Open carry in a restaurant.

lachef · Dec 19, 2015

I own a restaurant in New Orleans and tonight I had an interesting situation. We had a late and very large table (about half the restaurant) with a reservation. They all came in and sat down. We got them menus and they ordered a lot of wine. There was one man who was in the middle of the long table with his back against the wall. At the end of the meal he got up to use the rest room. Now that his jacket was off and standing the server noticed he was open carrying. I have no problem with open or ccw but the entire group had been drinking before they arrived and he drank while at the restaurant. This made me very uncomfortable and honestly annoyed that someone was that moronic. I was wondering what do y'all think was the best way to handle the situation. We have a policy that we welcome people carrying but we will not serve them alcohol but that didn't help much tonight.

Mxav · Dec 20, 2015

You have every right to stop serving a person alcohol.
I manage a restaurant and I see CCW and OC all the time. If someone looks like they had too much to drink, I don't care how high your tolerance is, I cut them off. Pay the bill & leave, don't tip? I don't care.

charlie12 · Dec 20, 2015

Mxav said:
You have every right to stop serving a person alcohol.
I manage a restaurant and I see CCW and OC all the time. If someone looks like they had too much to drink, I don't care how high your tolerance is, I cut them off. Pay the bill & leave, don't tip? I don't care.

If they are conceal carrying how do you see them? If they have a CHP and run .05 or higher it would in violation of the CHP

MTregre · Dec 20, 2015

First of all, don't fall into the realm of being too scared to offend someone.
From your post it sounds like you were clearly made uncomfortable, there is no reason past that discomfort to allow them to continue to be in your place of business. Ask them to leave or inform the table there will be no more alcohol served.

Charlie, stupid question. I've seen people who flash their firearm when moving around, squatting usually, or profiling that weapon on their clothing. Use your head instead of trying to make some form of "got ya" point. Your second part requires a deputy make contact, that wasn't the case here... your stating a legal issue same as I could say "well if he decides to shoot some random person, he is in violation of his CHP". Add to the discussion at hand, don't make your own.

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