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Outrageous, Unacceptable and Nearly Unbelievably Stupid, and in Kansas City
Posted on the 13 July 2014 by Morage @kebmebmsWhen I saw the headline, I thought, "somewhere down South. Tennessee, Mississippi, maybe Florida." The headline?
Open Carry Freaks Threaten Barber Shop Owner Who Won't Let Them Bring Weapons Inside
So I read. And got a huge shock and disappointment. It was from right here in Kansas City: Open carry advocatesoften tell us that they are acting for everyone’s best interest because they are standing up for personal freedoms. In Kansas City, they are bringing the point home. Jose Montanez is the owner of two high end barber shops, in Kansas City and nearby Shawnee who decided when Kansas recently enacted a law legalizing open carry that hedid not want his barber shops to be bristling with openly displayed weaponry. To that end, he posted signs on his doors advising his customers that the shops do not allow weapons on the premises. Montanez is unfazed by the criticism and threats of boycott rolling in from various gun nuts. He’s confident that his shops deliver a service that people want and will prosper without their business and says that he will know what is going on in his shop. “If somebody walks into the establishment with a gun in their hand, I am automatically going to assume it’s bad news,” he told KCTV-TV. Fortunately, besides the people protesting him and his shop's policy, he's also gotten support. Link from KCTV-5: Barber shop owner feels heat from open carry ban choice
