That’s some good stuff! Can’t get enough of it. I was pulled over once in a rural town here in MS because the police officer thought I was drinking an actual beer while driving. Then he got mad at me it seemed when he said they need to make those bottles not look like actual beer. I just smiled at him and he stared at me for a few seconds then got in his car and drove away. After a minute or so I assumed I was free to leave and went about my way.
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It’s either 12 or 13!
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Lol! 
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There is a brewery in Abita Springs Louisiana called Abita they make excellent beers, they also make a really good root beer. But it looks just like their beer.
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Hmm well let’s see… there is a wonderful document call the Constitution of the United States, in that wonderful document there is an amendment that says A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. The key part of that says “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed” and that pretty much makes any gun control, common sense or not, null and void!
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Drink it regularly! Abita is a popular brand here in MS
Have cut back on my beer consumption since getting my CCL. Didn’t want to take a chance of my being accused of being drunk if I was forced to shoot someone in self defense. I still love a good beer (Guinness and Abita)!
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By law any establishment that sells Alcoholic Beverages is required to verify the consumer is of legal age.
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They never ask me if I am of legal age.
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Rationale for Utah’s Restrictions on Alcohol Sales
In the United States alcohol is a factor in, or cause of:
– 70% of violent acts in the home.
– More than 10,000 motor vehicle accidents resulting in death.
– 7,334 homicides.
– 40% of violent crimes including sexual and aggravated assaults.
– 15 million adults with an abuse disorder.
The people of Utah have recognized the devastating effects of alcohol, particularly on families. Their legislators have passed laws that attempt to mitigate these horrific statistics. I do not live in Utah but admire those in the state who try to make it a safer place to live.
Making light of Utah and the people who live there serves no useful purpose. Is it possible they have some laws that should be emulated elsewhere?
I don’t condemn those who use alcohol in moderation but, in my 80+ years I have not found it a necessary ingredient of a happy, productive life as have many others in this great country.
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This is just me speaking, personally, I think the world and country would be a better place if alcohol simply wasn’t a thing, like, poof, gone from existence
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I appreciate your use of facts and data to support your statement, and on the surface it makes sense. Alcohol does alter the brain, that’s just what it does.
What you cannot legislate out is the actions of the people who want it and use it. You can make alcohol harder to get, but you only create opportunities for those who would provide it illegally.
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Same with fentanyl, heroin, and a whole host of other things.
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There is a clause in the preamble of the constitution that goes:
… promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity…
Most pple in the medical profession agree those drugs you listed do more harm than anything else. Medical professionals say drug addiction is a disease. Might as well spread ebolla or TB and say it’s your right to have it.
That sounds identical to the anti self defense crowd’s argument for trying to get rid of as many weapons as they can get away with.
Though I can function perfectly well without alcohol I do like to have an occasional drink with diner. While I’d love to end deaths from drunk drivers and abuse from alcoholics I do not believe I have the right to take away freedoms from all the people who manage to use alcohol in a legal and responsible manner just because it might stop some people from doing bad things.
But we could always try passing another constitutional amendment banning all alcohol sales and use. That worked out so incredibly well in the 1920s and early 30s.
Not at all.
It is of course impossible for alcohol, or at least its effect on the human brain, to just go away. But, if it could…a better place.
Weapons is just a broad term…you essentially cannot have objects or a physical world exist without weapons existing.
And…weapons provide many life saving benefits. Firearms are the great equalizer, and put people on a more level playing field which is useful.
There is no equivalent function for alcohol.
Notice I didn’t say “alcohol banned”, I said, it simply doesn’t exist. Or, its effect on the human brain not existing. Very different thing from banning it
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My point is that the anti self defense crowd wishes that all weapons didn’t exist. Or at least that they would have no effect on human bodies. Seems like equally fantastical thinking to me.
Now that I think about it I also wonder what the world would be like if there was no alcohol? Would the world be ruled by a bunch of uptight temperance fuddy duddies insisting on a society that is all work and no play? How much different would music and art look without it? How many of histories scientific epiphanies, business ventures, peace agreements, etc. may not have happened without a glass of wine or a couple of beers shared between colleagues or rivals?
I guess they are both fantastical.
To my mind, having alcohol and its effect on the mind not being a thing seems less crazy than the human body not being able to be injured, but, both are pipe dreams so to speak lol
I’d wager the number of violent, negative events would be reduced by much more than the number of positive events, but, it’s impossible to say. The extremely common often very negative results of alcohol are more easily observed. Kind of like how it’s hard to measure if a crime didn’t happen because the armed person bladed their body and reached toward their waist and that ended the pending attack and that was that
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Explain the “Zion Curtain Law”, you know the law that says you can’t mix a drink where a child can see you.
I thought that was you couldn’t mix you 4th wive’s drink 
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