Remember last year when a man walked into a Utah J.C. Penney store with an unloaded AR-15 and, well, nothing happened? There appears to be a similar story out of Texas last weekend, where members of Open Carry Texas visited a Jack in the Box restaurant with their rifles openly displayed. What happened immediately afterward, however, has been the subject of a dispute between Open Carry Texas and anti-gun group Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense.
At issue is whether frightened employees hid in the freezer for fear of being robbed. An email from Sgt. Ray Bush of the Fort Worth Police Department said that employees “locked themselves inside a freezer for protection out of fear the rifle-carrying men would rob them.” That’s the story that made it into the New York Times (and has since been amended); however, a spokesperson for Jack in the Box confirmed that no one hid in the freezer.
@kevinpost “They locked themselves inside a freezer for protection out of fear the rifle-carrying men would rob them”: Sgt. Ray Bush.
— Jennifer Mascia (@JenniferMascia) May 9, 2014
@Jennifermascia yes and it is wrong.this is From the director of Jack in the box pic.twitter.com/2van6kgmg8
— Kevin (@kevinpost) May 9, 2014
@kevinpost @OpenCarryTexas The Jack in the Box VP of communications has CONFIRMED that no one hid in the freezer.
— Jennifer Mascia (@JenniferMascia) May 9, 2014
@Toofarfrmfenway We have amended our story and the freezer detail has been removed. See note at the bottom: http://t.co/8p0RhUfORp
— Jennifer Mascia (@JenniferMascia) May 10, 2014
@Jennifermascia a complete lie by the fwpd Sargeant was never verified. spewed by media w/out verification @OpenCarryTexas @shannonrwatts
— Kevin (@kevinpost) May 10, 2014
Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, picked up the New York Times story.
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.@opencarrytexas spooks @JackBox workers into hiding in freezer #JackedUp http://t.co/cPe8TofRlh #momsdemand #gunsense
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) May 8, 2014
Open Carry Texas has posted what it says is the only 911 call made in connection with the incident. In other words, no one from Jack in the Box called the police, let alone hid in the freezer.
https://twitter.com/OpenCarryTexas/status/464929267835342848
Look @shannonrwatts a nyt reporter confirms you lied. Retract and apologize thank you cc @DLoesch #gunsense pic.twitter.com/5bntcCAgF5
— Kevin (@kevinpost) May 9, 2014
@kevinpost @shannonrwatts I didn't refute anything that Moms Demand said. I amended a statement by a Tex. police officer.
— Jennifer Mascia (@JenniferMascia) May 10, 2014
From #NYT reporter: "@Jennifermascia: I didn't refute anything that Moms Demand said. I amended a statement by a Tex. police officer.”
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) May 10, 2014
@shannonrwatts but yet you refuse to correct you piece to state the facts @Jennifermascia
— Kevin (@kevinpost) May 10, 2014
@shannonrwatts I'll help you . This post on @MomsDemand is a false statement correct it like she did in her piece pic.twitter.com/h4Pt3onM68
— Kevin (@kevinpost) May 10, 2014
Ah poor @shannonrwatts gets called out to correct piece, not yet done, blocks me Cc @DLoesch #gunsense pic.twitter.com/1MEITHvwBU
— Kevin (@kevinpost) May 10, 2014
@DLoesch @MikeBloomberg @shannonrwatts blocked me for calling her out, might want to tell to correct mda sorry too http://t.co/wW0M02oQeJ
— Kevin (@kevinpost) May 10, 2014
The Moms Demand Action website still includes the claim that the rifles “terrified employees so much that they locked themselves in the freezer.”
https://twitter.com/wallsofthecity/status/464981158586224640
Hi @MikeBloomberg you really need to have your “moms” group Watts/Troughton apologize for @jackbox lie debunked by NYT. Irresponsible.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) May 10, 2014
https://twitter.com/SD_Wheeler/status/465208132130451456
Editor’s note: The final sentence of this post initially referred to Moms Demand Action as “Mothers Demand Action.” The error has been corrected.
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