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Omaha gun activists lash out at 'anti-gunners' after Texas Roadhouse bans open-carry 'circus' (Click here to read more)

By David Edwards
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 10:32 EDT

A group of gun activists in Nebraska expressed outrage at "anti-gunners" after a steakhouse said it could not accommodate a large group of people openly carrying firearms.

According to the Omaha World Herald, members of Nebraska Open Carry had planned to eat at Texas Roadhouse at Shadow Lake Towne Center on Thursday.

On Tuesday, Steve Jackson, who is the restaurant's managing partner, accused the group of not being clear about its intentions to openly carry firearms, and said that members would not be welcome if they did.

"I want to feed people - not have a circus in here," Jackson explained.

Nebraska Open Carry organizer Nick Crawford lashed out at Texas Roadhouse for infringing on freedoms guaranteed in the Second Amendment.

"We live in America, and obviously people are free to feel however they want to. I love that. It's wonderful," Crawford opined. "But if it comes to another right, carrying guns, then they can shut us down because people call and complain."

"It always seems like the anti-gunners always get their way instead of the pro-Second Amendment people," he added. "That, to me, it's getting old."

Travis Doster, a national spokesperson for Texas Roadhouse, told the World Herald that the company's policy had nothing to do with gun rights, and everything to do with being a successful business.

"This particular group wanted to bring a dozen or so people and, I'm not sure how the word got out, but suddenly different people were calling and different businesses and media and it became a much bigger issue," he pointed out. "The intent was to try to serve steaks to somebody, and it got beyond its original intent."

But after getting calls from the Papillion Police Department, Shadow Lake's property management and Nebraskans Against Gun Violence, the company concluded that having a group of people toting firearms in its restaurant was "not good for business."

"I know they have their agenda. I really like to stay neutral. This thing is not a neutral issue. It's not good for business," managing partner Steve Jackson noted.

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