In Colorado, liquor stores are 7 days, open until 11pm (if they want). But grocery stores and convenience stores cannot sell wine or beer greater than 3.2 beer. In Texas, you can buy wine and beer at grocery stores and convenience stores until very late -- just not liquor. I actually don't see much of a problem, since it's fairly easy to stock up on liquor. And for football, no problem getting wine and beer. The grocery stores might be the ones lobbying to keep the laws in place. By comparison, in CO, liquor stores were closed on Sunday as recently as 7rs ago. Enough complaining about not being able to get beer refills on Sunday, that CO changed it, but kept grocery stores and convenience stores at 3.2.
But I'd presume you have a problem with poverty. A policy limiting the hours of business limits demand, and that demand becomes somebody’s income. I'm not sqying blue law causes poverty, but in an incremental way this type of market restriction not only hurts consumers, but it hurts the folks out their who could use those hours on their paycheck.
If some of you are so afraid of being able to stock up enough to make it through a 36 hour period each weekend without bingeing out and running out of hard liquor, which you are terrified will bring on the DT's and a case of hard withdrawal, perhaps what you should be advocating is a law consigning people with these characteristics to a mandatory stay in a withdrawal clinic or hospital. Just saying.
Alcohol is the most damaging drug in the world. It should be totally prohibited, and pot should be legal.
I don't think anyone has made that argument. The argument is more about freedom and dignity, both things which you nanny-staters either do not understand our despise.
Yet again, another D&D post where I can't tell if it's serious or sarcastic. I'm all for pot being legal, but alcohol prohibition? Seriously? Takes like this should be totally prohibited.
The liquor stores do not want this, yet you people are trying to impose it on them anyway. In fact it is you who is the nanny-stater. These people enjoy a day off every week. Give it a rest.
You realize they would still have the choice to be closed on Sundays? Here in GA, alcohol sales were banned on Sundays until a few years ago. There were some localaties where you could drink at restaurants (because drinking and driving is better than drinking at home I guess). Now that has changed. Most localaties you can buy liquor, beer, etc on Sundays after 12:30. It has been a wonderful change.
Wanting to repeal a law meant to change people's behavior makes me a nanny-stater? What? Do you know what words mean? Like, any words? Apologies if you're just pretending to be this dumb and I'm just missing the obvious troll job.
Awful high and mighty for 7 am on a Saturday. No one is making you go to the liquor store. No one is making them be open. There's no laws restricting when fast food joints can and can't be open, yet Chik-Fil-A is closed on Sundays.
For the most part that is correct. But COs laws have to do with a ban on chain liquor stores in the state. Grocery stores and such CAN sell all alcohol, but only at ONE location in the entire state. For instance the Boulder Whole Foods does sell alcohol or the Trader Joes, Target, and RiteAid on Colorado Blvd or King Soopers in Glendale
And nobody is stopping the liquor stores from lobbying for this change, which they are not doing, or forcing them to lobby to keep the restrictions as they are, which they are doing. It is the liquor stores choice to push against this and not for it. Until they choose otherwise, which is not likely to happen, this change is not likely to happen.
Some (generally smaller) liquor stores want the freedom to be open or closed on Sundays. Other (generally larger) ones want to restrict it. "Liquor stores" are not a monolithic entity. Interesting that you would come out on the side of restriction.
If so, it is an epically slow jerk of the knee, I've held this opinion since the '80s. This article clearly says it is conservatives pushing for repeal or modifications of the laws... http://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/article14422340.html The above article also quotes a representative from the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, I would call that a "significant lobby from the liquor store industry."
Yes..should, by evidence of the social damage it causes. Alcohol is a debilitating drug, it facilitates violence and stupidity, impairs judgement and physical skills and destroys vital organs. It's absolutely insane that it is condoned, no celebrated.
I am fine with the hours for the most part. I wish you could buy beer all day Sunday though. And liquor stores should be open till at least 11pm on Friday and Saturday
