<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Courtesy of Opposing Views at:</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/guns/pub-owner-sparks-outrage-sign-banning-concealed-weapons-his-bar">http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/guns/pub-owner-sparks-outrage-sign-banning-concealed-weapons-his-bar</a></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"> </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">-----------------------------------</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><h1 class="title" id="page-title" style="font-weight: 400; text-shadow: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; text-transform: capitalize; line-height: 1.4; font-size: 1.4em; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">Pub Owner Sparks Outrage With Sign Banning Concealed Weapons</h1><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A South Carolina pub owner is facing intense public backlash after he posted a sign forbidding patrons from bringing concealed weapons into his bar.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“NO CONCEALED WEAPONS ALLOWED,” the sign reads. “If you are such a loser that you feel a need to carry a gun with you when you go out, I do not want your business. Douchebag.”</span></p></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The sign started bringing negative attention to Backstreets Pub & Deli when the website <a href="http://twitchy.com/2014/03/18/who-are-the-douchebags-you-wont-believe-this-clemson-sc-pubs-sneering-sign-slamming-gun-owners-pics/" style="text-decoration: none;">Twitchy grabbed an image of it</a> off of Twitter. Hundreds of gun rights supporters have since taken to Yelp and hammered the pub with poor reviews.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Not allowing law abiding permit holding background checked conceal carry permit holders into your establishment is begging for criminals to come in and make an easy target out of you,” one reviewer wrote.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“So, you would even insult the soldiers that fought for your freedom and right to post that offensive sign?” a reviewer named Tim asked. “Would you say the same thing to a police officer? I guess you have the right to be an idiot as well. God bless America, the Constitution and the Second Amendment.”</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The bar owner, identified as Pete, says the he is a concealed carry permit holder himself. He just doesn’t think guns belong in a college town like Clemson.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“There are cops everywhere,” he said. “Cameras everywhere. Guns have no place in a college town.”</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Pete <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/mar/18/sc-pub-sparks-outrage-sign-calling-gun-owners-lose/?fdhksaa#.Uyie8W61qhY.twitter" style="text-decoration: none;">told the Washington Times</a> that he stands behind the sign’s policy, but he regrets the language used on the sign.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“I’m sorry I used that language,” he said. “It just came out wrong because I was frustrated.”</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">--------------------</span></p></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">The sign</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><img src="cid:E76F6EF2-12E8-4F5C-BB85-840CF3EEC918" alt="Bi-dKYJCIAAtSeN.jpg" id="E76F6EF2-12E8-4F5C-BB85-840CF3EEC918" width="541" height="960"></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"> </div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">-----------------------------------<br><br><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"There's room at the top they are telling you still.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">- John Lennon</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div></div></div></body></html>