Guns in restaurants in GA
The bill is coming. And the usual suspects are pooping their pants. A zinger:
So I can visit a bar and somehow make reasonable decisions about a 2000 lb projectile (my car) but I can’t possibly make reasonable decisions about 147 grain projectiles. Got it. I think.
April 28th, 2010 at 9:04 am
2000 lbs = 14 Million Grains. Cars kill far more people than guns not necessarily because of intent or design, but because of mass and the sheer recklessness in which they’re used. My car, by the by, weighs around 30.1 Million grains.
April 28th, 2010 at 1:32 pm
Actually GA already has guns restaurants. We don’t have bars.
April 28th, 2010 at 2:11 pm
Gunstar1 is correct. Georgia has permitted the licensed carry of concealed weapons in places that serve alcohol for the purposes of consumption on the premises for over a year.
GA currently prohibits carry in venues that derive over 50% of their revenue from alcohol sales on the premises (i.e. bars). It seems like a capricious distinction, but this rule replaced a complete prohibition on restaurant carry and so was most welcome at the time.
Nevertheless, I’d be much happier not having to speculate whether I’m in a bar or a restaurant if I’m drinking a soda and don’t trust the neighborhood.
Question for other commenters: how often do you find yourself enjoying a beer with a pistol concealed on your person?
April 28th, 2010 at 2:48 pm
“A” as in single? Often enough that I let the sarcasm flow in my quote at Tam’s. Having a beer or glass of wine at dinner or one at happy hour before heading home isn’t a big deal. I certainly can be, and others will obviously have their own personal threshold. Good for them.
April 28th, 2010 at 10:59 pm
Question for other commenters: how often do you find yourself enjoying a beer with a pistol concealed on your person?
Just about every time I have a beer I’ve got a gun on me, some of the time it isn’t concealed though.