"You'll take my gun away over my cold, dead prawns"

Some Virginia gun-rights activists are going to protest an alleged grievance -- that some gun owners in "urban" Virginia areas have been asked to leave restaurants for bringing their firearms into the establishment -- by having a night out in Fairfax County restaurants while packing heat.

So, to recap the situation in Virginia: Mixing liquor and wine to make sangria -- illegal. Carrying your favorite handgun into a restaurant or bar full of drunken idjits -- legal.

Dave Vann of Falls Church wouldn't tell the Post what restaurants the activists would be patronizing because they don't want anyone to warn the restaurant owners. Boy, that instills some confidence in their goals. Honestly, I just want to know where they're going to be so I can make sure to be somewhere else.

Without getting too deep into it, I actually think the second amendment guarantees gun rights to citizens. But just as the first amendment's guarantee of freedom of the press comes with rational limits such as slander and libel, there are limits to gun rights. And, frankly, this whole issue is stupid -- which is frankly a given when it comes to much of the Virginia legislature.

Even if you have the right to carry, I don't see why you should have the right to carry into a private business that doesn't want guns present. It's by no means irrational as a restaurant or bar owner to decide that firearms aren't welcome in an establishment -- not everyone believes that gun toting and family dining go together. Or drink slinging and gun slinging, for that matter.

And honestly, if you think that Denny's or IHOP is so dangerous that you dare not venture in unarmed, maybe you need to take your meal in another restaurant.

Comments

[Storage Alexandria]

Thanks for posting. I was just surfing around and stumbled upon your post and I have to say that's the greatest thing I've heard all week!

Let's see how fast we can get your order when you're packing heat