When my wife and I step across the state line into Virginia (300 yards from my house), we can carry into any restaurant - alcohol or not - as long as its "open" carry. And folks do - Chili's, Red Lobster, Logan's, etc. And strangely enough, there are no problems at all... what is it about Tennessee residents that some in government think is so different that we cannot be trusted to behave like the rest of the nation?