Here's the e-mail I sent to [email protected], head of Investor Relations. Highest e-mail address I could find on their site.
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As head of Investor Relations for Applebee's, I am requesting that you forward this information to the appropriate company officers. And please let me know if the policy referred to below is a national policy, or just a local Texas policy.
It appears the President of Applebee's in Texas has adopted an anti-2nd Amendment policy. He is, by choice, denying a legal right to over 225,000 holders of Concealed Weapons Permits in Texas. Holders of Concealed Weapons Permits have passed background checks by the FBI and do not represent a threat to Applebee's customers. On the contrary, they represent a deterrent to crime.
Here is a quote from Frank A. DeAngelo's e-mail to a customer who questioned the policy.
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".....I am pleased that you are a guest of Applebee’s in San Antonio and I hope your patronage will continue but it will not continue with you carrying a concealed weapon into one of our restaurants. We have a notice posted in all of our lobbies asking that this not occur.
Let me repeat, we want to keep your business, but only without your handgun......
Sincerely,
Frank A. DeAngelo
President of Applejam of TX, Inc.
[email protected]
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This information has been posted on several firearms discussion groups on the Internet and has the potential to cause ill-will among up to several million holders of Concealed Weapons Permits nationwide.
Here is an example from one Firearms Forum: http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=25505
I am an Idaho resident, and plan to Boycott the Boise Applebee's until I hear that this is not a nationwide policy.
Thank you.
Name
Address
Phone Number
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As head of Investor Relations for Applebee's, I am requesting that you forward this information to the appropriate company officers. And please let me know if the policy referred to below is a national policy, or just a local Texas policy.
It appears the President of Applebee's in Texas has adopted an anti-2nd Amendment policy. He is, by choice, denying a legal right to over 225,000 holders of Concealed Weapons Permits in Texas. Holders of Concealed Weapons Permits have passed background checks by the FBI and do not represent a threat to Applebee's customers. On the contrary, they represent a deterrent to crime.
Here is a quote from Frank A. DeAngelo's e-mail to a customer who questioned the policy.
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".....I am pleased that you are a guest of Applebee’s in San Antonio and I hope your patronage will continue but it will not continue with you carrying a concealed weapon into one of our restaurants. We have a notice posted in all of our lobbies asking that this not occur.
Let me repeat, we want to keep your business, but only without your handgun......
Sincerely,
Frank A. DeAngelo
President of Applejam of TX, Inc.
[email protected]
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This information has been posted on several firearms discussion groups on the Internet and has the potential to cause ill-will among up to several million holders of Concealed Weapons Permits nationwide.
Here is an example from one Firearms Forum: http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=25505
I am an Idaho resident, and plan to Boycott the Boise Applebee's until I hear that this is not a nationwide policy.
Thank you.
Name
Address
Phone Number