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NM is open carry, but I don't remember their sign/posting related rules. I kept it concealed since they honor the TX CHL. I didn't see any "no gun" related signs anywhere we went, but I did have to leave it in the car a couple of times when we went to restaurants that looked like they served alcohol.

kw5kw wrote:Does this Denny's serve beer???

Probably not. I didn't pay much attention to the name of the place in the post. I don't drink beer and I haven't eaten at a Denny's in over over 10 yrs, so I'll hide behind the veil of ignorance. It is a thin veil and hides little, but I'll take what cover I can find.

I don't remeber what their signage rules are, but I do remember that you can't carry (concealed or open carry) in any place that sells alcohol (even for off-site consumtion) like a resaurant, grocery store or gas station. I don't think they have to post on those establishments, it's your responsability to know if they sell alcohol. They probably post their equivalent of their liquer license on the door or something.

We just got back from our NM vacation. I've decided that I want Texas to have open carry. It was nice being able to try on a new belt in the leather shop and disarm for "western photos" (1911 wasn't period appropriate) w/out worrying about breaking the law. I don't like their restriction on carrying (concealed or otherwise) anywhere alcohol is sold(grocery store, gas stations, walmart, normal resaurant)

BTW, if you are ever in Ruidoso, there is a custom leather shop in the Four Seasons Mall on the main street called 'Bill's custom leather and custom boots". He is very reasonable and very nice. Bill made me a 2ply 1.5" leather belt for $50 my 6yr old a 1.25" 2ply for $25 and had them both ready in a couple of hours. He makes boots as well, but is way behind on his boot making (according to him). He also made (is making) me a double mag carrier for my 1911 for $35 and will be mailing it to me this week and didn't charge anything to cover shipping. He is planning on moving back to texas in the next few years. He is a nice guy, and I love to plug small business that do do work for a good price. He makes holsters as well but only has a couple of redguns to work with. He had a ranger style belt rig that hadn't been picked up yet that was really nice, but since I'm not a LEO, it would look funny with my business casual attire in the office so I jut got a regular belt.

I haven't seen any stats, and it is a bit of difficult logic to decided:

If I was stupid enough to be a criminal, would I be smart enough to figure out who had a gun and still be stupid enough to go ahead and pull mine?

I more suspect that if they see someone with a gun they would just move on and victimize someone else, but who want to take the chance.

I'd probably be more worried about somone grabbing my gun and running off with it. If I were to open carry, I probably want a holster with a retention device.

Perhaps that is part of the state revenue system. They ticket you immediately after your purchase, thus collecting not only your sales tax, but also your carrying your purchase to you car tax.

Well, we are going to NM next week, and while I'm glad they have decided to honor Texas CHLs, I'm not sure that it buys us much.

You could already carry it in your car, and they are an open carry state, so you could carry it on your belt anyway (though it screams shoot me first), and you still can't carry it into ANY place that sells alcohol, even for off-site consumption, like the gas station/stop-n-rob, grocery store or Wal-Mart. I guess I can at least carry it to the toystore and the mall.

I wasn't able to figure out what signs apply to CHL holders there so I'll just use the aparrent intent of the sign. I doubt they are a strict in their sign requirements as TX is.

Oh well. Better than nothing. That's why I live in Texas.