Texan in Louisiana CCW Help

[Mot45acp]

Been working in Baton Rouge for a month. I usually stay in the hotel, but cabin fever is starting to set in and I am sick of fast food. I need to get out.

Looking at prohibited places. The law reads:

Any portion of the permitted area of an establishment that has been granted a Class A-General retail permit, as defined in Part II of Chapter 1 or Part II of Chapter 2 of Title 26 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises.

My question is, does this include restaurants like Chilis or Outback? I won't be drinking or partying but I might go bowling. I've never heard of a bowling alley that doesnt serve beer.

Any help or warnings of any "gotchas" would be helpful.

 

[NavyLCDR]

Sounds to me like only the bar area:

http://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=84790

§71.1. Class A permit; definitions

The commissioner shall issue the following four types of Class A retail liquor permits:

(1) Class A-General:

(a) A Class A-General retail permit shall be issued only to a retail outlet where beverage alcohol is sold on the premises for consumption on the premises by paying customers. Such an establishment must be equipped with a permanent wet bar equipped with a non-movable sink and a backbar or similar equipment for public display and to inform the public of brands and flavors offered for sale.

(b) A Class A-General retail establishment shall be staffed by a bartender whose primary duty is to open and/or prepare beverage alcohol products for consumption on the premises by paying customers, or prepared with an appropriate lid or cover on the container for take out service. Such an establishment must meet all state and local zoning requirements as set forth by the state and by parishes and municipalities where a Class A-General retail outlet is located.

(c) Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1016, §2.

(d) A Class A-General retail permit shall be issued only to an establishment where the state law provides that no person under the age of eighteen years is allowed on the premises except as provided in R.S. 26:90(A)(8)(a).

 

[Double_J]

That is a sticky point over in LA. I lived there for 2 years and no two ccw instructors could give the same definition of what that statute meant, the LSP was no better either. If I were to carry in a restaurant I would make sure that I was concealed and away from the bar area.

 

[NavyLCDR]

That is a sticky point over in LA. I lived there for 2 years and no two ccw instructors could give the same definition of what that statute meant, the LSP was no better either. If I were to carry in a restaurant I would make sure that I was concealed and away from the bar area.

Seems like the law is pretty clear to me. If kids <18 years old are legally allowed where you are sitting, than so is the gun.