People with concealed weapon permits could soon be able to carry their guns into South Carolina businesses that serve alcohol.
The Senate amended a bill Thursday that allows permit-holders to keep their weapons with them when they go out to dinner or enter a bar but bans them from drinking alcohol.
The measure specifies that business owners can ban concealed weapons on their property by posting signs against it.
The vote returned the measure to the House, which approved it last year 100-12.
Senate Judiciary Chairman Larry Martin believes most bars will put up signs banning weapons, so the bill wouldn't really let guns in bars.
He said they'll do that for liability purposes and because people who can't legally drink would just take up space.
The Senate amended a bill Thursday that allows permit-holders to keep their weapons with them when they go out to dinner or enter a bar but bans them from drinking alcohol.
The measure specifies that business owners can ban concealed weapons on their property by posting signs against it.
The vote returned the measure to the House, which approved it last year 100-12.
Senate Judiciary Chairman Larry Martin believes most bars will put up signs banning weapons, so the bill wouldn't really let guns in bars.
He said they'll do that for liability purposes and because people who can't legally drink would just take up space.
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