restaurant carry

43 States

Published by Runcible on July 4, 2010 - 12:53pm

As of July 1st, the only states that ban concealed carry in restaurants are North & South Carolina, North Dakota, Louisiana, Ohio, Montana, Wisconsin and Illinois. All of the rest allow people with concealed carry permits to enter restaurants that serve alcohol on the premises.

In both Virginia and New Mexico laws went into effect on the first of the month that permit concealed carry in such establishments.

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Guns in Bars

Published by Runcible on July 2, 2010 - 7:48pm

"There are going to be armed people in bars. The good news for you is that people who are concerned about the law are now allowed to be among them."

(Thanks to @Serataru for helping me come up with this formulation.)

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Kaine Veto

Published by Runcible on April 1, 2009 - 1:18pm

The Washington Times diagrams the Kaine gun vetoes in an editorial. It begins:

When Tim Kaine campaigned for Virginia governor in 2005, he ran an ad implying that former National Rifle Association President Charlton Heston was praising him. His campaign claimed that "Tim Kaine strongly supports the Second Amendment." Once he won office, Mr. Kaine vetoed one gun bill after another that would have helped Virginians protect themselves from criminals.

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Richmond bartender comes unhinged

Published by Runcible on July 2, 2010 - 12:27pm

A Richmond bartender and writer posted an angry, profanity-laden, violence-threatening rant to Blogger yesterday, directed at any of his own customers who might be lawfully carrying a concealed handgun.

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SB1035 veto not overturned

Published by Runcible on April 9, 2009 - 10:15am

There's good news and bad news on repealing vetoes by Tim "No Guns" Kaine. It's sad how the governor claimed high and low to be pro-gun when he was running for office, but now that he's got the job he's gone completely against his word.

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Style Weekly's Score

Published by Runcible on July 7, 2010 - 9:19am

Style Weekly runs a "scorecard" where its editors rate the city's "zeitgeist" over the last seven days. In this week's issue, Richmond scores a sad "-7", due in part to a deep negative rating (also "-7") for the new restaurant carry law. The paper disdains:

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Virginia House Bill 505

Published by Runcible on February 9, 2010 - 10:19pm

House Bill 505, which would amend the current Virginia concealed carry laws as to allow lawful concealed carry in bars and restaurants so long as the permit holder consumes no alcohol on the premises. Here's the NRA-ILA take:

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Virginia House Passes Restaurant Concealed Carry

Published by Runcible on March 2, 2010 - 3:44pm

Thanks & congratulations to the VCDL, Senator Hanger and his fellow legislators for making this happen:

From NRA-ILA:

On Tuesday, March 2, the Virginia House of Delegates voted to approve SB334, sponsored by State Senator Emmet Hanger (R-24) by a margin of 72 to 27. The measure previously passed in the Senate on February 16, by a vote of 22 to 18 and will now be sent to Governor McDonnell’s desk for his consideration.

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