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Well as an old friend of mine from the Marines uses to say "prior planning prevents piss poor performance". I went to buy some holiday beverages today since the liquor stores were closed on Sunday, only to find out state law prevents the sale of liquor on the 4th of July. Needless to say I was a little POd. I am not a big liquid drinker but my wife wanted some poolside drinks to enjoy. I realize now this is not a new law but from the traffic I passed in the liquor store parking lot, I'm not the only one clueless

Nothing less patriotic than banning capitalism and booze on the same day! Plus how many DUIs were prevented by this law…I'd venture to say, none

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Yep. Christmas, 4th of July, Thanksgiving, Labor Day, and New Year's Day are all no go for retail liquor. Odd for sure. (TCA 57-3-406)

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Blue laws piss me off. I want to be able to buy high alcohol beer and liquor at the grocery store damnit.

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People are not supposed to drink on family holidays (and sundays), you bunch of sinners. Shame, shame :D

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never knew that, but how stupid. is that for beer too? Or just liquor?

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never knew that, but how stupid. is that for beer too? Or just liquor?

Liquor.

JeffL Prolific Contributor

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It is a great law and I am happy it is in place.Nice to get a holiday too, like most of you did.

Store owners have the option of closing any day they wish, it shouldn't be mandatory.

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Store owners have the option of closing any day they wish, it shouldn't be mandatory.

Or hire some dependable....wait nevermind :D

Guess its good to know I was not aware either

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Blue laws piss me off. I want to be able to buy high alcohol beer and liquor at the grocery store damnit.

I was discussing blue laws at work and I said they should be outlawed for the simple reason, separation of church and state.

No one agreed with me. Funny thing out of the people discussing it I believe I the only religious one discussing it. They had other reasons to keep blue laws on the books.

Store owners have the option of closing any day they wish, it shouldn't be mandatory.

Yup. I am sure some would have been closed for the holiday and others would have choose to be open if giving the option.

BTW, many of them are small business and I bet the employee's don't get paid holidays so they end up with a mandatory unpaid day thanks to that law.

Jasongar8 Prolific Contributor

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I had to go to two liquor stores last week looking for a specific thing and they both had signs up on the front door saying they would be closed on the 4th. There are a lot of weird liquor laws here in the south.

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One of the liquor stores here in Memphis usually has a sign up that says "get your 5th on the 3rd because we're closed on the 4th!"

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Blue laws piss me off. I want to be able to buy high alcohol beer and liquor at the grocery store damnit.

Why?

Guest bkelm18

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Why?

Because it's a useless law that prevents nothing.

Guest clownsdd

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Because it's a useless law that prevents nothing.

and give me a law that does.

How about letting them stay open and selling items other than liquor and lottery tickets like the grocery stores? You know cigs, ice, cups, cokes, snacks etc.....

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For the South we definitely do have weird liquor laws. I was up in IN visiting family last year and you can go into Sam's Club and buy hard liquor and wine. And they sell it in normal size and... "bulk" size lol

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It is a great law and I am happy it is in place.Nice to get a holiday too, like most of you did.

Well Mike I'm glad you got a day off, but I sure would have like that bottle of Rum :D Next time I will know

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Who can remember when EVERYTHING except for emergency services shut down for all the holidays ?

No gas , food ,beer, etc. Plus no alcohol on election day

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Who can remember when EVERYTHING except for emergency services shut down for all the holidays ?

No gas , food ,beer, etc. Plus no alcohol on election day

I can remember when EVERYTHING was closed on Sunday.

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Another weird one is that 1.75L is the biggest bottle of liquor they can sell. Almost all the American liquor companies make 3 liter bottles but they are for export only.

In Hawaii you can buy hard liquor at the gas station.

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what do y'all think about making recreational drugs legal?

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