Most people tend to row whatever boat they are in. I have no fondness for feeling drunk, at any level. Don't care for the taste, don't care for the buzz. Sober is my preference.
Now, if that has colored my attitude about mixing guns and drinking in public places, I guess I am the odd ball.
Seems to me I recall something about having a concealed Carry permit, and the holder of that permit being in violation of the law at .0001 level of alcohol in their system, if they CC. I guess the State thinks like I do, on that subject, in the case of CC.
There are standards, there are exceptions, and there are
ideas. The challenge in life, is figuring out what fits what circumstance.
OK, what goes well with a bar atmosphere?
Pizza, Keno, ESPN, maybe a floor show. I just don't see any wisdom of mixing gun powder, under the same business roof as spirits.
Taking it one step further, I bet lots of people would shun any gun range, with a alcohol license. I know I would not set foot in one.
In college, I was a theology major, majoring in destructive cults. One thing we learned, is it can be OK, to go into a bar, looking for a lost sheep. However, it is not OK, to drink in the bar, even drink water. Why water? Because the act of drinking in a bar, even water, leaves an impression in the minds of others. The wrong impression. As a range owner, what impression do you want to make on people seeing your business?
I own a range, indoor range, private, at my home. I do CC classes there. Do I offer my students a cold beer after they pass their CC class? H*ll no!
I think a hunting bar would be great. Mounts on the wall, bass fishing videos on the TV's, canoes hanging from the ceiling. Guns bolted to the wall. (Cut in half, long ways, so you can display the same gun twice, and it cannot be stolen, and fired) but drinking at a gun range?
Really?
1999, State Patrol. Classes. Several officers, adjourn, and go to lunch. No drinking, only coffee, pop, and fast food. After lunch, one trooper, just one, messes up, and a live round remained in his pistol, when the class resumed after lunch. Just one simple error, and Nebraska lost a trooper, a wife lost her partner, and children, lost their dad.
Range in question, sweeps customers now, showing guns, and we want them, to add a liquor license?
Sure, why not.
We have a Kenyon in the White House. We have Hillary selling arms through diplomats, and leaving them to be killed, to destroy the evidence.
We have our Military Industrial Complex killing Presidents, staging false flags, starting unjust wars, and on and on and on. In the big picture, go ahead. All standards seems to be out the window.
Maybe after this post, maybe I should join the NRA wine club? lol
https://www.nrawineclub.com/em0113a/?src=nraem0113aDoes this send the wrong message?
