open carry

Originally Posted by Terry_P

A lot of restaurants have a bar area and a more formal dining room. States with off limits in the bar area but not the dining area are just dumb. I have seen the entrance at the bar area and they give you the option to sit in either place and the rest rooms are usually off the bar area. So when you come in it's a technical violation and if you have to go to the bathroom it's a violation, etc. The 51% rule doesn't bother me and if you have a restaurant with a bar area the law should read if you carry you don't drink. Drawing some imaginary line on the floor just doesn't work for me.

In the live free or die state we have no such laws. You want to go to a bar and drink your brains out and carry, have at it. I have only heard of one instance were someone carrying got into a bar fight outside and pulled a concealed handgun and shot the other guy, he lived. The police were not amused and the shooter is in the system. I don't advocate drinking and carrying but I would rather have it that way than some weird rules dreamed up by a legislator that was probably half cocked when he did it.

As to open carry, I think slinging AR's and walking around in public while being videoed is poor judgment and I question their motivation. Were they looking to get all carry banned?

Originally Posted by gunjunkie

It is a strange law. I know of a few bar/restaurants that are claimed to be under the 51%, but I suspect it's only because of the unreported cash income of the bar.