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In early February 2018, the Facebook page of Outback Steakhouse was awash in angry posts from consumers pledging never again to dine at the chain because it purportedly had a no-gun policy and had kicked out a uniformed police officer with a gun in Tennessee: The backlash stemmed from a 2 February 2018 Facebook post published to the shared account Andrew-Amanda Ward, which in part characterized all Outback Steakhouse locations as gun free zones. The post went on to describe the incident in which a customer became frightened by the presence of a firearm: Later on 2 February 2018 the same account shared an update saying that Outback had sent a $100 gift card to the person who was kicked out. The post reiterated that the group of officers had not threatened anyone. The first post quickly went viral, and news outlets like WTSP reported the story using the Facebook posts as their only source. Chattanooga's WRCBtv identified the individual as a Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency officer (not a state trooper or local police officer, as stated or implied in other articles and on social media; they are both law enforcement, but work in different departments) and included a statement from Outback Steakhouse: We contacted Outback’s parent company, Bloomin' Brands, for clarification but had not received a response by press time.
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