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The reality is that there have been guns in bars for years, all be it in small numbers by a certain demographic, specifically off duty LEO's. I can speak from personal experience that many of my LEO buddies carried when they went out off duty for a night on the town. The thought process is that they don't want to be out having a good time and run into a "client" unarmed, even if they're consuming alcohol. I don't for a second think that it's new to my generation of LEO.
Does that mean that Joe Q Public should carry in a bar, well that's up for debate in my mind, if I were carrying in a bar where I was consuming alcohol, I would be on my best behavior and wouldn't draw my weapon unless I absolutely had to, and even then the liability would be astronomical, but as I and many of my fellow LOE's have and do say, I'd rather be judged by 12 than carried by 6.
Just my .02
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