A bar owner can’t make up his own laws. Black community organizers can, but not bar owners. And if these dopes want the best, most law abiding members of the public to frequent their clubs, those would be holders of concealed carry licenses.
Do they allow smoking?
Precisely. And although I think a business has such a right, it doesn't prevent patrons from showing their dislike of the rules.
A bit of civil disobedience might include ordering a $200 meal and then getting up just before the meal is served and asking the manager if its true that they don't allow 2A rights. Then leave with the bill unpaid. The food has been prepared, but you have not taken possession, so its no walking out on the bill.
Four or five of those a night might get the message across.
Beale Street is not a private mall. It has private shops along public sidewalks and public roads. They will lose. Whoever gets arrested first will have a great lawsuit. It will be too bad for the shopowners and the city but not everyone can learn a lesson the easy way.
Step right in, folks, the new Criminal Empowerment Zone!
People who step off Beale to one of the side streets — for example, to park their car — are very vulnerable to crime.
And we’re talking about a city that’s already consistently in the top three for violent crimes nationwide.
The criminals looking to ambush a victim can now be even more assured than before this rebellion against the new law that whoever they encounter won’t be armed.
The criminals won’t be going through the metal detectors as they lurk near Beale in the parking lots looking for victims.
I read a book many years ago about “Boss Crump” and old fashioned political boss in Memphis who had one major difference from most. He was a benevolent boss. Under him Memphis was probably the best run city in the country.
I have never been to Memphis but from what I have read, it is now one of the worst.
It was along this very paved open sewer that my wife and I were nearly done in by a would be mugger in 1999. Law be damned, we were packing, much to the chagrin of the thug.
I used to live in Memphis (Germantown). I had a carry permit, but you can’t go into a place that serves alcohol in Tennessee, (at least not 3 years ago). So if you took the gun, you had to leave it in the car, then take your chances on Beale Street. (That’s not a good idea in Memphis, cars are broken into downtown all the time). So the only solution is stay home and not go to Beale Street. One Sunday morning we went down there and on the corner where there was a brand new restaurant, there was yellow tape and a huge blood stain from the night before. We found other things to do.
Around Beale Street it is already open season on the whitey tourists. The most vulnerable place in the state where people need personal protection the most is around Beale Street. I guess the locals are afraid they will lose some income if the tourists start defending themselves from the plethora of criminals that infest downtown Memphis. If downtown Memphis is so damn safe, why do the businesses have doors that lock and only allow customers in when they are recognized at the front as a customer? Why are bars on all the windows of the businesses downtown Memphis? King Willie....
Memphis has a horrible aggressive panhandler problem since asking for change in the day is legal.
Well, I’m happy to see that the recession has not hit Memphis...
These merchants must be doing sooooo well right now, that they can afford to just “shoo” away law-abiding customers.
Methinks a state-wide boycott is in effect. Do what the folks in Ohio did — go to to an alternate venue (restaurant, etc.) with a large group, make a copy of the final receipt, and mail that receipt to the anti-gun business (with the message: “This is how much money you lost for being a dumb-*ss”).
Guns have no place in bars; but then, neither do people. I’m not against alcohol, just the losers one commonly finds in bars.