Virginia gun lobby pushes for right to drink alcohol while carrying a gun in public

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Earlier this month, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) signed legislation allowing “concealed carry permit holders to bring loaded handguns” into establishments that serve alcohol.

The law allows permit holders to carry guns in restaurants, “as long as the holders do not consume alcohol.”

A leading Virginia gun lobby is now arguing that the law unfairly stigmatizes gun carriers as second-class citizens because there is an exception that “allows law-enforcement officers and commonwealth’s attorneys to carry concealed weapons and consume alcohol.”

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