Can anyone answer this about Florida Carry?

[battleop]

I'm headed to Florida in a couple of weeks.  I was looking over the where you can and can't carry list of places.   I came across "Any portion of an establishment licensed to dispense alcoholic beverages for consumption* and wondered if anyone can confirm how i am reading this.  I am reading this as going to some place like Outback and I can't carry in the bar area but I can sit in the general seating area.  Can anyone confirm this?

[Chucktshoes]

You read it right. In fact, you can even imbibe as long as you aren't in a bar or the bar area and you don't get drunk.

[TMF]

It used to be you couldn't carry in a place that serves alcohol, such as any restaurant. It seems many states are changing that silly rule over the past decade.

[battleop]

Seems like I remember at one time you could not carry where booze was sold even if it wasn't served. Do I remember that correctly?

[DaveTN]

 

(12)(a) A license issued under this section does not authorize any person to openly carry a handgun or carry a concealed weapon or firearm into:

 

12. Any portion of an establishment licensed to dispense alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises, which portion of the establishment is primarily devoted to such purpose;

http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0700-0799/0790/Sections/0790.06.html

[Fallguy]

I always use http://handgunlaw.us when travelling out of state.

 

http://www.handgunlaw.us/states/florida.pdf

[Erik88]

You read it right. In fact, you can even imbibe as long as you aren't in a bar or the bar area and you don't get drunk.

 

Elliot is correct. Don't enter the bar portion of the restaurant and you're fine.\

 

Also-no open carry and the "no guns allowed" signs don't mean squat. You can legally carry past them but If they find out and ask you to leave then you must go.

Edited August 15, 2013 by Erik88