About an hour ago, Chancellor Claudia Bonnyman ruled a new state law pushed earlier this year was unconstitutional and vague. Here’s more from the Nashville City Paper:
The state’s regulatory framework has different classifications for restaurants and bars. It would be too difficult for the public and handgun carry permit holders to recognize the difference between a restaurant and bar, she said.
Because of the classification framework, an establishment’s status “cannot be easily known and may never be known by a patron,” Bonnyman said.
Governor Phil Bredesen had vetoed the law in June only to have the state House and Senate spend more of its time overriding the veto (House 69-27 and Senate 21-9).
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I still felt funny about guns in bars. Myself i dont go to bars,whether they serve food or not. My opinion guns dont have a place there. At a table in a restaurant,weapon concelled,different matter. The judge ruled it unconstitutional, have ya’ll forgot that when the constitution was written people carried their weapons everywhere,even in places to eat. Their weapon was a means of protection then as much as needed today. The economy has left many unemployed,and some are desperate to get money. We have let so many ppl into this country from the border and they are desperate for financial gain, many will take what ever measures needed. Its not going to get better. The recovery will take a long time if ever. Mean time, crime will rise,and ppl will get hurt or killed. Us honest hard working ppl have a right to go home safe everynight with our hard earnings intact. This Judge lives in a sheltered world and i pray that nothing happens to her or her family, just as we hope for ours. More and more criminals are carrying guns in places we wouldnt even think of,but they dont care!!!! Sooner or later we will have to stand up to them and let them know that enough is enough. We want our streets back, our neighborhoods back, our parks back, we want to feel safe again.Or atleast have the opportunity to protect ourselves if unfortunately we should ever have to use such measures.