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Keith B wrote:

bauer wrote:While I don't bleed orange, I grew up around and attended the University of Memphis, I will always love Tennessee. My parents and siblings still live there and we travel back to the burbs of Memphis quite often. Glad to see that the state is attempting to make strides towards giving citizens their natural rights back. That being said, I personally would never open carry there or anywhere for that matter especially not Memphis proper.

There are many areas of Memphis you need to openly carry 2 side arms and an AR-15 if you get out of your APC.

I think this will meet a ton of opposition. When the bill to allow concealed carry in restaurants that served even small amounts of alcohol was introduced there were numerous restaurant owners that made sure to rally together and post their restaurants off-limits for concealed carry. While it will more than likely pass due to the large amount of unincorporated and rural areas in Tennessee, I think this will meet the same death from a business standpoint and cause a lot more signs to be posted to prohibit open OR concealed carry.

I understand your point But I personally prefer businesses that wish to restrict firearms to do so openly instead of hiding behind the legislature as they often seem to do. As much as I'm angry about Sprouts for putting up 30.06 signs, it gives us a chance to respond accordingly if we choose to do so. I can CC in Texas in places without signs and it would be better still if I weren't statutorily prohibited in places without signs. So while TN will likely have places that want to and will control OC, there will be places that don't and at least those who wish to OC where those signs aren't won't get arrested or harassed - hopefully. I'm very glad that we have CC here but sometime and somehow we need to start introducing the public to the sight of firearms. It seems like TN is just a step further down that path than we are.