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Posted: 10:17 PM Jun 8, 2008
Bar Owners Surprised That Guns Now Allowed in Taverns
Some bar owners are being caught by surprise by a 2007 law change that allows concealed-carry permit holders to bring loaded guns into drinking establishments.
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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) _ Some bar owners are being caught by surprise by a 2007 law change that allows concealed-carry permit holders to bring loaded guns into drinking establishments.
Lawmakers made changes to the original 2006 law last year, removing language that flatly banned permit holders from bringing firearms into bars.
But few members of the hospitality industry were aware of the change, or the fact they may have been serving armed customers for a year.
Bar owners wanting to keep guns out of their businesses must post a sign saying the weapons aren't allowed.
The law still makes it illegal for permit holders to possess a weapon when their blood alcohol level is greater that 0.08 percent, the same as drunk driving. Also, people without a permit still can't carry a gun into a bar.
Latest Comments
If you are not drinking then there is no problem with a LEGALLY armed person being in a bar. You think the drunk thugs really care about a damn sign?? Think! people think!
Whip de do. I got an idea: Let's punish the idiots who shoot people in bars and leave those who don't alone. I've got a CHL and while I don't frequent bars for drinking armed i may enter armed to get a burger from the grill, etc. If I'm carrying I don't imbibe, which is the way the vast majority of CHL's do.
Luby's massacre Google this and see what you think about carry in a bar or resutrante
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