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johnson0317 wrote:It sounded like one of those "wrong color sign" scenarios. I guess you could look at it a couple of different ways (if the sign had been correct). One was that you could have gone directly out to your car and left your gun there...probably what I would have done. The second is that you had already broken the law, so why not just wait for your food, which is what you did. If it had been a true red 51%, then I guess you can't break it just a little bit, it is broken. Your way of handling it seems as good as any except for it raises the odds you will be caught out. I am not dinging you one way or the other...you made a decision and it worked out. Then you had the good sense to check it out with TABC.

RJ

I made a mistake, I should have gone to the car immediately as soon as I saw the sign. I won't make that mistake again.

Just to make things clear to those who are interested, here is what their sign looked like: (This is not the actual sign, I didn't get a picture because I didn't want to draw any attention to myself.)



Posted inside with no signs at the main entrance.

This is what the TABC website says:

License #: MB569290

Trade Name: BUFFALO WILD WINGS
Owner: ODESSA WINGS LTD.
Location Address:
4241 N GRANDVIEW AVENUE
ODESSA , TX 79762
Mailing Address:
4241 N GRANDVIEW AVE
ODESSA , TX 79762
County: Ector Orig. Issue Date: 12/21/2004
Status: Current Exp. Date: 12/20/2011
Wine Percent:
Location Phone No.: 8067973966 Gun Sign: BLUE

I had an experience like this recently too.

I went to a restaurant to pick up a to-go order. The order was wrong so I had to change it and a manager had to come and take the old order of out the register. She was obviously annoyed but was still being polite. A man was there with two big stacks of cash waiting for her. Apparently they were doing their cash deposit at that time. Anyway, I get the order changed and then I sit down to wait for it. I get bored and start looking around and bam! a red %51 sign. It was posted by the kitchen door but there was nothing at the entrance.

I felt I should leave immediately and go put my handgun in the car, but I didn't do that. Instead I decided to just wait for my order. So I waited, and waited, and waited. For some reason the order was taking a very long time and I was getting more and more paranoid. I started to wonder if I had been made and they were holding up the order to keep me there long enough for the police to arrive.

After a while the guy with the stacks of cash and the manager walked by going out to the parking lot. Then the manager came back in and looked at me. Now I am even more paranoid, I was mad at myself for not leaving when I had the chance. Then the manager asked me if I was still waiting on my order. I told her yea, I was still waiting. She went got my order, it was finished but no one had let know. Once she gave me my order, I got out of there as quickly as I could, I was relieved when I was finally driving away.

Later I checked the TACB website and they have the wrong sign up.