This is all kinds of stupid. Alcohol at a gun range?

[jplove71]

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A Georgia couple is building a $3.5 million indoor shooting range that will feature a full bar, serving alcohol to its patrons.

So is this the start of a potentially dangerous new business model where intoxicated firearm enthusiasts will literally be shooting from the hip? Well, not exactly.

WSB-TV reports that Lakeside Guns Shop owner Kristina Brown plans to open the multimillion-dollar indoor range with her husband in Powder Springs. And when it comes to being state of the art, the Governor's Gun Club will not only have the best technology available to marksmen, it will also have Maker's Mark.

That's because by a vote of 4-1, the Powder Springs City Council approved an alcohol permit for the establishment.

[blackford76]

What could possibly go wrong?

[zteknik]

Holy crap!!!!
Now that's insane!!!

Thats worse than the skate and shoot they had in Connecticut!-It was an indoor shooting range sharing the target wall with a skating rink.

[HoneyBadger]

Having some beers after shooting sounds great, but there would have to be a pretty foolproof system in place to ensure that there is no gun handling after the drinking. Sounds like an insurance nightmare...

[Great-Kazoo]

If they drink no range access, no issue there. How many drinkers after skeet & trap, or any competition stop in for one or 2?

[kidicarus13]

Sounds like a hard sell to the insurance company.

[Whistler]

Personal accountability anyone? Nothing stops you drinking before or after the range the difference is simply the proximity of the the establishment serving the alcohol. If you stopped at the bar down the street before you got there and showed no obvious signs of intoxication is that bar owner liable? How about the range owner? What about the guys on prescription drugs? Maybe you should piss in a cup before you're allowed access?

Let's try to refrain from promoting laws based on a worst case scenario of what might happen. If it makes you uncomfortable to be at a range that also has a separate bar just go someplace else and let the market settle it. Personally I'd probably not visit that range but assuming everyone is so irresponsible that we shouldn't be permitted the choice sounds eerily similar to no one "needing a firearm designed for war" and other liberal nonsense. I'm a big boy and if I decide to drink I put the guns away, it's not my place to tell someone else they aren't as responsible.

[Wiggity]

Personal accountability anyone? Nothing stops you drinking before or after the range the difference is simply the proximity of the the establishment serving the alcohol. If you stopped at the bar down the street before you got there and showed no obvious signs of intoxication is that bar owner liable? How about the range owner? What about the guys on prescription drugs? Maybe you should piss in a cup before you're allowed access?

Let's try to refrain from promoting laws based on a worst case scenario of what might happen. If it makes you uncomfortable to be at a range that also has a separate bar just go someplace else and let the market settle it. Personally I'd probably not visit that range but assuming everyone is so irresponsible that we shouldn't be permitted the choice sounds eerily similar to no one "needing a firearm designed for war" and other liberal nonsense. I'm a big boy and if I decide to drink I put the guns away, it's not my place to tell someone else they aren't as responsible.

This. Geez.

You guys sound like a bunch of liberals crying about how the gubment isn't protecting it's citizens from this idea because something MIGHT go wrong that could easily go wrong at any shooting range.

[DD977GM2]

This. Geez.

You guys sound like a bunch of liberals crying about how the gubment isn't protecting it's citizens from this idea because something MIGHT go wrong that could easily go wrong at any shooting range.

This truely is how I feel about everyone else's comments. Who here has not had a
6 pack or 12 pack to share with the folks you went shooting with after all the firearms are put up and area you shoot has been policed of brass???Its called personal responsibility. Should we not drink in our homes because our firearms
are in the same house as us drinking?
You guys sure your not voting for oblowme????

[Zundfolge]

This. Geez.

You guys sound like a bunch of liberals crying about how the gubment isn't protecting it's citizens from this idea because something MIGHT go wrong that could easily go wrong at any shooting range.

^^This

Sheesh ... lets ban guns and alcohol because someone might buy a gun in one town, drive to the next one and buy a beer.

We've become real stupid about alcohol in this country ... we blame it for everything when the real problem is people and their lack of responsibility and accountability. Well sorry folk, you don't get to live in a free society AND keep everyone on a short leash.

Just ban people ... problem solved.