Was visiting Milwaukee from Chicago this past weekend and saw my first sign restricting firearms at Lakefront Brewery, 414-372-8800, 1872 N. Commerce Street, Milwaukee, WI 53212, Link Removed
Lakefront Brewery hosts a brewery tour and sells beer, but more importantly, they distribute throughout WI and 22 other states, I believe.
I have a FL license so I was not carrying, but I was P.O.'d to see it and was considering telling my wife that we can't go in there. However, she had been looking forward to it and we'd already made the hike from the hotel. Miserable excuse, I know... but most married men will understand about keeping their wife happy.
I hope you will follow me in calling (or writing, if you prefer) regarding their policy. I will ask for the manager or the person responsible for the "no firearms" policy, and ask them why they've made that decision. I will also be letting them know that not only will I not attend their brewery tour again but I will also not purchase their beer at any of the taverns or stores they distribute to nationally.
Wisconsin law allows carrying in taverns as long as you do not drink alcohol. See excerpt below:
A licensee or out of state licensee may carry a concealed weapon in a tavern only if they are not consuming alcohol on the premises. Wis. Stat. § 941.237(3)(cx).
Lakefront Brewery hosts a brewery tour and sells beer, but more importantly, they distribute throughout WI and 22 other states, I believe.
I have a FL license so I was not carrying, but I was P.O.'d to see it and was considering telling my wife that we can't go in there. However, she had been looking forward to it and we'd already made the hike from the hotel. Miserable excuse, I know... but most married men will understand about keeping their wife happy.
I hope you will follow me in calling (or writing, if you prefer) regarding their policy. I will ask for the manager or the person responsible for the "no firearms" policy, and ask them why they've made that decision. I will also be letting them know that not only will I not attend their brewery tour again but I will also not purchase their beer at any of the taverns or stores they distribute to nationally.
Wisconsin law allows carrying in taverns as long as you do not drink alcohol. See excerpt below:
A licensee or out of state licensee may carry a concealed weapon in a tavern only if they are not consuming alcohol on the premises. Wis. Stat. § 941.237(3)(cx).