At Colorado burger joint, waitresses pack heat

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**Jihadin**

It's called Shooters Grill and it is located in Rifle, Colo., so naturally, the waitresses pack heat.

The burger joint, about 180 miles west of Denver, embraces the firearms theme with menu items like the "M16 burrito," "Smith & Wesson Grilled Cheese" and "Locked and Loaded Nachos." The salt and pepper shakers are made from shotgun shells. But the biggest Second Amendment statement is in the guns waitresses carry, including the Rueger Blackhawk .357 Ashlee Saenz sports.

Owner Lauren Boebert, 27, started the trend when she began carrying a pistol shortly after opening the restaurant a year ago.

"I started open-carrying maybe a month after we opened just because I am a woman in business and I was there early hours and late nights," Boebert said. "There was a man beaten to death in the alley behind my restaurant last year. It was very unfortunate."

The accessorizing caught on with the staff. But even though carrying a gun openly is legal in Colorado, Boebert nonetheless makes staffers who want to pack take an extra safety course.

Customers don't feel threatened by their servers carrying guns, she said.

"No one has ever turned around and walked out because they saw a gun," Boebert said. "They might have left because it was too crowded, praise the Lord. But not over the guns."

Chef Matt Archambault said word of the gun-toting wait staff has brought in new customers in recent months, but it is the half-pound burgers that keep people coming back.

“Burgers are a staple of the restaurant," he told FoxNews.com. “It’s pretty much an all-American place. We love anyone who wants to come in.”

And Archambault does not carry a gun back in the kitchen.

"We have knives and spatulas," he laughed. "That's how I roll."

Fox News

For the video
http://www.wvec.com/news/Waitresses-carry-guns-in-this-Colorado-restaurant--265468691.html

**djones520**

Today I ate at a restaurant were waitresses pack kilts.

**TheCustomLime**

All it takes is someone to overreact to a patron's behavior and this restaurant's policy goes from quirky to dangerous.

**djones520**

TheCustomLime wrote:
All it takes is someone to overreact to a patron's behavior and this restaurant's policy goes from quirky to dangerous.

You do realize that odds are, there is always someone carrying in a restaurant you're sitting in, right? Has it happened yet?

**TheCustomLime**

I don't actually know. I'm just wary of a restaurant having all of it's staffed armed without any proper training.

**Jihadin**

Who says they were not properly trained in the use of fire arms?

Edit

Had to re word the sentence

**TheCustomLime**

Oh, I just read that they take safety courses. Well, if it's legal and they know how to use their guns then it's their legal right to do so. Can't say I would arm my staff but that's me.

**Dreadclaw69**

djones520 wrote:
Today I ate at a restaurant were waitresses pack kilts.

Spoiler:

The one near us closed not too long ago. Only been in there once, the food was pretty decent

TheCustomLime wrote:
Oh, I just read that they take safety courses. Well, if it's legal and they know how to use their guns then it's their legal right to do so. Can't say I would arm my staff but that's me.

It's usually helpful to read the article instead of just having a knee jerk response.

I wonder is this the start of a growing trend?
http://ammoheads.com/customers-cheer-gun-toting-coffee-shop-baristas-armed-teeth-break-attempt/

**LordofHats**

When I read the name of the place was 'Shooters Grill' I expected to find this was part of the style rather than just something that happened incidentally

**d-usa**

Target asked customers not to carry today, so it will probably just one more polar issue.

**NuggzTheNinja**

djones520 wrote:
Today I ate at a restaurant were waitresses pack kilts.

I do prefer this theme. I never understood the hotties-with-guns fetish.

PS: yes, yes, hell yes, maybe, and yes.

**djones520**

Food there was pretty decent. I love their Whiskey Beef appetizer that they serve during Hoppy Hour.

The atmosphere of the place is nice as well. I love it cause my wife won't let me bring the family to Hooters, but she's fine with the Kilt.

**Frankenberry**

Certainly makes it less likely for some douchebag to rob the joint, that's for sure.

Think I might go to Colorado JUST to eat at this place.

**Jimsolo**

So it's a Hooters for dudes with a 'chicks with guns' thing? Huh.

(What is it with gun-bunny fetishes today? This is like the third article I've seen that relates...)

**LordofHats**

Jimsolo wrote:
So it's a Hooters for dudes with a 'chicks with guns' thing? Huh.

(What is it with gun-bunny fetishes today? This is like the third article I've seen that relates...)

Some guys are just drawn to raw firepower

**djones520**

I could never figure out the appeal either...

Oh... oh yeah...

**Ensis Ferrae**

TheCustomLime wrote:
Oh, I just read that they take safety courses. Well, if it's legal and they know how to use their guns then it's their legal right to do so. Can't say I would arm my staff but that's me.

On the flip side of the equation... If you were a potential robber, would YOU want to rob this place?

**Frazzled**

The title of this thread could be misinterpreted, and I'm just the one to do it!

I like the gunslinger rig.

**Gitzbitah**

I feel like there's a 40% chance this is guerilla marketing for a new Quentin Tarantino movie.

**Dreadclaw69**

LordofHats wrote:
Jimsolo wrote:
So it's a Hooters for dudes with a 'chicks with guns' thing? Huh.

(What is it with gun-bunny fetishes today? This is like the third article I've seen that relates...)

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y298/evilscratch/gun2_600.jpg

Some guys are just drawn to raw firepower

First thing I noticed was the trigger discipline and the strange way the Sig is being held

**MWHistorian**

I conceal carry everywhere I go, so no worries from me.

**cincydooley**

Tilted Kilt is, IMO, MUCH better than Hooters (though my wife LOVEs hooters' wings).

Overall better food, better beer selection, and the girls (typically) look less like they finished a meth binge.

Digging this Colorado joint, though.

**Dreadclaw69**

cincydooley wrote:
Tilted Kilt is, IMO, MUCH better than Hooters (though my wife LOVEs hooters' wings).

Overall better food, better beer selection, and the girls (typically) look less like they finished a meth binge.

Digging this Colorado joint, though.

The food there is really good. And from what I gather when the servers are hired they sign something close to a modelling contract too (covering weight, personal grooming, etc.)

**kronk**

I've never been to a Tilted Kilt or Twin Peaks. Hooters does have good wings, but I'm at a point in my life where i don't enjoy wings as much as a grilled steak with a nice Cab Sav from Chile.

I don't see the need or the benefit of Waitresses walking around with guns. Bazookas, yes? Guns, no.

**TheCustomLime**

Dreadclaw69 wrote:
djones520 wrote:
Today I ate at a restaurant were waitresses pack kilts.

Spoiler:

The one near us closed not too long ago. Only been in there once, the food was pretty decent

TheCustomLime wrote:
Oh, I just read that they take safety courses. Well, if it's legal and they know how to use their guns then it's their legal right to do so. Can't say I would arm my staff but that's me.

It's usually helpful to read the article instead of just having a knee jerk response.

I wonder is this the start of a growing trend?
http://ammoheads.com/customers-cheer-gun-toting-coffee-shop-baristas-armed-teeth-break-attempt/

Hey, I'm just doing my part as a member of the American public. We have a long standing tradition of having knee-jerk reactions to provocative headlines without actually looking into the meat of the story and I'm damned proud of continuing it.