Guns in restaurants policy proves itself in Tennessee

August 11, 6:34 AMCleveland Gun Rights ExaminerDaniel White

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An article recently appeared in The Tennessean reporting on that state's experience one month after the passage of legislation allowing those citizens with concealed carry licenses to bring their firearms with them into restaurants that serve alcohol provided they do not drink.

After Tennessee passed the law, it was challenged and upheld on court. Opponents of the bill predicted mayhem.

"We apparently are going to have 225,000 vigilantes shooting in bars," said David Smith, one of the attorneys for the opposition.

Of course, nothing of the sort actually occurred. The same thing happens every time a piece of pro-gun legislation starts gaining momentum and looks like it might pass. The Brady Campaign and their ilk fire up the propaganda machine and start predicting gun battles in the street and mass hysteria. Each time they cry wolf, nothing happens.

Lawful gun owners are not the problem, and criminals aren't worried about breaking a law prohibiting guns in a place they intend to break the law by robbing anyway. That's common sense, not the lies the gun grabbers try to pawn off on the public.

Ohio is now one of the very few states that have no provision for gun rights in restaurants that serve alcohol. There is a bill under consideration that could change all of that. If it starts moving forward this fall, expect to see the same lies here. Just don't believe them.