A Nashville businessman is challenging a new law Republicans spent a lot of time trying to get passed this year. Restaurant Owner Randy Rayburn says lawmakers who spent all that time on Capitol Hill getting this crazy “guns in bars” law passed have “told more fairy tales than the Brothers Grimm.”
The case will center on claims that the law would create a public nuisance that threatens the safety of the public, and violates the constitutional rights of restaurant/bar owners, patrons and employees.
Randy Rayburn, owner of the Sunset Grill, Midtown Cafe and Cabana, said advocates pushing the law falsely claimed that nearly 40 other states had similar laws. He said the law creates increased liability for him and other owners and is a matter of public safety.
“They’ve told more fairy tales than the Brothers Grimm,” Rayburn said. “Tennessee is the only state that has a law that specifically authorizes gun permit carriers to carry their weapons into establishments that serve 50 percent or more alcohol.”
