Rifle-toting "advocates" frighten restaurant workers in Texas [View all]

[RandySF]

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The conversation about the rights of Texans to openly carry guns in public came to Fort Worth early Thursday evening, which caught the attention of some fast-food employees and police.

Members of the group Open Carry Texas planned to conduct a demonstration in the Home Depot parking lot off of Interstate 35W in south Fort Worth.

But first, the participants wanted to get a bite to eat at a nearby Jack in the Box restaurant.

That's when things got scary for some restaurant workers, according to Fort Worth police.

"Upon arrival, officers discovered a group of six males carrying rifles," Sgt. Raymond Bush said in an email. "The men reported that they were conducting an open-carry demonstration.

"Officers spoke with Jack in the Box employees who reported that they feared for their lives and believed they were being robbed. They locked themselves inside a freezer for protection out of fear the rifle-carrying men would rob them."

Members of the group could not be reached for comment Frida.


http://blogs.star-telegram.com/crime_time/2014/05/restaurant-workers-alarmed-by-open-carry-display-police-say.html#storylink=cpy