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But Bergeron’s restaurant in Port Allen, Louisiana has tried a completely different approach to entice diners.
The Cajun restaurant just blocks from the Mississippi River — which is famous for its fried catfish, smoked chicken wings and pork tasso — has a sign out the front proudly declaring: “Thank you for carrying your gun today. 10% discount”.
Owner Kevin Cox said he began offering the discount earlier this month as a way to thank the law enforcement officers that frequent his restaurant and as a way to make his premises safer.
“I keep hearing so much about people banning guns,” Mr Cox told local television station NBC33.
“Target’s banning guns, and these people are banning guns. Don’t they realise that that’s where people with guns are going to go? I want to take the opposite approach. How can I make my place safer?”
But soon other gun-carrying customers began asking for the discount too. And now Mr Cox offers them the same deal.
“I just need to see a weapon. I need you to be carrying a gun,” Mr Cox said.
“As long as everybody has a gun we’re all the same size.”
And he shouldn’t have too much trouble getting gun-toting customers through the door.
Louisiana is commonly referred to as a “gun loving state.”
The only necessary requirement for purchase of a firearm is a valid driver’s license, which can prove the buyer meets the federal age limits: 21 for handguns and 18 for shotguns or rifles.
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