Liquor more essential than guns?

[cjbenway]

Shoppers Rush to Hoffman's Gun Center Before Non-Essential Stores Close

A long line of customers began lining up early on Saturday morning outside of Hoffman’s Gun Center, hoping to buy a gun or ammunition before Monday. The rush comes after Governor Ned Lamont issued an Executive Order to close down non-essential businesses to stop the spread of the coronavirus...

www.nbcconnecticut.com

 

[Whutmeworry]

What is this? The Rojos versus the Baxters???
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KrsO91mfBw&feature=share

 

[greencobra]

if you have guns you can always get liquor.

 

[sieveboy]

Guns for sure, but no gun is going to get the foreign stuff in here. Stocked up on my favorite imports today while still available.

 

[wilson911]

Guns for sure, but no gun is going to get the foreign stuff in here. Stocked up on my favorite imports today while still available.View attachment 340899

Ever think of going to a meeting?

 

[01906]

Ever think of going to a meeting?

AA. Is for quitters. No one likes a quitter

 

[whatluck]

Ever think of going to a meeting?

get a load of this guy

 

[Deleted member 67409]

In vino veritas.

 

[Qwikdraw45]

Guns for sure, but no gun is going to get the foreign stuff in here. Stocked up on my favorite imports today while still available.View attachment 340899

That looks like a bunch of horrible, nasty stuff. Any of it'll kill the Coronavirus, I'm sure! Along with the user...

 

[Knob Creek]

I always thought that nip bottles would be a good form of currency if SHTF.

 

[ILikeGlocks]

View: https://twitter.com/heidivoight/status/1242037574073561092?s=12

 

[SKumar]

Cheap vodka in those plastic bottles are FANTASTIC prepper items. Tons of uses:
-disinfectant
-wound care
-cooking
-trade/barter
-firestarter
-morale booster

 

[whatluck]

Cheap vodka in those plastic bottles are FANTASTIC prepper items. Tons of uses:
-disinfectant
-wound care
-cooking
-trade/barter
-firestarter
-morale booster

if you ever have to set a broken leg and dont have any painkillers 3 slugs of cheap vodka will help, be sure to save some for the patient though

 

[EddieA]

Luckily, I have a pretty good supply of both.

 

[Uzi2]

Liquor is becoming a scarce commodity in PA, the state closed all the state run liquor stores a couple of days ago.

Anyone in their right mind always keeps several bottles of straight grain alcohol and their other favorite spirits well stocked. Any run I make to town includes a stop at the liquor store.

Nips are too small for barter.....half pints minimum.

 

[Roof gunner]

Just had my 14 year sober anniversary ! Bullets before booze ! Lol

 

[garandman]

The state-run stores in NH are still open, aren't they?

 

[drgrant]

get a load of this guy

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWCBghizQUs

 

[greencobra]

Just had my 14 year sober anniversary ! Bullets before booze ! Lol

i promise if i survive pneumonia i'll go to a meeting. all things being equal.

 

[Smokewagon]

Essential because if the tax revenue they generate. So it's essential in the sense the politicians love spending and lining their pockets with our money.

 

[looser38]

Just had my 14 year sober anniversary ! Bullets before booze ! Lol

Congratulations, sincerely.
But I'm gonna keep drinking, at least for now.
Well stocked with boos, food, guns and ammo.

 

[Pete85]

Just had my 14 year sober anniversary ! Bullets before booze ! Lol

Congratulations on making it 14 years! Keep it up.

Bullets before booze does make sense. After all, you can trade bullets for booze...whether the person you're trading with is willing or not!

 

[556USER]

I'm trying to imagine how many functioning alcoholics are out there that would friggin go off the deep end and do Chr...st knows what if there was no liquor. The person who mentioned taxes was spot on but I'm sure the people who decided booze stores were essential considered the mayhem aspect as well.

 

[Uzi2]

The french dont seem to care about either.....

French Province Bans Sale of Alcohol During Coronavirus Lockdown

The province (département) of Aisne in northeast France has banned the sale of alcohol for the duration of the coronavirus lockdown.

www.breitbart.com

I'd bet that most in France have a well stocked wine rack to get them through, others will just buy on the black market.

There's nothing that accelerates the formation of a thriving black market than a government ban.

This area where I live was "dry" up until a few years ago, but I never saw anyone who didn't have a good supply of beer, wine, hard liquor or moonshine. The county lost untold huge amounts of money in tax revenue along with other business losses when people had to travel 50-60 miles round trip to buy alcohol. People coming from Ohio to fish and boat would bring stuff by the vehicle load with them......everyone got what they needed.

 

[PaulR]

Giving up one or the other would be a very difficult choice for me.
Dare I say, I might actually choose to keep the booze.

 

[shig]

Guns for sure, but no gun is going to get the foreign stuff in here. Stocked up on my favorite imports today while still available.View attachment 340899

That's great, but what will you drink tomorrow?

 

[GB1911]

Alcohol withdrawal symptoms can put people in the hospital. Hospitals are already overwhelmed I'm sure. I think the real problem is all the "essential" places that are still open.

 

[swatgig]

I have as many boolitz as I did yesterday. I don't have as much whiskey as I did yesterday.

 

[Amputee Marksman]

The Gov orders everyone to stay at home for weeks. Don't go out. Don't do nothing. You shut down the booze supply and people are going to start getting super crazy and do stupid sh!t.

 

[Drix]

I've seen this a lot so I forget where I've replied, but theres a good medical reason for this:

Alcohol addiction is one of the few addictions that the withdrawal can literally kill you. At a time where we need our hospital and ICU beds for serious corona patients cutting alcie's off cold turkey and filling up those beds with people detox'ing and adding to an already overloaded healthcare system is just not wise.

Its got nothing to do with tax revenue and everything to do with hospital load.