I always take the “guns have no place in a bar” argument as more a sign of ignorance concerning most CCW holders. The sort of person who is prone to go into a bar, get drunk and get into a fight is precisely not the sort of person who would have the discipline to go complete the required training, pass the background check and pay the fees for a CCW. Right now many are deterred from carrying weapons into bars by laws not only prohibiting having a gun in a bar but also by laws prohibiting conceled carry by a non-CCW person. Removing the former does not affect the latter.
To graph it out, consider three sorts of patrons:
1. The person currently undeterred by the law today may carry his gun illegally into a bar. This will not change.
2. The person currently deterred by the law today will not carry a gun illegally into a bar. This will not change, either.
3. The CCW holder currently deterred by the law today may choose to carry a gun legally into a bar. This is the only sort of patron that may change their behavior.
