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Related: About this forumHouse eyes wider gun freedoms.Allows concealed weapons in restaurants and bars
RALEIGH Guns would be allowed in restaurants and bars and on college campuses under a bill the state House was preparing to debate Monday night.
The bill expands the public places where people who have permits to carry concealed weapons can bring their handguns to cafeterias, grills and snack bars. Bars, restaurants, and other establishments would be able to prohibit guns by posting signs. A bill allowing handguns in restaurants passed the House last year but stalled in the Senate.
There are more than 300,000 concealed-carry permits in the state.
UNC System President Tom Ross, along with UNC-Chapel Hill faculty and police chiefs at university campuses oppose the part of the bill that would allow concealed handguns on campuses when they are locked in vehicles. The university administrators argued that vehicle break-ins are among the most common campus crimes, and allowing guns on campus would risk public safety.
The bill expands the public places where people who have permits to carry concealed weapons can bring their handguns to cafeterias, grills and snack bars. Bars, restaurants, and other establishments would be able to prohibit guns by posting signs. A bill allowing handguns in restaurants passed the House last year but stalled in the Senate.
There are more than 300,000 concealed-carry permits in the state.
UNC System President Tom Ross, along with UNC-Chapel Hill faculty and police chiefs at university campuses oppose the part of the bill that would allow concealed handguns on campuses when they are locked in vehicles. The university administrators argued that vehicle break-ins are among the most common campus crimes, and allowing guns on campus would risk public safety.
Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/05/06/4026338/house-eyes-wider-gun-freedoms.html#storylink=cpy
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House eyes wider gun freedoms.Allows concealed weapons in restaurants and bars (Original Post)
octoberlib
May 2013
OP
if you have a concealed carry permit you are mentally ill and should be locked up...
bowens43
May 2013
#1
The innocent lady in a restaurant in Houston might not think this is a good idea since
Thinkingabout
May 2013
#2
all legislators voting in favor should be personally liable for resulting deaths and injuries
ZRT2209
May 2013
#4
Another very good reason to stay home. Why go out and risk getting shot.
littlemissmartypants
May 2013
#5
bowens43
(16,064 posts)1. if you have a concealed carry permit you are mentally ill and should be locked up...
pipoman
(16,038 posts)3. LOL..statistics not your strong point, eh?
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)2. The innocent lady in a restaurant in Houston might not think this is a good idea since
Someone dining in the restaurant had his weapon fall to the floor and strike her. This world is going mad. Wayne LaPierre is scaring the crap out of his listeners. I don't buy into his crap so his words does not cause me to run out and buy a gun.
ZRT2209
(1,357 posts)4. all legislators voting in favor should be personally liable for resulting deaths and injuries
littlemissmartypants
(22,417 posts)5. Another very good reason to stay home. Why go out and risk getting shot.
Stay home, save money and the life you save could be your own.
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)6. .
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