Were you in the restaurant or the bar area of Texas Roadhouse?
Just wrong on so many levels.
Using ignorance of local law as an excuse / boast about it on the internet.
Add insult to injury and tell everyone you were consuming alcohol while carrying.
Just a reminder, the internet is not your friend.
No laws broken as far as I am aware. Just can't carry in the bar area of the restaurant. Now if we are going to have a discussion about whether you should drink and carry...I carry in my home, and I drink in my home. Uh oh...blood in the streets!
(16)
Except as provided in KRS 527.020, no license issued pursuant to this section shall authorize any person
to carry a concealed firearm into:
(e)
Any portion of an establishment licensed to dispense beer or alcoholic beverages for consumption
on the premises, which portion of the establishment is primarily devoted to that purpose;
Carry in Restaurants That Serve Alcohol
YES ........237.110
Note: A YES above means you can carry into places like described below.
Handgunlaw.us definition of “Restaurant Carry” is carry in a restaurant that serves alcohol. Places like Friday’s. Chili’s or Red Lobster. This may or may not mean the bar or the bar area of a
restaurant. But you can carry your firearm into a restaurant that serves alcohol and sit and eat without consuming.
Unless the laws have changed recently, restaurants are legal (for consumers of alcohol) & "locations receiving at least 51% of their sales from alcohol" are not legal to carry in KY.
So how do you know what percentage of their sales come from alcohol? Missouri has the same percentage law but says nothing on how you are to know.
So how do you know what percentage of their sales come from alcohol? Missouri has the same percentage law but says nothing on how you are to know.
Add insult to injury and tell everyone you were consuming alcohol while carrying.
It's a meaningless distinction which highlights the ridiculous nature of such prohibitions. One must constantly guess whether they are violating this or that arbitrary law despite their actions being peaceful.
Oh the horror!!!! I'm sure drinking a beer instantly turned him from a calm, mild-mannered, responsible person into a raging, maniacal, vigilante out for blood... I'm sure that's exactly how it happened...
IMHO, people that make claims like yours (about how irresponsible it is to drink and carry) fall into 3 camps: #1 Has never drank before and therefore has no idea the true effects of alcohol on your system, #2 Cannot control themselves while drinking so they project their lack of self-control onto others, #3 In a state of delusion (confusion maybe?) so deep that they cannot rationally connect the dots between their experiences drinking and how it would affect a situation in which you may need to draw your firearm.
Don't mistake my post for condoning getting sloshed and carrying (even though I think it should remain legal, I do not condone that conduct). There is no magic line of drinking vs. not-drinking that turns a good shoot into a bad shoot, and the line that can affect judgement is different for every single person therefore I think every person should be permitted to know and set their own limts when it comes to drinking and carrying.