
Originally Posted by
Canis-Lupus
Oh and BTW I have yet to go into a Dennys in WA that does not serve alcohol, has a state liquor license # on the door to the lounge in the back, or off to the side (the part where the kids can't go to eat), sells booze & cigarettes but no inside smoking (18 and over sales by carding for smokes) most have a full service lounges in a separate section with a door between them, hard liquor, cocktails, to wine to beer and Happy Hours for anyone over 21 with the right I.D., shame I don't drink alcohol and haven't in a decade.
None of the Denny's in Vegas or Arizona have liquor licenses. I would think if any Denny's would have a liquor license it would be the ones in Nevada, particularly Vegas since liquor is easier to get here than water. WA liquor laws are not too different from UT's as you have State run liquor stores. My information with regards to Denny's comes from a manager who informed me that none of the Denny's maintain liquor licenses. This is not to say they don't a business that they share the property with or an adjacent lounge that does serve alcohol. Denny's does make quite a bit of business from people who decide to have an early morning breakfast from people who are sobering up from a night of drinking.
Do you ever tell your students about packing under the influence of even Motrin or even OTC Cough Medicines (see side effects and look for ones that
disqualify packing
any weapon!) or just give them the 10-cent booze CCW laws?
I use the same abstract yardstick that works nationwide. If it's something you can get arrested for DUI for it will affect the merits of a justifiable homicide case or simple lawful CCW. That's common sense. Keep in mind that most States only codify the BAC for possession of a firearm under the influence.
Training? Only a decade since I got out of
20 years of carrying a
lot more full-auto fire-power than any citizen (not cop or security) in this nation
legally carries or uses/trains with on a
very regular basis, does that count? Plus I train here every few months when the mood grabs me inside a safe modern indoor pistol range.
Being able to handle that fire power does not mean you know when and where it is legal to carry a concealable firearm.
Your premise about don't ask and hope no one notices works fine, lets say I try that very dumb stunt next time I drive onto Fairchild Air Force Base
while packing, 10 miles away, sure I
may get lucky, and do what with a gun I am
not even allowed to use or have on the base, use a gun on Federal grounds where my WA CCW weapon permit has
no jurisdiction and face
major felony charges if I get to be one of the unlucky 1 in 20 or 50 (depending on the threat level posted at the main gates) that the S.P.'s
DO pull over and do a
very thorough search on me and my vehicle too. Is that what you teach your students?
I tell my students know the law, don't ask, don't tell. It's in my signature. I also inform my students of the caveats of carrying on Indian Reservations. They can confiscate your firearm and quite possibly your motor vehicle. It will literally take an act of Congress to get them back as you can not sue an Indian Reservation without Congressional approval. Obviously you can't carry on a military installation without approval of the Base Commander or Provost Marshall. I tell them if you do not have the approval of one of those two do not carry into a military installation. If you frequent military bases, know the policy of that individual base which from what I have heard varies greatly.
My
last post into this thread and hopefully we can close this 2-party chat for ever,
I am out of bouncing posts off your national standards with my WA city, county and state ones. Please spend your time out side of the WA State forum this is a matter of a more popular topic large forum I have no need to debate this on, or I would have posted it there under 2nd Amendment Rights or Off Topic (working dogs yeah)!!!!!!!!!!!!
All of my posts with respect to this topic have been with respect to the laws that apply in WA State.
Know the law; don't ask, don't tell.
NRA, NV & UT Certified Instructor; CT, FL, ME, NH, NV, OR & UT CCW Holder
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