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Johnston-Wake COPTF wrote:
Currently, the law regarding concealed carryallows carry into a restaurant, even if they serve alcohol. Section 14-269.3(b)(1) (Click Here To Read)allows the concealed carry by a person who is exempted by Section 14-269. Section 14-269(a1)(1) (Click Here To Read) states that a person who has a concealed weapons permit is exempt. SO as the law is currently written, you CAN conceal carry into a restaurant, but you may NOT consume alcohol.
I respectfully have to disagree with your statement. The exemptions you cited do not state that a person with a concealed weapons permit is exempt from conceal carry in an establishment that serves alcohol for consumption.
It specifically lists :14-269
(b) This prohibition shall not apply to the following persons:
(1) Officers and enlisted personnel of the armed forces of the United States when in discharge of their official duties as such and acting under orders requiring them to carry arms and weapons;
(2) Civil and law enforcement officers of the United States;
(3) Officers and soldiers of the militia and the national guard when called into actual service;
(4) Officers of the State, or of any county, city, town, or company police agency charged with the execution of the laws of the State, when acting in the discharge of their official duties;
(5) Sworn law‑enforcement officers, when off‑duty, provided that an officer does not carry a concealed weapon while consuming alcohol or an unlawful controlled substance or while alcohol or an unlawful controlled substance remains in the officer's body.
I do not see where it states anything about Exemptions for Concealed Weapons Permit Holders with regard toestablishments serving alcohol for consumption. I think you are linking the two sections together. But they are seperate for a reason.
[align=left]§ 14-269.3. Carrying weapons into assemblies and establishments where alcoholic[/align]
[align=left]beverages are sold and consumed.[/align]
[align=left](a) It shall be unlawful for any person to carry any gun, rifle, or pistol into any[/align]
[align=left]assembly where a fee has been charged for admission thereto, or into any establishment[/align]
[align=left]in which alcoholic beverages are sold and consumed. Any person violating the[/align]
[align=left]provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.[/align]
[align=left](b) This section shall not apply to the following:[/align]
[align=left](1) A person exempted from the provisions of G.S. 14-269;[/align]
[align=left](2) The owner or lessee of the premises or business establishment;[/align]
[align=left](3) A person participating in the event, if he is carrying a gun, rifle, or pistol[/align]
[align=left]with the permission of the owner, lessee, or person or organization[/align]
[align=left]sponsoring the event; and[/align]
[align=left](4) A person registered or hired as a security guard by the owner, lessee, or[/align]
[align=left]person or organization sponsoring the event. (1977, c. 1016, s. 1; 1981,[/align]
c. 412, s. 4, c. 747, s. 66; 1993, c. 539, s. 165; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s.
As was the case for Dreqo----You are the only person that I have heard with that opinion.
Can you clarify?
