First, it is about friggin time that AZ got this passed. Brewer had better sign it into law and not pull a Ja-No and veto it.
Second, the argument of guns + alcohol has good points on both sides, but I would like to point out the following common sense thinking:
-CCW permit holders for the most part, by nature seem to be cautious, responsible, law abiding, attentive people. (There are exceptions like in anything, but we are talking about the vast majority)
-Because of those attributes, I don't think you see on a regular basis, CCW permit holders frequented bars, restaurants, or popular watering holes/cantinas, and then proceeding to get as sloshed as they can.
-If that were the case, why don't you see the usual predictions of "bloodbaths" and "old west shootouts" happening in states that already allow people to drink and CCW?
-Bottom line: with the sheer number of permit carriers now in existence, you will have an incident at some point where someone is drinking, perhaps to excess, and makes a poor decision, that costs them plenty. But it will be far more rare, than the usual number of other incidents, non-gun related, that happen all the time at bars and restaurants, around this country.
It is about time that I can now LEGALLY carry a concealed weapon into restaurants when I take my wife and children to dinner. I'll never understand the moronic, idiotic, ignorant, stupid, dumb, and illogical rationale of people that think once a person with a CCW permit and weapon crosses the threshold from their car, the sidewalk, street, or some other boundary where it is legal to carry and they have done no harm, but then entering into a "school zone", "bar", "restaurant", "post office", "airport" or some other "government building", they immediately go into killer mode and become a danger to those around them. It is asinine and I will never understand it. :banghead:
