Idiocracy: Oklahoma Gun Range Awarded Liquor License

[RandySF]

You'll be able to get a shot and a beer for real after an Oklahoma City gun range was granted a liquor license this week, much to the distress of some city leaders.

But it'll have to be in that order: a (gun) shot and then a beer, not the other way around.

As part of its petition to win the liquor license, the Range Cafe at Wilshire Gun Range promised that once a customer buys any alcoholic beverage, the sales register will bar him or her from the gun range itself. (Riiiighhhtt)

"Guns and alcohol will never mix at Wilshire Gun," General Manager Jeff Swanson told NBC station KFOR of Oklahoma City after the City Council voted 6-3 to approve the controversial license Tuesday.

"Once you have a drink, your driver's license will be scanned and then red-flagged, and you'll be prohibited from entering the lanes for the rest of the day," Swanson said.


http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bullets-booze-oklahoma-gun-range-awarded-liquor-license-n117976

[Algernon Moncrieff]

1. I agree that, on it's face, it seems really stupid. However....

I've visited many hunting clubs over the years in a professional capacity (I don't hunt). They all serve beer, wine, and liquor if they host overnight guests, and many skeet/trap ranges serve beer to folks coming in off the range in the same way a golf club offers beer and spirits at the 19th hole.

Your post does make me think of a fireworks stand in Tennessee that I've passed many times on I-75. It is lit up like Dodger stadium, and offers beer, cigarettes, and fireworks. I'm thinking that might not be a great combination.

[MohRokTah]

2. What could go wrong.

This venue begs for recognition from the Darwin Awards.

[Duckhunter935]

3. kind of like

any bar with a parking lot

[msanthrope]

5. They should hold the annual ceremony there. nt

[Jenoch]

4. I don't see what the problem is here, can anyone explain it to me?