Any area primarily designated for the service of prepared foods and commonly referred to as a restaurant, whether alcoholic beverages are served or not. On balance, the public's right to a limited and reasonable exercise of police power must prevail against the individual's right to bear arms in public places where liquor is served. It should be noted that while 36 states have constitutional provisions concerning the right to bear arms, in none is the right deemed absolute. Those states with constitutional provisions similar to ours have uniformly held the right subject to reasonable exercise of the police power. The ordinance is constitutionally valid.
Municipalities have broad powers to enact police regulations.
Reasonable police regulations will be upheld unless they conflict with state law or the Legislature has clearly and explicitly stated its intent to preempt the power of local government to legislate in the area. Bellingham v. Schampera, supra. Whether there is room for concurrent Page 588 jurisdiction or whether the Legislature has preempted the field is determined by analyzing the Legislature's intent. A statute will not be construed as taking away the power of a municipality to legislate unless this intent is clearly and expressly stated. State ex rel.