Grace and Foreside restaurants in Portland Maine.....for those who want to know the name.

 

How in the world do you keep pro-gun people out? Are people being asked if they support the 2nd to get in?

 

Seems wholly impractical to me. Imagine it was mostly an attention grab.

 

I might wait until the check came and then tell them that I build AR's as a hobby and ask if they still wanted my money.

 

I know how that would go;

"Cruel right-wing-nut job makes political statement by denying pay to a hard working restaurateur. Story at eleven."

 

Maybe they stop anyone at the door wearing a gun related piece of clothing and bar entry?!? It'd be worth a visit if I bothered to go there. I'd wear my Colt ball cap. : Then sue them for refusing me. It worked for the ones who sued for no cake.

 

Hope nothing bad happens in her restaurant, Cops have ar-15's in their cars here, most likely they do in Maine also. :

 

I'm going to open a business that will not serve people who believe cement because i believe in mirrors.

Can anyone argue we are not picking up speed to oblivion?

 

And the restauraunt owner will know your personal business...How?

 

Just another mental defective liberal .

I'd bet she's not originally from Maine ?

 

I wouldn't eat there because the owner has just put a big, fat, red target on that business. I wonder how many times they will get robbed before she wishes she had kept her mouth shut? A genius she is not.

 

Portland ME is nothing more than Northern MA

 

So . . . barring gun owners is okay, but any/every other protected class is not?

Is everyone equal or not?
Is a restaurant public or not?

 

A restaurant is not public. Neither is a store, or anywhere else that is owned by a private individual or company. Thus, they can set whatever rules they like. And we're free to vote with our wallets and shop elsewhere if we don't like the rules. Sorta like websites setting rules on what can and can't be said.

And I have yet to see a restaurant that doesn't have a sign saying "we reserve the right to refuse service to anyone". So it's not like any of this is new.

 

Gun owners aren't a protected class. If I was inclined to go there, I would. If their laws are like Kentucky's laws, I would carry concealed anyway. I don't put myself into bad situations if I can help it, though, and you can bet criminals will take note that the business is defenseless.

 

As her business she has that right but I think it's funny, would she not want Business from military or LEOs either? If there laws are like PAs as well I would carry concealed also. I don't understand this kind of thinking. Its ridiculous that you would alienated people who believe in the 2nd amendment which is a growing population, I know people who are more liberal that are coming around to buying there first guns. And are now regularly shooting and getting concealed carry permits.i have an uncle whos never owned or shot an AR but has bolt actions and revolvers from many years ago, he is buying his first ar 15 this week. He said he is sicknof people saying what he can and can't have so he is buying one. I want to build my first Ar in the next few months as well. Funny the Restraunt I used to work at had no problems with open or concealed carry. We have had customers ask about someone carrying and we've told them we encourage it. Any customers that knew I carried said they felt saver that staff was armed.

 

Well it's her establishment . I believe she should have the right to refuse anyone .
She also has the right to be a foolish , head up her butt liberal .

 

I had to look up the restaurant to see what a "fancy" restaurant in MA looks like.
Maybe I got the wrong restaurant..... it looks like a church converted into an eatery.

Either way, what dim wit business owner would ask potential patrons if they like guns to see if they will deny service?
This makes zero sense.

 

And the sign said...

Realistically, it should be her right, but I see no way to practically enforce it and even then she is liable to lose business and probably her source of income.

 

We can only hope.

 

No guns in the restaurant ...

Can you still get shots at the bar?

 

It's an oxymoron, right?
Fancy & Maine restaurant.

 

Along with folks that like guns there are people that don't own them, but do support the constitution and the rights within. I think it would be a hoot of her business fell off 40-50%. I know I wouldn't set foot in either of her two resturants..

 

The restaurant can do as it chooses ... but mgmt shouldn't be surprised if LE takes its time getting on the scene if the burglar alarm goes off.

 

The police CAN'T respond. She BANNED them.

 

http://heatst.com/culture-wars/maine-restaurant-guns/

it's not like they lost my business. I don't eat in those kinds of fancy pretentious places anyway. You can find way better food, for way better prices.

OMG!!! She created a gun-free zone and banned the police from entering it!!! What a total ****ing retard!!!

 

Well it looks like I may make a reservation....then call them 10 min after I am supposed to arrive and tell them I found out about their policy and hang up.

If we get enough people to do this it will add some pain to their existence.

 

Portland leans liberal. It is the most urban city in our state, with the highest taxes in our state. The last mayor they had tried to outlaw CCW permits, he lost that argument because our state constitution says CCW is 'shall issue' statewide.

Within a small 40-mile radius of Portland there are so many people that it actually accounts for 50% of the state population. A tiny 0.05% of the state has half of the state population. If you look at the congressional district lines, one district is basically a circle around Portland, while the remaining 99.95% of the state is the other congressional district.

Portland is a completely different place. Two years ago a guy who already owned two restaurants, wanted to open a Hooters franchise in Portland. The city shut him down because they thought it was far too risque for the Portland elite [in interviews the city council members thought Hooters were strip clubs].

One other thing 'Maine liquor licenses': if a business sells alcohol as a major part of their business, CCW is illegal in that business. So depending on what kind of a restaurant it is, CCW might not be allowed anyway. ?

The big economy of Maine is tourism. They will do backflips to attract tourists from Mass. Portland is considered a 'bedroom community of Boston' and pays heavily to subsidize a special passenger train that runs from Boston to Portland, just to cater to the Boston elite. Portland will do whatever they think will attract the rich from Boston to come up and play tourist.

 

FACT: 133 people were killed in Maine last year using a firearm.
FACT: 2,952 people were killed in Maine due to heart disease.
FACT: Ms. Verrill's restaurant is more of a health & safety risk than guns in Maine.

 

Cultural McCarthyism.

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Wear a shirt that said "Gays With Guns" or some such. Get a few hundred thousand dollars.

 

Wonder what they would do if Milo strutted through their door in all his fabulousness. Lol.

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