Although Ohio’s controversial guns in bars law — the piece of legislation that allows conceal-carry permit owners to wear their firearms in establishments that serve alcohol — has only been on the books for a couple weeks, already an Ohioan has been arrested for waving his piece around at the local watering hole while intoxicated.
Now, not surprisingly, both sides of the hot debate are looking at this pile of facts and claiming the arrest supports the argument they’ve been crowing the whole time.
The cuffs snapped the wrists of Chad O’Reilly last Wednesday. According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, he was really acting like a top-notch asshole: around 2a.m., a wasted O’Reilly got into a confrontation with another patron at the H&H Tavern in Deer Park. The 25-year-old conceal carry permit holder went out to his car, came back with his .40 caliber Glock handgun, waved it at his Hispanic foil, dropped a racial slur, and announced: “I’m going to kill you.”
This article appears in Oct 12-18, 2011.
He would have gone to his car to get a gun regardless of the law. That’s what people don’t realize! If you want to shoot someone, you’re going to do it regardless of a “carry law”. How many people were getting shot in bars before the law went into effect? How many people sat around and watched the violence unfold, able to do nothing about it? That is why the law is the way it is, so that responsible CCW permit holders can stop or foil a potentially fatal situation.
Okay why is either side of this law claiming any victory. This idiot/thug/criminal/jackwagon, was not carrying his weapon in possession of his conceal carry permit. It was in his car, like so many other criminals do and went out to his car and got it. The nice part about it is that because he was a conceal carry permit holder he will face more charges then any regular criminal will. Lets not forget he was in possession of illegal drugs as well, so our poster child for birth control is just that a “CRIMINAL”. As for the law, let us not forget its not a “Guns allowed in bars” law, it will allow conceal carry permit holders to carry in restaurants that have a bars but do not derive the majority of its income from that bar but from food sales. Now with that said, if you are caught consuming alcohol while carrying your weapon in one of those restaurants you will be facing those additional charges because the law states if you are carrying your weapon you cant consume alcohol at all, even in your own home or yard. Again its a shame that this idiot had to be the first person to get caught, but neither side of this law should be celebrating a victory other then another criminal is off the street and wont threaten anyone with a gun ever again.
Tankvet you got it right . its not about going to bars drinking and using your gun. If your an idiot the law one way or another won’t change that! we frequently go to the neighborhood bar and grill that has a huge restaurant area . we do not drink but would like to feel we could protect ourselves if needed should some idiot act out.
A bar down the street from me has had at least 5 murders from drunks, AND a Postal worker killed by a patron of that bar going back about 8 years ago. (8 year time frame) The new law was not in effect and the bar is still open. Dumb, Drunk, Stupid, Felon or not, the law does not change anything. If it did we would have no need for prisons as everyone obeyed the laws. ….and that is going to happen about the day the Pope turns Jewish and comes over my house to drink beer watch XXX Rated Porn and fuck hookers.
Lynn is right. How about the guy who was shooting his gun in the bar parking lot in Cleveland. He was not a permit holder. If the idiot did start shooting, then a law biding, non drinking, permit holder could of help stop a tragedy from occuring. I bet the families in Florida wish there was a permit holder present when that idiot killed all those people. He did not have a permit either!!