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9. "It also defies the law." More NRA bullshit.
Sun Jun 19, 2016, 05:30 PM
Jun 2016
More States Allowing Guns in Bars

NASHVILLE — Happy-hour beers were going for $5 at Past Perfect, a cavernous bar just off this city’s strip of honky-tonks and tourist shops when Adam Ringenberg walked in with a loaded 9-millimeter pistol in the front pocket of his gray slacks.

Mr. Ringenberg, a technology consultant, is one of the state’s nearly 300,000 handgun permit holders who have recently seen their rights greatly expanded by a new law — one of the nation’s first — that allows them to carry loaded firearms into bars and restaurants that serve alcohol.

“If someone’s sticking a gun in my face, I’m not relying on their charity to keep me alive,” said Mr. Ringenberg, 30, who said he carries the gun for personal protection when he is not at work.

Gun rights advocates like Mr. Ringenberg may applaud the new law, but many customers, waiters and restaurateurs here are dismayed by the decision.


NYT

He carries the gun in his pants? Can anybody else see where this is going to lead?

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"designated carriers". nt jmg257 Jun 2016 #1
Bullshit Bluzmann57 Jun 2016 #2
In some states Aerows Jun 2016 #5
And how the hell would such a limitation... 3catwoman3 Jun 2016 #12
You've got me. Aerows Jun 2016 #14
Of course he isl ailsagirl Jun 2016 #3
I this the same NRA that supports guns in churches and cinemas?? malaise Jun 2016 #4
And, of course, this: yallerdawg Jun 2016 #6
Millions of CCWs out there safeinOhio Jun 2016 #7
I forgot that it happens all the time safeinOhio Jun 2016 #8
You don't often hear about such incidents but while rare they do happen. ... spin Jun 2016 #11
As I said, none of these cases safeinOhio Jun 2016 #15
Depends on your definition. ... spin Jun 2016 #16
"It also defies the law." More NRA bullshit. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jun 2016 #9
the nra defies common sense. spanone Jun 2016 #10
The nra is an affront to human decency ailsagirl Jun 2016 #13
Time to highly restrict semi-automatics. roamer65 Jun 2016 #17
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