rainbowbob
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Let me preface this by saying I don't go out to clubs much anymore, and don't spend much time in bars of any kind.
Recently, however, I went to a movie with a friend. My friend was in this movie and this was a special screening for the folks involved and their friends and families. It is not a terrible part of town, but it is a dense urban area with its share of street crime - much like any city these days. I was CCW, of course.
I had thought we would be leaving right after because he had to get up early the next day. After the movie, the party moved to the nearest bar, and he insisted we join them for a beer. That sounded good to me – but CCW is illegal in bars here. We were blocks from his car, and I had never discussed CCW with him. Asking for his keys so I could lock my gun in his car would have been VERY awkward. I also would not be at all comfortable locking my gun in someone else’s car, over which I have no control, in an urban neighborhood, and then walk blocks back to the bar unarmed.
So I just went in the bar and had a beer. I know that concealed means just that, and there was no problem whatever…other than the fact that I was breaking the law.
It seemed to me that my only choices were to break the law, spoil my friends good time and tell him I can’t go in - and why, or ask for his keys. None of the choices felt right.
Any suggestions or comments?
Recently, however, I went to a movie with a friend. My friend was in this movie and this was a special screening for the folks involved and their friends and families. It is not a terrible part of town, but it is a dense urban area with its share of street crime - much like any city these days. I was CCW, of course.
I had thought we would be leaving right after because he had to get up early the next day. After the movie, the party moved to the nearest bar, and he insisted we join them for a beer. That sounded good to me – but CCW is illegal in bars here. We were blocks from his car, and I had never discussed CCW with him. Asking for his keys so I could lock my gun in his car would have been VERY awkward. I also would not be at all comfortable locking my gun in someone else’s car, over which I have no control, in an urban neighborhood, and then walk blocks back to the bar unarmed.
So I just went in the bar and had a beer. I know that concealed means just that, and there was no problem whatever…other than the fact that I was breaking the law.
It seemed to me that my only choices were to break the law, spoil my friends good time and tell him I can’t go in - and why, or ask for his keys. None of the choices felt right.
Any suggestions or comments?