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Mudinyeri:

--- Quote from: Bucket on June 01, 2014, 04:25:49 PM ---Is that just speculation, or do you have some information that supports the notion that they will lose a good portion of their customer base?  It seems to me that it will have a negligible effect as open carry of weapons in restaurants isn't really all that prevalent and I suspect most people are probably indifferent to restaurants asking patrons to refrain from doing so.

I have no issue with folks carrying openly in public in any venue, but I don't know that it will impact their bottom lines much.

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It's primarily speculation but, in a market like Omaha, most restaurants can't afford to lose a single customer.

Joe58:
Hi - new here to the board but I wanted to ask on this one.

Nebraska is an open carry state, unless it is posted otherwise, correct? I'm not trying be a smart a@@, I'm just asking.

Reason I'm asking is about a year ago I was in a Walmart, not one in Omaha or Lincoln, I noticed two gentleman dressed in jeans and tshirts, both wearing sidearms on their hip in open carry. And I'm sure they were not LEO just because of the gear they were wearing. And investigators don't open carry. Especially when grocery shopping.

I noticed them again in a checkout line and as far as I could tell, they didn't get any grief, but I did notice they were getting a lot of attention from other customers.

I'm just not sure if it was sending a good or bad message. I've seen many people walking into a cafe or bomgaars during deer or turkey season with a pistol, or a knife on their hip and nobody pays any attention.

Maybe sometimes there's a right way to do it, and other times maybe not. Dunno the answer. It's a tough question. Seems as though different parts of the state vary in opinion.

I remember as a boy walking down the street heading down to the creek to squirrel and rabbit hunt carrying my .22 and never was even looked at. And every boy in school had a pocket knife. Often times a teacher would ask to use it. Now days the SWAT team would have me on the ground in about 90 seconds. Lol.

LM4202:

--- Quote from: Joe58 on June 05, 2014, 01:53:16 PM ---I remember as a boy walking down the street heading down to the creek to squirrel and rabbit hunt carrying my .22 and never was even looked at. And every boy in school had a pocket knife. Often times a teacher would ask to use it. Now days the SWAT team would have me on the ground in about 90 seconds. Lol.

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The world has changed since you and I were boys...and not for the better.  We live in a much more violent world, where lunatics shoot up schools and kill innocent people there, young students planning on killing other students, lunatics shooting up malls, etc.   There's even a chance of being shot and killed in a movie theater.  Then there's all the sex offenders and serial killers roaming around, its almost not safe to let your kids play outside anymore.  I know it wasn't like that when I was a kid. 

And no, I don't support OC.  They only OC where its "safe" to OC like in small town Nebraska, and most of the people they will encounter are soccer moms and those types.  OC in the bad neighborhoods of Lincoln and Omaha, where you will likely encounter Bloods, Crips, Surenos, Indian Nation, MS-13, Latin Kings, etc, and see where that gets you.  You will cause alarm in those areas.

LM4202:

--- Quote from: Mudinyeri on June 02, 2014, 07:17:46 AM ---It's primarily speculation but, in a market like Omaha, most restaurants can't afford to lose a single customer.


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I speculate that they are willing to lose the business of a few of what THEY consider "gun nuts". 

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