A waitress told him he would have to leave his firearm outside if he wanted to eat at the restaurant, according to what one witness posted to his friends on Facebook.
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Welch’s story has since gone viral.
Welch says around 1:30 a.m. he stopped at the Waffle House in Nicholsville wearing his military uniform with his gun by his side.
“I got up and I walked over to them, asked them how they were doing and stuff, and they said I’d have to take my firearm outside”, Welch told Lex 18 News, an NBC affiliate.
“You know, if I can’t have my firearm, then I can’t be here”.
Welch declined, telling another waitress, “Thank you, but no thank you, ma’am”. Welch says he didn’t think too much of it, until he started hearing from people and organizations all over the country. Micaela Shaw said. “I just required to fight for him”.
Waffle House has long had a “no firearms” policy in place nationwide, probably because Waffle Houses attract their fair share of drunks and violence, and the ban has occasioned plenty of drama, and numerous boycotts and petitions. As previously reported by the Inquisitr, Waffle House also kicked out a Texas Public Safety Trooper for openly carrying his duty weapon.
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The restaurant owner said he believes that the restaurant’s no firearms policy is the best policy for the safety of the customers.
