Saying that "guns and liquor don't mix," on Tuesday May 18, Governor Bredesen listened to Tennessee business owners and vetoed the new guns with liquor law. The new law would have allowed gun permit carriers to take their gun into any business that serves alcohol.
The bill passed both houses by a veto-proof margin, meaning that unless something has changed, the veto will be overridden by the legislature and become law. The original guns in bars bill was enacted over Bredesen's veto.
Sponsors say that the pending bill is the only way to fix the law that the court threw out as being unconstitutionally vague. The truth is that sponsors lack enough votes to do the right thing.
If legislators passed a law to create a bar license for liquor licensing, then they could allow guns in places licensed as restaurants, but not allow guns in places licensed as bars, sports venues and other places where guns do not belong. In an election year, it appears easier to pass a law that allows guns in any place where you can order a drink.
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