Bringing Your Gun to the Local Bar…It’s Legal

I believe that as long as the person who is carrying the handgun is not drinking, then there is no problem. I wish I lived in a “SHALL ISSUE” state. I live in Maryland, where you need a good reason to carry. My reason, I want to be able to defend my family and myself from the idiots that mug, rob, stab, and shoot others. Baltimore has a gang problem right at the Inner Harbor where just this weekend someone was shot. Even with the HIGH POLICE PRESSENCE. Let me carry a gun so I can defend my family. I have had handgun safety and instruction by certified Maryland, Florida, Federal, and International Firearms Instructors. I think the police get 40 hours in some localities of that training. But can I get a permit to carry, no. The training I have is more than what is generally required by law enforcement agencies. I still cannot have a permit. Thats Maryland for you!

“Paranoia does not rule all Tennesseans, nor are we all dumb. We’ll eventually beat the stereotype, after we overcome stupid legislation like this.”
Too late Bean King, outside the US, you are already viewed just like that. In a recent study ranking safety for citizens around the world, the US ranked 82nd, mostly due to gun violence, which BTW, affects 4 times more regular people than criminals, while countries with the most restrictive gun laws land the top 10. The more guns or the more places they’re allowed will result in more gun-related deaths.

The people in the Luby’s Restaurant massacre in Texas would certainly loved to have had someone sitting beside their family with a firearm when a deranged gunman killed and wounded over 40 patrons.
When concealed carry licenses were first approved, the naysayers proclaimed there would be Dodge City type shootouts in the streets. Did it ever happen?

Owning a gun comes with the same responsibilities as owning and driving a car, where alcohol is concerned. All resposible people accept that if you drink you don’t drive and if you carry you don’t drink.

Once again, people are being frightened by the liberal news media reporting anti-gun stories. What wasn’t mentioned in this report is the fact that law-abiding citizens who have gone through firearms safety courses to obtain their concealed carry licence ‘know they are prohibited’ from consuming alcohol when armed. We are talking about responsible citizens who have passed background checks and legally choose concealed carry to protect themselves and their families from those who live outside the law. Criminals illegally carry weapons for the use in committing crimes against law-abiding citizens. Maybe they would think twice about trying to rob a bar or restaurant if they were unsure who might also be armed and ready to protect themselves.
An armed society is a polite society.

An armed society is a polite society. If you knew the polite family man sitting at the table next to you could be armed, chances are you would be polite to him. So long as the concealed handgun licence holder is obeying the law and not consuming any alcohol there should be no problem. I would feel much more comfortable having a resturant full of armed men and women. CHL carriers are allowed to carry in resturant in Texas as long as less than 51 percent of their sales are from alcohol. There have been no bloodbaths in Texas since the permits have been issued. Our citizens know that there is an armed presence in Texas now. We all feel much safer and are glad that we can enjoy a night out on the town.

I live in N.C. and you can not carry in any place that serves alcohol or any place but in the middle of the street. The word concealed means just that. No one should know you have it on you. Thugs do not care about the LAWS. People drink and drive and kill, so I guess there should be a law for that too, o wait there is.

I watched the evening news tonight concerning the new gun law in Tennessee that allows licensed permit holders to bring their concealed handgun into a bar or restaurant. I was appalled by the commentary that ABC News reported. Not only was it one-sided, but only commented on the law itself and not the issues of concealed carry law. First, if you are a licensed concealed carry permit holder in my State of Kentucky, you can bring your concealed handgun into a restaurant whose primary source of income is from the consumption of food, and not alcohol. Second, I’m a family man myself and both me and my wife are concealed carry permit holders, and we both feel safer going into any establishment where we are allowed to carry our weapon because if some nut job decides to come into that establishment and start shooting people, either me, my wife, or another concealed carry permit holder will be the first line of defense, not the police! It can take as long as 6 minutes before the first police officer arrives on the scene, and by that time many innocent lives could already be lost. Third, most business owners embrace the concealed carry law; not reject it. It’s not only a matter of my right for self protection, but the protection and preservation of other innocent lives. It’s also ironic that the news media only looks at the surface of the gun laws in this country, and often take the opposite stand against our fundamental rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. ABC should do a much better job of researching the issues on gun laws in this country and at least make an attempt to report the facts fairly. As ABC news reported, there are some people that just have a disregard for the responsibilities that come from having a concealed weapons permit, such as the man who pulled his weapon and shot another man dead in a bar. But, there are many examples and parallels that we can draw from these profiles in just about every profession. No, I do not condone drinking alcohol and carrying a weapon anywhere, but I fully understand my responsibilities, and the laws that go with the concealed carry permit, just as if I were a sworn public official. Finally, if business owners want to post a sign on their business to not allow guns into their establishment then that is their right. However, just remember that sign only attracts the bad guys who know that they can come into that establishment and take out as many people as they want before the police even get there to protect the innocent. I don’t know about you, but I don’t like those odds, and neither should you!

I fully agree. My nephew the police officer says “when seconds count, the police officer is just minutes away. ”
Many concealed carry holders are trained ex-police or military. Allowing concealed carry MAY reduce armed attacks. If an attack occurs, an armed citizen May stop it more quickly. Even if this doesn’t happen, we are still better off than not having this possibility.

“A heads up about a piece we’re working on for tonight” there was nothing heads up about this piece I just watched on TV. Very rarely do I get fed up enought to write about much. But this news piece was an abortion of reporting. Yes they mentioned the part about bar or resturaunt owners posting signs and not allowing wapons in their establishments.
But where was the part about CCW permit holders not being allowed to drink while carying. The woman who they featured who’s husband was shot was right on with her statement. How about a statement about how few CCW permits are revoked every year due to violence, etc… ABC KEEP WORKING ON THIS PIECE YOU MAY JUST GET IT RIGHT EVENTUALLY.. Maybe you should consult the NRA for some facts before publishing CRAP!

ABC=All Barack Channel. Anything to push Anti-Gun legisaltion. The folks that seem to fret the most about this issue are the same ones that fuss because there is too much crime in the streets. My question is, what have you done about it? You called 911 once? Whoopee! Do you think legal concealed carry folks are all unhinged and out of the frame because we want to protect ourselves and our families? What ever will I do if you are not there to call 911 for me? SHEEP!

This is why FOX News is so popular. I haven’t seen such a one sided report since I stopped watching NBC News!!
This is so blatantly pro gun control!
You should not call yourself a news program. It should be “Let us tell you what the Liberals Want you should think”

I belive that carry coceled weapon anyplace is a problem but to a bar or any eating establishment is a very big mistake. As a former law enforcement officer I think Tennesse bettter re think this law before alot of incoent people get hurt.

I love to watch ABC,NBC,CBS,CNN and MSNBC and then watch FOX News.The propaganda presented by ABC News and others proves these networks are pushing their liberal agenda.The only people I don’t trust carrying a weapon into a establishment are the ones that didn’t receive gun training.

Well if this keeps up there won’t be anywhere but New York City and Washington DC where someone can go to rob, rape and attack. Its getting to dangerous for even gang members to steal money for drugs without getting shot, there goes another good paying job.

Bean King “There are lots of educated people in TN that know that you’re more likely to be run over and killed riding your bicycle than to have to use your gun to defend yourself in a bar or restaurant.”
Tim in KY “If a person licensed for concealed carry saves an innocent life during a bar shooting – that person is a hero and should be honored.”
Gunowners are much more likely to shoot themselves, someone they know or an innocent bystander than a criminal. Unless they have frequent training in simulated realistic scenarios like the military, they will not be able to react well and shoot accurately under extreme stress in a life and death situation.
I find it ironic that one is allowed to carry a gun when drinking but not to control a car.

For struggle, Solidarity and Socialism! I swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Obama. Our laws and his will, according to him. We will not overthrow the government with violence. We shall stand, remain and be the law of his realm forever. It is then that all peoples of the world will plead for Obama to deliver them from evil.

This is another story in a renewed ABC anti-gun agenda. It is noteworthy how fast ABC changed tracks after the 2008 elections! They choose to demonize anyone who wants to be legally licensed and carrying a gun for the protection of themselves and those around them. They cite no balanced statistics or argument, making this piece an editorial not news! Drinking a beer does not make a person with a concealed pistol license a felon or prone to that end. The same holds true for off duty Police Officers who may enjoy a beer with dinner. ABC would leave the majority of Americans defenseless against the unlicensed felons who are ignoring the law and always will. We cannot become sheep until all the wolves are off the street, and that will never happen. Refuse to be a victim. Exercise your right to self protection and right to bear arms.

ABC (along with CBS and NBC) have all lost the concept of what journalism is supposed to be – that is to report the facts.
They used rhetoric to scare people and twisted the information just enough to make it look bad.
ABC, CBS and NBC are all liberal and that is why they are losing viewers at an alarming rate. There is no balance in their reporting – it is slanted and this has been documented.
They fail to realize that the freedom of speech and the “freedom of the press” is protected just like the freedom to own a gun. Many would say the 2nd amendment is what really protects the remaining amendments.
If people (limit this to liberals) would truly analyze the Center of Disease deaths where a gun is involved they would be shocked by what they find. The facts that liberals use are twisted to support their view point and in fact are taken out of context.

Coming from a family member of a legal concealed carry permit holder who used his gun in lethal self defense of himself and several other people in a public establishment I am very supportive of the right to legally carry nearly “anywhere.” Gun holders are, overall, responsible and the mere proximity to alcohol will not cause gun violence, but can save lives from those who are going to act illegally law or no law.

It’s legal in 41 states, including mine.
So who of the gun-grabbers can name 3 incidents of legally armed gun owners shooting innocent victims in a bar or restaurant?
Where’s the “blood bath”?
Allowed is the normal thing, banned is the exception to the norm.