I understand they're trying to preserve heritage. I have a lot of minority customers, and I politely asked them to stay, just remove the flag.

I was in a no-win situation. To 50 percent of the world, the Confederate flag represents heritage, but to the other half it means racism. I'm not here to draw that line. This is a restaurant. It's not a place for politics.

Our customers asked for it. This is our way of answering our customers.

We went around house to house and asked the people if they liked the idea.

We had yard sales, we asked for donations. We did a kite festival.

It's kind of a bittersweet thing. It's part of our firearms heritage. But I can understand it from a business perspective.