Posted July 22, 2019 7:00 am by Comments

By Cam Edwards

Some officials in Arkansas are worried that a new law allowing the open carrying of alcohol in newly created “entertainment districts” around the state doesn’t ban the legal carrying of guns at the same time. The Texarkana Gazette breathlessly reports that the law creates a potentially dangerous mixture of guns and booze, and politicians across the state are speaking out.

Texarkana City Attorney George Matteson referred to a state statute that prohibits cities, towns and counties from enacting any ordinance regulating “the ownership, transfer, transportation, carrying, or possession of firearms.”

Fayetteville is also in the process of establishing an entertainment district. In an email, Fayetteville Assistant City Attorney Blake Pennington said the city has no options in the matter.

“I don’t believe we would have any authority under state law to restrict either the open carry or concealed carry of firearms within an entertainment district. When the restrictions talk about ‘establishments’ that sell or serve alcohol we don’t believe that would extend beyond the selling establishment’s private property to public property outside. The state legislature has been clear that public property such as streets and sidewalks are intended to be free from such regulations,” Pennington said.

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Source:: Bearing Arms

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