Cheesecake Factory Refuses to Serve ARMED OFFICERS
Six armed Washington state Corrections officers, in uniform, met to have lunch at Cheesecake Factory.
Three of them were carrying guns, and that is why Cheesecake Factory refused to serve them.
From The Blaze:
“They had seated us in the back area,” Miriam Nichols, who’s worked three years for the department of corrections, told KIRO-FM. “Shortly after the rest of our party arrived, we were asked to leave because we were carrying our firearms with us. They said they did not allow firearms in their establishment.”
The officers showed their badges and law enforcement IDs to restaurant’s managers. They explained why they were armed — but no dice.
“They said it didn’t matter, and they asked us to leave,” Nichols told KIRO. “We left quietly and tried not to make more of a scene than it already was.”
Cheesecake Factory staffers were polite about the whole thing, she added to the station: “There are only so many ways to politely kick someone out of an establishment, though.”
“I was a little floored that it was even happening,” Nichols added to KIRO. “This wasn’t the first place that my colleagues and I have gone to lunch … having contact with clients, offenders, the general public, while on duty. This is the first time we had this reaction.”
But once Nichols posted about her experience on Facebook, a lot of people were outraged.
number of commenters vowed to boycott the restaurant, which just opened Dec. 6, the News Tribune reported. Others were angry that the action took place so soon after a Tacoma police officer was fatally shot in the line of duty.
“It’s kind of given that law enforcement carry firearms,” Nichols told KIRO.
Soon after, Cheesecake Factory corporate released a statement: “Our policy is to allow uniformed and identified law enforcement officials to possess their service weapons on our premises. To the extent that there was a miscommunication of our policy, we sincerely apologize.”
Apparently a shift manager miscommunicated or misunderstood the policy, the News Tribune reported.
But among many who indicated support for the officers carrying their guns into the restaurant, at least one person who replied to Nichols’ original Facebook post on the matter didn’t see it that way.
“Sorry, but any place that has a strict no-gun policy and follows it to the letter is awesome,” the commenter said. “With no disrespect to the awesome men and women in law enforcement, if you’re on break and want to go to a restaurant…why bring your gun with you? I know I am uncomfortable around anyone with a gun, and I mean anyone, so if I am enjoying a meal at a restaurant…I’d like to not be rendered uncomfortable….”
That got a few folks riled up.
“Who cares about your comfortability?” one poster shot back. “Law enforcement carry all the time on and off duty because so many of them are shot to death while eating breakfast. That’s why they carry their firearms. Use common sense before posting something like this.”
“They carry when on break because they are still on duty,” another added. “I would rather eat with a cop then a snowflake like you. At least they have my 6 and I can eat in peace.”
“Have fun in your gun free zones when you are a sitting duck for an active shooter,” another poster said. “Why do you think that mass shootings take place in gun free zones?”
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Liberals don’t want our police, and military to have guns? Damn!
We’ll ALL Cheesecake Factory’s are now off of my list. Boycotting!!!!
2nd amendment. Carry my gun wherever the fck i want. Trump is in charge now,,and all those libertard unconstitutional gun laws being reveresed soon everywhere including libertard California. The libertard reign is over for ever..Now get the fck out of country you stupid anti American anti freedom Polyezniy idiots
You sound like a heartless bigoted idiot. She belongs here ,if not more so, than u; thieves, liars and cheats has been the history of you people
Only blind, deaf and crazy are those who supported that psychopath; pathetic, hot headed losers.
Go back to Oz.. Can’t understand who the fk you are referring to. The wicked witch of the North Hillary rapist child molester Clinton? Can’t wait until Pizza Gate is investigated..
dorthey2750:
To emasculated, gutless Marxist scum like you I am heartless and I reserve the coldest and most brutal levels of cruelty for pieces of $hit like you.
That’s the ONLY way to be with Communists.
You´re so right.
If we Germans were allowed carrying guns with us, those terroristic sandniggers never had a chance to kill us as they do now. under fully aknolwdge of our criminal government.
Amen to that! I don’t give a flying F*ck what the sign on the door says, my gun is ALWAYS with me. Unless I have to walk through a magnetron (metal detector) I am armed. I just don’t let the idiot snowflakes see it.
Amanda,
You’re absolutely right to do so. Screw the snowflakes – this is America!
agreed!
I will never return to. One of cheesecake factory
Only a criminal or an idiot would be nervous eating around law enforcement officers So which one are you? Not only would I feel comfortable around them I would also offer to pay for their meal. You cannot do eonough for these folks that put their lives on the line each and every day to keep us save.
Perhaps the restaurant had strong BLM ties
The 2nd amendment is a natural right and the bill of rights is there to make sure that the government holds true to our natural rights and our forefathers know that and even talk about it in some of their journals and some of the documents themselves. California is the biggest offender and if you live there .Don’t pass go just get the fuck out before they throw you jail for having you own opinion that goes against their whinny snowflake opinions. If you are a gun owner never give up your natural right to own them ever fight to the death before you do. If we give up our guns we will lose all of our rights and live under a dictatorship from that point on.
I hope when their restaurant is in the process of being robbed they make a 911 call, and the Operator says sorry we can’t respond, because you banned us from your restaurant,. No guns allowed.
A man afraid of guns isn’t a man at all. He is a castrated cuck who is to immature to handle the responsibility. Grow some balls and go get some training at a gun range from a professional and learn how to properly use a firearm. You’ll be pro 2nd Amendment in no time. Unless you like being a victim because you are to cowardly to arm and defend yourself and your loved ones.
Damn right, Honrado! Think how the castrati will feel right after you save their bacon from some perp. Americans don’t bow to the wishes of those who don’t take responsibility for their own safety, especially since they don’t realize that they’re much safer because of those of us with CCW’s!