It has been observed or rather known, for decades, that alcohol and driving are dangerous combinations. The outcomes have been obvious death and injuries, that most of the time, touch on the lives of innocent citizens. Lives cut short or serious injuries, by recklessness and impaired judgments. As if speeding with automobiles is not enough reason for accidents, those who drink and drive simply speed up their chances or possibility of dying untimely. And that is the same case with guns in bars and restaurants. The wild wild west is making a good come-back, compliments of the state of Tennessee. The state of Tennessee, in passing the bill that allows people to carry guns into bars and rstaurants, is fiddling with fire, plenty of real fire. Guns and alcohol are most certain to cause ” combustion” on our streets and businesses. It is the most dangerous thing our legislature has ever done, in its history. I wonder who or what insitutions are behind this crazy law. While I support gun ownership, it should be limited to one’s property, except in cases where one’s profession calls for constant gun totting, or one feels a genuine threat to his or her life.
This new law has not been carefully analyzed. Ask any police or security officer, we already have enough shootings around bars and clubs, that to give people unrestraint rights to leave their houses with guns, only add more fuel to an already burning situation. Our government ought to know better. THis law will only give people, sane and insane, excuses to carry guns around, and more likely use them, at the slightest of provocations, outside and away from bars and restaurants. The proximity or availability of a substance, material or weapon, encourages the quick use of same. Are we ready for more deaths on our streets and highways?
