WEAU.com’s got the scoop on this one: last night, Stephen J. Maher of Menomonie got kicked out of Jake’s Supper Club, "Where Prime Rib is King". The article doesn’t say why, but can probably we assume the reason: plugging 20 dollars in change into the jukebox so as to play The Who’s Baba O’Riley into infinity. Anyway, the guy apparently didn’t like the “getting kicked out” part, so like a fine example of the Midwestern man, he returned with a handgun.

There was simply no other course of action.

Don’t worry, no one got shot. Before Stephen could do any trigger-pullin’, someone called 911, people headed to the back of the restaurant, and two of Jake’s braver employees confronted him. By the time the cops showed up, one of those employees (I’ll just assume it was Jake himself*), was successfully wrestling the gun from the gunman’s hand. That must have been embarrassing for Stephen, though considerably safer for everyone involved.

At any rate, I’m getting my next steak from Jake’s, where the staff will fight off idiots with guns, no charge.

*I'm pretty sure no one named Jake actually works there.