“We already live in the Wild West,” says restaurant-nightclub owner Todd Adams, concerning proposed legislation that would allow handgun owners with carry permits to pack heat in places where beer and liquor is served by the drink.
Adams, who runs Newby’s, a watering hole on the Highland Strip, is a life-long sportsman and outspoken firearms enthusiast, so he’s sympathetic to gun owners who have to lock their guns in their cars before coming in to wet their whistle. “People leave their handgun in their car and then the car is broken into. I know of this happening more than a handful of times, and it’s scary thinking the petty criminal now has a handgun,” he says. But after considering the pros and cons, Adams — who’s been known to e-mail news reports to his friends whenever gun rights seem threatened — thinks mixing guns with booze is a bad idea.
