Christ, it took THIS LONG?

[serai]

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NASHVILLE, Tennessee – A judge on Friday blocked a Tennessee law that allowed people to bring handguns into restaurants and bars.

The law that took effect in July allowed handgun owners with permits to pack their pistols in places serving alcohol, providing the establishments made more than half their profits from food.

Nashville Judge Claudia Bonnyman said the law was "fraught with ambiguity" and ruled in favor of a suit brought by restaurant owners who argued gun owners would not be able to determine if an establishment met the criteria.

"We will have vigilantes shooting up bars all over," said Randy Rayburn, the owner of three upscale cafes, who led opponents of the law.

Supporters were considering a possible appeal, or new legislation.


I don't know what the hell they were thinking passing a stupid law like that in the first place, but at least one judge was smart enough to know what a travesty it was.

Comments

[honeyandvinegar.livejournal.com]

I remember hearing about this; in fact, I think it was you that posted about it. At any rate, it SHOULD be up to the restaurant owners to decide if a mental, crazy-assed law like that goes through. They're the ones that already have to put up with ungrateful moron customers. Put a gun in their hands? Sha.

[serai1.livejournal.com]

Honestly, I can't believe this whole thing. What fucking moron thinks it's a good idea to have guns around where people are getting drunk? What the fuck stupid Wild West nonsense is this country addicted to? The rest of the world thinks we're bugfuck insane because of this idiocy, and they're damn right.

We keep beating our chests and declaring we're the best country in the world, but as time goes on, I get more and more convinced that we're actually among the WORST places in the world to live. We've just managed to delude ourselves into thinking that selfishness, greed, egomania, ignorance, illiteracy, violence, and prudery are somehow virtues to be lauded instead of the markers of mental illness that they are.