Defcon,
I didn't see any harshness (is that a word?
in your post at all. No problems here.
With or without some kind of law prohibiting carry in a bar, I'd say your sheriff is right. If you have even a small amount of alcohol in your system after a defensive shooting, you would be raked over the coals for it. Better to play it safe.
BTW, I like Guiness if you happen to be buying.
SRM,
I think we may have gone around on this issue at least once. You're correct that the courses don't address CCW issues, but they do address firearms safety. And isn't that the whole point to mandatory training for CCW permits?
I vehemently oppose mandatory training requirements, but I would be willing to give this much to the antis to appease their fragile little minds.
Any legal issues regarding CCW could be handled by printing a booklet (not entirely unlike the little booklet you can get at the DMV regarding driving laws in Colorado).
Can you show me evidence where a state with a mandatory training requirements is safer than one without those same requirements?
And if ypu can't, then why compromise at this point? We have the deck stacked
in our favor at this point.