re: #15 Dark_Falcon

Bars were already a ‘no’ under the proposed law, and reasonably so.

What’s this then?

Alcohol: HB 183 allows people to carry guns into establishments serving alcohol, including most family restaurants and other places where large amounts of alcohol are consumed. Mixing alcohol with guns is irresponsible and dangerous. Illinois must keep guns out of any establishment where alcohol is consumed.

And it’s also repeated here.

The new bill’s Senate sponsor, Sen. Gary Forby, D-Benton, said carrying guns would be prohibited in “a ton” of places. They include schools, child-care facilities, playgrounds, public parks, amusement parks, airports, libraries, hospitals and on public transit.

Senate Democrats strenuously objected, but carrying would be allowed in bars and restaurants, if the establishment’s alcohol sales don’t exceed 50 percent of the establishment’s gross receipts.

Chicago Democrats got all of what they requested in terms of specific gun-free zones, including mass transit buses and trains, schools, other government buildings, parks, hospitals and street festivals.

But Rep. Brandon Phelps, a southern Illinois Democrat who sponsored the House proposal, was able to keep in that automobiles should be a “safe harbor,” meaning a secured gun could be kept in a car, even if it’s parked in a prohibited place.