I understand your concern about what people do when they get together for a week long hunting trip, but this isn't about that.
And it's not really about going armed in bars.
It's about going armed in restaurants.
Previously those with a Concealed Handgun License could not carry a firearm in an establishment where alcohol was served/consumed. That meant they could not carry in restaurants that served alcohol, which is a lot of restaurants, especially the better ones.
All CHL holders wanted to do was be able to carry when they patronized a nice restaurant.
The thing is, Ohio does not distinguish between establishments that are primarily for drinking, with some eating, and those that are primarily for dining, with some drinking. Some states distinguish based on percentage of sales, but Ohio doesn't.
So in order to legalize carry in restaurants that serve alcohol, they had to legalize it for bars too.
Legalized carry in restaurants was mostly the point of the effort. The anti-gun folks are ranting about the bar part because, well because they are anti-gun.
And as someone else wrote, it's not legal to drink and carry.
Here in Michigan, those of us that have a CPL cannot have even a .02 BAC. Also, I have to have the permission of the tavern owner to even carry openly.
We have an “Open-Carry Law” where one can frequent a restaurant or Bar/Restaurant as long as we “Open-Carry”.