fox News told Fox News the restaurant manager made a mistake. They do allow both uniformed and non-uniformed officers to carry weapons in the restaurant.
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And this is why I patronize waffle house for my mid-rats...

Not Georgia either, I went to lunch with a group of buddies who work at a larger gun store at a local diner and they were all openly carrying. Come to find out the mgmt of said local diner likes there presence.
 
The strangest part, to me anyway, is that the Denny's employee didn't tell the nervous customer, "I'm sorry, but the police have a right to be here armed." or something to that effect. I'll bet they wish they had now though.
 
Why should one person be able to say that another person can not eat at a restaurant because they are "uncomfortable".

Wasn't this the exact same rationale that was used to keep black people out of white restaurants? Because of comfort? And its divulged into firearms instead?

Humans don't change, just the details.
 
Guns in the sky....

If I were the armed/soft clothes police detective, I would calmly & politely remind the restaurant employee about the small town police dept officers who were shot in a diner in WA state a few years ago. A deranged gunman walked in & shot the uniformed cops as they ate.
There was a 24hr Whataburger place where I live that offered discounts to sworn LE & armed, uniformed security officers. The young kid on the night shift once told me; "if you have a badge & a gun, you get the discount.". ;)

This Denny's sounds like an isolated incident. I wouldn't go there.

Clyde
ps: The Whataburger restaurant is closed now. :(
 
True story,

I read this in a gun mag's "stupid criminals" section. This occured in 1988. Three guys went into a restaurant and hold up the place. It turns out they picked the wrong place at the wrong time since there were three FBI agents having lunch there. The agents pursued the robbers and got into a shoot out in the parking lot. One criminal was seriously injured and one FBI agent suffered minor injuries.

Funniest part... It was my (now) father-in-law's restaurant.
 
And this is why I patronize waffle house for my mid-rats
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I haven't eaten there in quite some time, but I seem to recall them having a "no guns" policy posted.

Wretched food, anyhow. Once you go vegan, you never go back. :)
 
off-topic but true....

I agree with TS.
Denny's has rolled downhill in the last few years. :(
They join Waffle House & Perkins. The quality is way, way off.
IHOP is still okay but I'm sure they'll drop too.

I'd add that stories of dumb stick-up men or armed robberies of cops are common. The worse was a article by Massad Ayoob where he documented a hotel convention room filled with LE officers was stormed by a group of hapless robbers.

Clyde
 
sortof reminds you of a "MWG" call police often have to checkout (man with a gun)

someone complained and might not have even realized it was a LEO...the employee made the mistake of awkwardly confronting the police who then left(and apparently called the media?)

either way, employees represent entire establishments andor their companies, but I got to give dennys a pass. the same worker might work at IHop sometimes. so what? if one does want to condemn I guess you coukld also do that to IL as this would never happen in some other areas of the country
 
Are we really happy if Denny's policy is to allow POLICE to have guns in their restaurants? What about the rest of us?

What is Denny's policy regarding citizen concealed (or open) carry?
 
A bit of selective quoting, eh, OP?
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I was trying to follow fair use policy to keep TFL out of trouble. The original posting says that the general manager reversed the decision at the time to no avail.

Corporate hindsight is nearly always 20/20.
 
I haven't eaten there in quite some time, but I seem to recall them having a "no guns" policy posted.

Wretched food, anyhow. Once you go vegan, you never go back.
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Huh, me and the guys ate there before heading out to the swamp just the other day and didn't notice anything. And I was carrying, too.

Oops.

vegan? Is that the same as being a commie?:D
 
I don't like the fact that one individual could influence an eatery Mgr to have this done.

I don't like LEOs treated this way.

BUT, I also don't like a place that says it is OK for Gov't employees to have weapons when honest American citizens can not.
 
"Denny's has rolled downhill in the last few years."

Farther down than 1994 when they paid $54 million to settle more than 4300 claims of discrimination by African-American customers?
 
vegan? Is that the same as being a commie?
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Almost. I'll have an extra hamburger at supper for you, Tom:D.

Joking aside, sounds like it was merely an idiotic employee, rather than any kind of policy. I'm betting said employee received the good ol' pink slip shortly thereafter.
 
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