Panera is the latest large chain to succumb to the blandishments of “Harpies For A Criminal-Safe World” “Moms Want Action” (a fully-owned subsidiary of Michael Bloomberg).
Bakery-cafe chain Panera Bread has joined a growing list of retailers including Starbucks and Target by announcing that customers should leave their guns at home.
It makes no difference to me – I have eaten at Panera exactly thrice, and the last two, it was because someone else was picking up the tab. I never ever really want an $8 grilled cheese sandwich that bad.
In the weeks and months leading up to this policy announcement, Panera Bread sought advice from Michael Bloomberg-backed Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, now part of the former Mayor’s $50 million Everytown nonprofit.
Behind every dumb decision about guns…
“Panera deserves our thanks and our congratulations for taking this important step, and I applaud the company for proactively consulting Moms Demand Action as it developed and implemented its policy,” said the group’s founder Shannon Watts, who has herself become the focus of ire from open carry activists and the NRA in recent months following efforts to see retailers and restaurant chains change their firearms policies.
And everyone deserves Moms Want Action’s(a fully-owned subsidiary of Michael Bloomberg) thanks for taking this action, which will end “gun violence” at Panera restraurants nationwide…
…oh, wait. Never mind.
Well, if they’re going to tell the world that I’m without defense against criminals, I guess they don’t want my money. Fair enough.
These businesses need to be made to bear the liability of these policies. If they require their customers to be defenseless without providing security, then the next victim (or their surviving family) needs to sue some “common sense” into them.
Though I can assure you that it won’t be me.
Last week on a flight I saw a boy of 8-10 years kicking the seat in front of him. The man in that seat got out of his chair, pulled his gun, pistol-whipped the boy, and threatened to blow his brains all over his sister if he did it again. That put a stop to the seat kicking. The other passengers indicated their approval.
Oh, I’m sorry, I was having one of my concealed carry fantasy dreams. It’s amazing to hear concealed carry proponents describe how their carrying a gun will solve day-to-day problems for themselves and others. Many are like the one above. The disconnect from any sense of reality is astonishing. The actual reality more closely resembles the vigilante who sprayed a Home Depot parking lot with bullets trying to stop a shoplifter (unsuccessfully).