Tonight I took the family out to eat at "THE FARMHOUSE" at the FAIR OAKS FARM, for those who don't know it, it a huge dairy farm in rural Northwest Indiana, southwest of DeMotte, East of Kentland. If you somehow missed the tour or rural NW Indiana and don't know, Kentland has a few hundred residents, DeMotte maybe 3000. So FAIR OAKS FARM is the big employer, despite the fact that it is at least 10 miles from either of those towns. At the farm they have several exhibits, a cheese making facility and a restaurant with a bar.
So we are sitting in the restaurant tonight, adjacent to the bar. There are 2 couples in the bar, sitting apart from each other. Maybe two dozen people in the restaurant scattered across a half dozen tables. We can see into the bar because it is separated from our table by large windows, which are directly to my right side.
So a big guy in the bar is seated with a small blonde woman. The guy gets up, walks out the side door of the bar onto the porch, withdraws his gun, fires off about 6 or 8 rounds, comes back inside, with the gun holstered on his right hip, and continues to talk to the blonde woman. About 10 minutes later we see them leave.
Being that this is rural Indiana I didn't think much of it. We are miles from nowhere, it is a bit odd, but for all I knew the guy shooting the gun may have been the owner? Honestly nobody even flinched, nobody dove under the tables, nobody really seemed to care.
10 minutes or so after the couple left, we see the blonde woman again walk into the bar, then back out.
15 minutes later a sheriff deputy walks past, goes into the bar, then out the side door onto the porch with the bartender, look down at the ground, and then back inside. Then we don't see the deputy any more.
Another 20 minutes go by and we pay our bill and leave. I go out to get the car and there is the blonde woman, sitting on the hood of a Cadillac. Two sheriff cars. 1 deputy is talking to the guy. Not sure if he is cuffed.
So here is what I am wondering --- WHAT LAW WAS BROKEN?
Honstly I didn't think anything of it, nor did anyone at our table. Nor did the family at the table right next to ours. It just seemed like a total non-event.
So we are sitting in the restaurant tonight, adjacent to the bar. There are 2 couples in the bar, sitting apart from each other. Maybe two dozen people in the restaurant scattered across a half dozen tables. We can see into the bar because it is separated from our table by large windows, which are directly to my right side.
So a big guy in the bar is seated with a small blonde woman. The guy gets up, walks out the side door of the bar onto the porch, withdraws his gun, fires off about 6 or 8 rounds, comes back inside, with the gun holstered on his right hip, and continues to talk to the blonde woman. About 10 minutes later we see them leave.
Being that this is rural Indiana I didn't think much of it. We are miles from nowhere, it is a bit odd, but for all I knew the guy shooting the gun may have been the owner? Honestly nobody even flinched, nobody dove under the tables, nobody really seemed to care.
10 minutes or so after the couple left, we see the blonde woman again walk into the bar, then back out.
15 minutes later a sheriff deputy walks past, goes into the bar, then out the side door onto the porch with the bartender, look down at the ground, and then back inside. Then we don't see the deputy any more.
Another 20 minutes go by and we pay our bill and leave. I go out to get the car and there is the blonde woman, sitting on the hood of a Cadillac. Two sheriff cars. 1 deputy is talking to the guy. Not sure if he is cuffed.
So here is what I am wondering --- WHAT LAW WAS BROKEN?
- He never appeared drunk. Not even sure if he was drinking.
- He never appeared to be disorderly.
- We saw him leave without seeing anyone ask him to do so. So I don't see a tresspassing issue.
- I don't think there were any gun laws broken. We can carry in bars. We can open carry. We can drink and carry (if he drank)
- Public nusience ... Maybe?
Honstly I didn't think anything of it, nor did anyone at our table. Nor did the family at the table right next to ours. It just seemed like a total non-event.
