Tennessee has changed the law to authorize concealed carry permit holders to exercise their right to carry in restaurants.
Everybody is up in arms about this---to a ridiculous degree.
Even a Nashville restaurant owner has gotten in the act by suing to have the law declared unconstitutional.
My reading of the State Constitution at Article I, Sect. 26 tells me the lawsuit won't succeed. The legislature has plenary power to make laws related to the right to bear arms. They've done so here.
Here's why I think it's a tempest in a teapot: Nothing in the law requires a restaurant owner to admit anyone who carries a gun. The law only authorizes those with a permit to carry it in a restaurant.
Randy Rayburn needs to take a chill pill and just put up a sign on his door that reads: No Guns Allowed.
If he does so, the law will back him up if he wants to throw someone out. Simple enough.
Instead, everybody has to go all ape-shit over nothing just for press attention. Makes me sick.
I support the 2nd Amendment, but I also support the right of restaurant owners to bar those who wish to pack heat too. This law doesn't interfere with either right.
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