Should Liquor Stay In Liquor Stores?

People are waking up and realizing that our antiquating liquor laws really need to be looked into.  Our laws, when held up to the light really seem ridiculous and that includes everything from the "when" to the "where".

When I was a little kid, we would take out deposit bottles back to the liquor store and buy candy. We didn't pay attention to the liquor bottles or the racks of beer. We were more interested in the candy aisle than the liquor aisle. So, when I moved to Texas at age 17, even though I wasn't old enough to drink, it was weird for me to NOT see that stuff in stores.

There are currently movements afoot to expand the hour for sales of booze and also to allow hard liquor to be sold in regular stores.  I already know the kind of nonsense that I'm going to hear around here and I'm already ready to call b.s.  Adding beer to regular stores hasn't decreased the community morals or caused our particular piece of civilization to deteriorate.  People still go to United and Walmart although they said they never would if they stocked beer.  It just doesn't amount to a hill of beans that they have those products. If you have no need for them, you just don't go down that aisle.  Heck, I don't go down the tampon aisle and it has done me absolutely no harm that anyone else does.  The only thing bothersome to me about potentially having liquor in a big store is what that does to the people who set up shop as just liquor stores. It does seem very unfair and we kind of need them because the larger retailers will only stock the biggest brands. It's our local shops that give us the best selection and actual service.

So at the end of the day, I'm throwing my support behind expanded hours. People work different hours and everyone should have the access they want. As for hard liquor coming into grocery stores, I'm just going to have to punt on that question.