In 1980, red-blooded Americans thought the nanny state was going full commie by banning drinking while driving:
In 2024, the nanny state wants to ban the sale of cold beer in stores.
Let's take a look at the proposed bill, which has already passed the state senate. Here's what it says.
Notwithstanding another law to the contrary, a person or entity holding a beer permit issued under this chapter shall not sell refrigerated or cold beer at retail.
Yep. Tennessee politicians think that drunks won't buy and drink warm beer behind the wheel, so they want to ban refrigeration for everyone.
SB2636 is sponsored by Republicans Sen. Paul Rose and Rep. Ron Gant.
REPUBLICANS.
The bill is motivated by a push to decrease DUI incidents in the state, Gant told WREG.
'We see the evidence in many accidents where alcohol is found in the car, beer cans, and beer bottles,' the politician explained.
'And we see it on the side of the road in many of our roads across the state and every county, you see the many beer bottles, beer cans that litter our highways,' he added.
Mmk. So ... how does changing the temperature of beer at the point of sale keep people from littering or driving drunk?
Drunk person: "Oh man, the beer is warm? Guess I won't get wasted on my way home now!"
Business leaders have some thoughts.
'That would be very detrimental to our brewery and the beer business in general,' Andy Ashby, co-owner of Memphis Made Brewing, told WREG of the legislation.
Convenience and grocery store sales are a key part of his enterprise, Ashby explained, and shoppers largely prefer cold beer.
'There's a saying in beer sales: Cold is gold,' he noted.
'[The bill] would have a huge impact, huge. Package sales are somewhere around 40 to 50 percent of our sales, and 90 percent of that is cold,' said Drew Barton, head brewer at Memphis Made.
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