(AP) — More than a dozen people have gathered at a restaurant in eastern Nebraska to discuss their guns and their right to carry them in the open.

Among those with holstered weapons was Taylor Crawford, who had a 9 mm handgun on one hip and a 6-month-old baby on the other. The Lincoln Journal Star says her husband, Nicolas Crawford, had organized Tuesday’s event at the Round the Bend Steakhouse in Ashland.

It’s legal to openly carry a firearm in Nebraska, but state law lets local governments impose restrictions. A permit is needed to carry a concealed weapon.

Nicolas Crawford says he wants to educate the public and get people used to seeing firearms being carried openly. He says he feels “like a billboard for responsible gun owners.”