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ERIC LACH JUNE 2, 2014, 10:34 AM EDT
In a remarkably frank statement issued on Friday, the National Rifle Association said that gun activists in Texas had "crossed the line from enthusiasm to downright foolishness" with their demonstrations at fast food restaurants.
Activists, most notably those with a group called Open Carry Texas, have drawn attention to themselves recently for their attempts to get served at chain restaurants while carrying high-powered semiautomatic rifles. In response, several chains, including Chipotle, were compelled to ask customers to not bring guns to their restaurants. The backlash was such that the groups themselves felt compelled to issue a statement late last month asking their members to avoid carrying long arms into private businesses during demonstrations.
But in its statement Friday, the NRA's lobbying arm, the Institute for Legislative Action, went further, publicly denouncing the tactics employed by Open Carry Texas and other groups as "weird" and even "scary."
"As a result of these hijinx, two popular fast food outlets have recently requested patrons to keep guns off the premises," the unsigned statement said. "To state the obvious, that's counterproductive for the gun owning community."
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Xipe Totec
(43,872 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)now they are complaining about it destroying the village. Chutzpah.
aikoaiko
(34,127 posts)There has been growing unhappiness among the rank and file with open carry demonstrations. Note that open carry is supported, but demonstrations are weird and are often counterproductive.
enough
(13,237 posts)and get positioned to do some very efficient mass shooting.
I cant understand why anyone would stay around for one second in a place where an open carry demonstration is taking place. No wonder businesses don't want them.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)Same diff.
jmowreader
(50,453 posts)bigtree
(85,918 posts). . . they're to blame.
eppur_se_muova
(36,227 posts)just keep it up, guys, and you'll find out why.
frylock
(34,825 posts)sufrommich
(22,871 posts)Sums up the NRA's lame attempt at damage control nicely. They are responsible for the OC gun nuts, but like the typical right-wing cowards that they are, they are throwing them under the bus.
mikeysnot
(4,755 posts)don't show us for the fools that we are.