{"id":22598,"date":"2014-07-29T15:01:46","date_gmt":"2014-07-29T19:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=22598"},"modified":"2026-05-04T15:06:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T20:06:51","slug":"rapper-wants-patrons-leave-guns-restaurants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/rapper-wants-patrons-leave-guns-restaurants\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapper wants patrons to leave guns out of his restaurants"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_22599\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/rick-ross.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"rapper-wants-patrons-leave-guns-restaurants\" title=\"Rapper wants patrons to leave guns out of his restaurants\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22599\" title=\"Rapper wants patrons to leave guns out of his restaurants\" class=\"wp-image-22599 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/rick-ross-400x266.jpg\" alt=\"rick-ross\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/rick-ross-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/rick-ross-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/rick-ross.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22599\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rick Ross, a famous rapper. (Photo: Huffpo)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Rap Star Rick Ross loves Wingstop, a Dallas-based restaurant that specializes in chicken wings. In fact, he loves it so much that he purchased 25 franchises.<\/p>\n<p>Though the rapper exercises his right to keep and bear arms, he does not believe that guns belong in restaurants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI support <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/brand\/american-arms\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"rapper-wants-patrons-leave-guns-restaurants\" title=\"Rapper wants patrons to leave guns out of his restaurants\" target=\"_blank\">the right to bear arms<\/a>, I do,\u201d he told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/07\/29\/rick-ross-rapper-restaurants_n_5617548.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"rapper-wants-patrons-leave-guns-restaurants\" title=\"Rapper wants patrons to leave guns out of his restaurants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HuffPost<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m a licensed carrier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Ross added, &#8220;When I go into public places, when I go out and I enter certain places, I believe it\u2019s best to leave your firearm in your vehicle,\u201d he said. \u201cGo in and enjoy your meal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Given that Ross is no stranger to the need to protect oneself outside the home, in March of 2013, gunmen shot at his Rolls Royce on a Florda street, it&#8217;s interesting that he would be opposed to allowing law-abiding citizens to carry in establishments that serve food.<\/p>\n<p>To that point, he was asked about the open-carry Texas demonstrations and the fallout that ensued when restaurants like Chipotle, Sonic and Chili&#8217;s started requesting that gun owners leave firearms at home despite the fact that they weren&#8217;t violating any state laws.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s their personal choice, and that\u2019s depending on the laws &#8212; that\u2019s in Texas,\u201d said Ross. \u201cBut, me personally, I believe bringing a rifle into any closed building is too much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an EXPLICIT song by the aforementioned Rick Ross:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Rapper who recently purchased 25 Wingstop franchises wants patrons to refrain from bringing guns into locations, even though he, himself, is a licensed concealed carry permit holder. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":22599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"manual","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,216],"tags":[132],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-22598","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gunsamerica-authors","8":"category-s-h-blannelberry","9":"tag-buzz"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rapper wants patrons to leave guns out of his restaurants<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A Rapper who recently purchased 25 Wingstop franchises wants patrons to refrain from bringing guns into locations, even though he is a CCW permit holder.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/rapper-wants-patrons-leave-guns-restaurants\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rapper wants patrons to leave guns out of his restaurants\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A Rapper who recently purchased 25 Wingstop franchises wants patrons to refrain from bringing guns into locations, even though he, himself, is a licensed concealed carry permit holder.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/rapper-wants-patrons-leave-guns-restaurants\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gun Reviews and News | GunsAmerica.com\/Digest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gunsamerica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-07-29T19:01:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-05-04T20:06:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/rick-ross.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"S.H. 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