Guns In Bars

"...Tennessee   is one of four states, along with Arizona, Georgia and Virginia, that recently enacted laws explicitly allowing loaded guns into bars  and restaurants that serve alcohol. (Eighteen other states allow weapons in restaurants that serve alcohol)..."

"...The new measures in Tennessee and the three other states come after two landmark Supreme Court rulings that citizens have an individual right to keep a loaded handgun for home defense... The attitude from the gun lobby is that the 300,000 handgun permit holders in Tennessee should be able to take their guns wherever they want...Under Tennessee’s new law, gun permit holders are not supposed to drink alcohol while carrying their weapons..."         By MALCOLM GAY  Published: October 3, 2010. The New York Times.

  Pictures: Members of the Virginia Citizens Defense League gathered Thursday, July 1 2010, at Champps in Reston to celebrate their new-found right to carry guns in bars, so long as they don't drink alcohol. Saturday, July 3, 2010. Washington Post.


  I made  these pictures  during a trip  in Virginia in 2008.

Nikki Goeser is one resident of Nashville who supports the measure,  allowing registered gun holders to carry loaded guns into bars and restaurants.