State Inspector Rules "Guns in Bars" Law is NOT Unsafe

A state inspector has ruled that

Tennessee's new guns-in-bars law does not create an unsafe

environment for servers.

An anonymous server at Jackson's Bar and Bistro in Nashville

filed a complaint last month with the Tennessee Occupational Safety

and Health Administration.

The Tennessean reports TOSHA inspector David Blessman wrote in a

report last week there was "no condition that created the

potential for serious physical harm or death." The report stated

that violent incidents rarely occurred at Jackson's.

The state legislature passed the guns-in-bars law this year

after an earlier law that tried to limit guns to establishments

that primarily sell food was struck down as unconstitutionally

vague.

David Randolph Smith, who is representing the server, was also

behind the successful lawsuit that struck down the earlier law.

Smith said his client would consider a federal lawsuit if the state

refuses to act. After the failed complaint, an appeal to a state

administrative law judge is the next step.