I do my own drinking unarmed, and I confess I'd be a shade nervous about sharing bar space with an excitable woman packing a belly full of tequila shooters and a Lorcin in her cleavage.
It would be more comforting to be absolutely sure there are no weapons in the joint. (Say, isn't that a unicorn angel watching over us?)
However: I'm less concerned about a packing citizen who went through the CCW process. He, or she, has a clean background and has been exposed to at least a rudimentary education in firearms safety and responsibility. And if he values his CCW permit, as almost all of us do, he will be very careful not to abuse it.
The real worry is the thug with a rap sheet who walks in with a bad attitude and a stolen Glock in his boot. No change in the CCW law, or any law, will deter him because he is a criminal, and criminals, by definition, flip the bird at laws.
Just for the record, and for what it's worth, the new law allows you to have a drink or two while carrying, but when you hit .08 blood booze the permission stops.
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