The whole purpose is to eliminate another special place where those who follow the law are not permitted to go without giving up their rights. It should be no different than a park, the street, a library, or a non-licensed restaurant.
If folks aren't able to control their own activities, I cannot figure out why some feel laws will help them with control. If a guy wants to carry a gun, get drunk, and shoot the place up, there is nothing to stop him. I've asked every restaurant owner I've talked with that opposes restaurant carry, how they know there isn't somebody sitting at their bar right now, drunk, with a gun in his pocket. I've never had one give me an answer.
Why should I have to sit there withy family, because some anti-gun elected d!ckhead finds a restaurant a special place. The list of special places is stupid. Restaurants, church, doctors offices ... lets get this silliness fixed.
The government needs to step out of the way, and allow property owners to make their own rules. If a restaurant owner doesn't want my business, the SC Legislature wasted a bunch of time codifying what his sign needs to look like. He can just stick one in his door, and I'll go to the next restaurant. Problem solved.