Posted on 08/16/2011 5:10:55 AM PDT by marktwain
“More States Allowing Guns in Bars,” The New York Times reported back in 2010, eliciting the expected “Wild West” analogies the hoplophobes always seem to drag up whenever the people actually seek to exercise their right to keep and bear arms.
“That’s not cool in my book,” Art Andersen, 44, said as he nursed a Coors Light at Sam’s Sports Bar and Grill near Vanderbilt University. “It opens the door to trouble. It’s giving you the right to be Wyatt Earp.”
Somebody ought to tell the nursing Mr. Andersen to put the damn beer down. What is it about sports bars and Wyatt Earp? And as for the assumption that latter day Wyatt Earps are the “only ones” we can trust with guns:
“More States Allowing Guns in Bars,” The New York Times reported back in 2010, eliciting the expected “Wild West” analogies the hoplophobes always seem to drag up whenever the people actually seek to exercise their right to keep and bear arms.
“That’s not cool in my book,” Art Andersen, 44, said as he nursed a Coors Light at Sam’s Sports Bar and Grill near Vanderbilt University. “It opens the door to trouble. It’s giving you the right to be Wyatt Earp.”
Somebody ought to tell the nursing Mr. Andersen to put the damn beer down. What is it about sports bars and Wyatt Earp? And as for the assumption that latter day Wyatt Earps are the “only ones” we can trust with guns:
(Excerpt) Read more at examiner.com ...
Actually Tombstone in the 1880’s was far safer than Washington today.
Criminals don't like the idea that there may be legally-armed good guys in the bar too, and that flashing your gun in a thug manner may get you blown away.
surprise, surprise!
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