Public Intox BS in Texas...Whats next

[Mikes]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/03/23/texas.bars.reut/index.html

lame..first the state takes away places for me to smoke my cigar and now they take away my right to get drunk and have someone else drive me home (not that I do this often)

 

[Greg]

They did this in Virginia a few years back too.

Article

 

[Wasch_24]

Wow...that is rediculous.

 

[smokem94]

That is so fucked up!!!!! The left wing assholes of this country will not be happy until alcohol and tobacco are TOTALLY illegal!

 

[tedski]

Well I do agree that something needs to be done about drunk drivers, but I don't think this is the right approach.

 

[cvm4]

Oh damn that sucks! WTH are they thinking? Do they want every bar in TX to go out of business? You can't go to a bar to get drunk...sheesh!

 

[Rank_Tyro]

Sounds like another good reason for me not to go to Texas.

The other reasons, in order:

1:I went to basic training there, and I hated it.
2:It's really hot during the spring and summer.
3:Armadillos........need I say more?
4:See number 3.

 

[Greg]

Oh damn that sucks! WTH are they thinking? Do they want every bar in TX to go out of business? You can't go to a bar to get drunk...sheesh!

In Virginia, the law states that, NO, you cannot get drunk in a bar, or anywhere else in public. You can get drunk at home, or someone else's home, and you cannot leave if you are drunk, otherwise you are intoxicated in public, which is a class4 misdemeanor.

 

[Wasch_24]

I am a class 4 misdemeanor law breaker! :hysterica

 

[Poni]

"Arrest drinkers for being drunk?" isn't that an oxymoron or something?

 

[MichiganM]

This country is getting worse by the minute!

 

[Eric]

I think this is crap too. I only drink over moderation at a bar where I've built trust with a good bartender.

 

[kirscovitch]

the cops are pretty mellow around here. there are public intoxication laws, but as long as people arent creating any problems, they tend to be left alone.
in a nearby town where i used to live, there were 11 bars in a three block strip on the main drag. when the bars closed at 2:30 am, everyone at the bars ended up at the local cafe. police cruise past about every 5 min or so but they pretty much leave the drunks alone....:clap:

 

[kirscovitch]

but this is wisconsin.... we have drive thru liquor stores.... lol

 

[Wasch_24]

I have always known about public intoxication laws but thought they were to be used as a secondary type of charge like if someone was being obnoxious or disorderly they could fall back on that charge if needed.

I have never seen this type of law actively enforced as the sole offense.

 

[icehog3]

Sounds like another good reason for me not to go to Texas.

The other reasons, in order:

1:I went to basic training there, and I hated it.
2:It's really hot during the spring and summer.
3:Armadillos........need I say more?
4:See number 3.

My third wife was an armadillo, you insensitive man you!!

 

[cvm4]

I'm sure every state has public drunk/intoxication laws. But, to have them enforced in a bar in a whole 'nother story. I always hear of people getting arrested for being drunk and loud OUTSIDE the bar

 

[Kingston]

That is so fucked up!!!!! The left wing assholes of this country will not be happy until alcohol and tobacco are TOTALLY illegal!

Yeah, those left-wingers in Texas.
Hotbed of liberal activism. :sarcastic

 

[Rutkus]

so stupid, and in my town too....

 

[cvm4]

Yeah, those left-wingers in Texas.
Hotbed of liberal activism. :sarcastic

:rofl: !!! :headroll: