Charleston's restaurants are now Anti Gun.

[BulletSponge]

Back in mid Feb. the wife and I drove up to Charleston's to have lunch and as I walked to the door I noticed a anti gun sticker (no gun alowed) on the lower part of the door so we drove to a restaurant west of them and had lunch. I went to Charleston's web site after I got home and sent them an email telling them that we won't be eating there any longer. About a week later they sent us an email back telling us that it's only there for insurance purposes and to come as I had for years. I told them that it won't work for anyone carrying a handgun and that it was against the law to do so. We have no response after the last email. We are both upset about this because it's our favorite place to eat in Indy and we drive all the way up to Castleton from Greenwood to eat there. They are part of the Hal Smith restaurant group and have two locations in Indiana, one in Castleton just west of I-69 and one in Westfield, In. Please call or email them and tell them your upset about the sticker and there
Anti-Gun stance.

Thank you!
The BulletSpponge

 

[long coat]

What is against the law?

 

[Tripp11]

What is against the law?

+1

 

[Hotdoger]

Back in mid Feb. the wife and I drove up to Charleston's to have lunch and as I walked to the door I noticed a anti gun sticker (no gun alowed) on the lower part of the door so we drove to a restaurant west of them and had lunch. I went to Charleston's web site after I got home and sent them an email telling them that we won't be eating there any longer. About a week later they sent us an email back telling us that it's only there for insurance purposes and to come as I had for years. I told them that it won't work for anyone carrying a handgun and that it was against the law to do so. We have no response after the last email. We are both upset about this because it's our favorite place to eat in Indy and we drive all the way up to Castleton from Greenwood to eat there. They are part of the Hal Smith restaurant group and have two locations in Indiana, one in Castleton just west of I-69 and one in Westfield, In. Please call or email them and tell them your upset about the sticker and there
Anti-Gun stance.

Thank you!
The BulletSpponge

Sorry BS but No gun signs have no force of law in Indiana.

 

[Shootsforfun]

There is nothing against the law here.

 

[Scutter01]

About a week later they sent us an email back telling us that it's only there for insurance purposes and to come as I had for years.

"No, thank you. Your sign is offensive to my deeply-held beliefs and I refuse to spend my money there until it comes down."

 

[joncon]

My wife's brother lives near Castleton we won't be eating there either, thanks for the heads up

 

[Hornett]

sent us an email back telling us that it's only there for insurance purposes

If I only had a nickel for every time I heard that or "It's a liability issue"...

 

[Hemingway]

I'm a bit confused.

You are allowed to carry your gun there and you like the food.

What's the issue?

By the way, I love that place, too. It's my favorite. I'm always armed in there as well. Westfield is a dangerous place, I'm always strapped up in there.

 

[miguel]

I ate at the one in Westfield shortly after it opened many years ago. Everything tasted crappy, so I never went back.

 

[Scutter01]

I'm a bit confused.

You are allowed to carry your gun there and you like the food.

What's the issue?

By the way, I love that place, too. It's my favorite. I'm always armed in there as well. Westfield is a dangerous place, I'm always strapped up in there.

What if the sign said "No Blacks" but corporate told you "That's just there for insurance purposes. Come on in!"?

 

[Faine]

What if the sign said "No Blacks" but corporate told you "That's just there for insurance purposes. Come on in!"?

I always appreciate Scutter taking the time to show us how offensive things really are. Puts perspective on the ignorance inherent in the system.

 

[Hemingway]

Well, I guess I'd go in. Armed. I like the food there and they told you they allow weapons. And presumably they would allow blacks, even if they put a sticker up saying "no blacks."

I guess I just don't understand what significance anyone puts in a sticker? I mean, I park in the "Harley Davidson Parking Only" and "Irish American Parking Only" spots.

If they put up a "No Shoplifting" sticker, would that prevent me from shoplifting? Of course not.

I didn't think anyone follows stickers. I see fat chicks in cars with "No fat chicks" stickers on them.

I guess I'm not just into controversy for controversy's sake.

 

[Que]

What if the sign said "No Blacks" but corporate told you "That's just there for insurance purposes. Come on in!"?

If I liked the food, I would go and eat.

 

[BulletSponge]

If you carry a gun into any place that is posted (on guns alowed) you could lose your CCW and end up in court. Well I have an up date. THEY GAVE IN! They emailed me back and told me ( Thank you for communicating to us about your feelings about the firearms issue. We have removed the sticker and have no plans revisit the topic. Please understand that this is not a topic that we did not supported.


Hope to see you again


Gary Richenberg
Charleston's Castleton

 

[BulletSponge]

Carry your gun to a school and you will find out. Plus I won't spend my money with someone who hates me and my gun.

 

[femurphy77]

If you carry a gun into any place that is posted (on guns alowed) you could lose your CCW and end up in court. Well I have an up date. THEY GAVE IN! They emailed me back and told me ( Thank you for communicating to us about your feelings about the firearms issue. We have removed the sticker and have no plans revisit the topic. Please understand that this is not a topic that we did not supported.


Hope to see you again


Gary Richenberg
Charleston's Castleton

Um. . .where?

 

[HoughMade]

Carry your gun to a school and you will find out. Plus I won't spend my money with someone who hates me and my gun.

A school and a restaurant and far different things. There is a law specifically making it illegal to carry at a school. There is no law making it, per se, illegal to carry where there is a no gun sign. However, that doesn't mean that they can't cause a stink.

BTW- I saw this sign, no words, just the picture, at a local restaurant:

I took it to mean no Beretta 92s, M9s or 96s...or equivalent Tauruses (with a trigger in the "pulled" position, apparently).
As I carry an M&P, I was fine with it.

 

[singlesix]

A school and a restaurant and far different things. There is a law specifically making it illegal to carry at a school. There is no law making it, per se, illegal to carry where there is a no gun sign. However, that doesn't mean that they can't cause a stink.

BTW- I saw this sign, no words, just the picture, at a local restaurant:

I took it to mean no Beretta 92s, M9s or 96s...or equivalent Tauruses (with a trigger in the "pulled" position, apparently).
As I carry an M&P, I was fine with it.

I take it to mean "no broken guns allowed, we only want operational guns, so you can shoot the bad guy if he comes in"

 

[gregkl]

Um. . .where?

Yup. I'd like to see that also. You are only breaking a law if you enter an establishment with a firearm, and that establishment has a no firearms allowed posting and when asked to leave, you refuse. Then you are in violation of trespassing. This you can be arrested for.

With the exception of certain places that it is illegal to bring a firearm. Courts, schools, etc.