Oklahoma gun range applies to sell liquor to shooters

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

A gun range in Oklahoma is thought be the first in the state to apply for a liquor license.

“As a group we wanted to build a place, the first one in Oklahoma, where you could go in, shoot, enjoy the retail area and then go to the café,” Jeff Swanson, owner of the Wilshire Gun Club recently told KOKH.

When the club is complete, the 40,000 square-foot facility is expected to have 24 firearm lanes, 10 archery lanes, a simulation room, classrooms, and a VIP lounge with alcoholic beverages.

Swanson said that club members were being discouraged from shooting while impaired.

“Once your order a drink your driver’s license is scanned and you are red-flagged and you’re not allowed into any of the shooting facilities either as a spectator and certainly not as a shooter for the remainder of the day,” Swanson insisted.

Co-owner Jan Moran told The Journal Record that the policy would be to “shoot first, then drink.”

Capt. Brent Fairchild, spokesperson for Oklahoma’s Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement (ABLE) Commission, pointed out that the idea was a recipe for disaster.

“Any misconceptions or joking aside, beer and bullets, guns and alcohol, they do not mix,” Swanson noted, adding that club policies to prevent drinkers from shooting could be circumvented because “where there’s a will there’s a way.”

“So no matter how many safeguards you do put in place there’s always someone who’s going to try to get around those,” he said.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/04/15/beer-and-bullets-oklahoma-gun-range-applies-to-sell-liquor-to-shooters/

[KamaAina]

1. What's the problem? They already sell shots!

[CFLDem]

2. Wrong

Wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong!!!!

[ZombieHorde]

3. Seems like they're taking safety precautions.

A gun range in Oklahoma is thought be the first in the state to apply for a liquor license.

I wonder gun ranges in other states have done this, and if so, I wonder what sort of issues they have had.

[NV Whino]

4. Ah, yes

This falls under the category of what could possibly go wrong.

[liberal N proud]

5. This should end well

OR NOT!

[MohRokTah]

6. So what could go wrong with this plan?

[Throd]

7. I'm a big fan of booze as well as the 2nd amendment, but this is just a bad idea.

[yuiyoshida]

31. What could possibily go wrong??

[gratuitous]

8. So, after our law-abiding gun owners have been served alcohol

They'll be restricted from the shooting facilities for the remainder of the day. Presumably, these law-abiding gun owners will not have their shootin' arns confiscated or locked away. I wonder what someone might do, liquored up and not able to shoot at the range?

Oh well, best not to get too deep into hypotheticals, what with all the members and guests being law-abiding gun owners and everything. Sure hope nobody bad-mouths the Sooners football team.

[C_U_L8R]

9. Left to their own devices

Republicans might do a good job of culling their own herd.

[LongTomH]

10. In Norman, OK, supposedly there is (or was) a store called "Liquor. Guns and Ammo"

[MineralMan]

11. Hey, Jimmy, hold my beer and watch this...

[linuxman]

12. I don't get the poutrage over this.

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You aren't aloud to drink then shoot. I realize that the Faux Snooze-esque headline may have some of you confused, but you should really read the article. There is nothing to stop someone outside of this facility from drinking and then shooting til the cows come home. Why are you are so torn up about a facility where after you drink, you CAN'T SHOOT!?!

Reminds me of the pearl clutchers who get all riled over a gun store being within a certain distance of a school/daycare. "Oh no, something is NEAR something!!!"

There is a gun range that sells alcohol, but not to the shooters. BFD.

[FSogol]

20. I see more people laughing than clutching pearls. BTW, do the guns

vanish the minute they start drinking?

[linuxman]

21. Of course not.

However this range appears to be more conscious about stopping drinkers from shooting than other places. There are no safeguards at all outside of this establishment to stop drunks from shooting, unless interdicted by law enforcement.

I guess my issue with this is that I don't see the issue. Just more "blood in the streets!" BS.

[Blue_Tires]

13. May as well add a nudie bar, too

then they'll never have a reason to leave...

[mindwalker_i]

14. I'm all for it

Let them have grenades too!

[Aristus]

15. "Shoot first, then drink."

No surprise there. 'Shoot first' is their policy on every subject...

[Journeyman]

16. Hey, "Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms" -- thanks for the suggestion! . . .

[Jenoch]

17. It seems as if the owners of this facility

are adding amenities to their range and doing it in a responsible manner.

[Initech]

18. Gee what could possibly go wrong here?

[FSogol]

19. Can they also start a policy or requiring the shooters to loudly vocalize their political, religious,

and scientific beliefs? Can they televise it?

x 3

[X_Digger]

22. We've got something similar with a Bass Pro Shops restaurant.

If you've seen one of the big Bass Pro shops, you know what I mean.. restaurant on one end (specializing in game meat dishes), massive retail space in the middle, boat shop on another corner, and a shooting range in back.

Hasn't been a problem since it opened that I can tell.




Did nobody actually read the article?

“Once your order a drink your driver’s license is scanned and you are red-flagged and you’re not allowed into any of the shooting facilities either as a spectator and certainly not as a shooter for the remainder of the day,” Swanson insisted.

[Tom Ripley]

23. Great idea!

[Lizzie Poppet]

24. All together now:

"What could possibly go wrong?"

In all seriousness, though, the article makes it clear they are taking very serious precautions against having anyone who orders alcohol enter the shooting facility.

[LondonReign2]

25. Early jostling for the Darwin awards

[upaloopa]

26. They can drink before they go to the range.

I think they need to have people hang around to spend more money.
Even then they drive home lit up carrying a gun.

[one_voice]

27. Sure why not...alcohol & guns...

go together like matches and gasoline.

[TheCowsCameHome]

28. Do it.

Who cares?

[The Straight Story]

29. Breaking news - Bars have parking lots where people park their cars, then drink

Maybe we should ban parking at bars and only let people walk there?

[CanonRay]

30. Future quote: "No one could have forseen anything going wrong"

Wait for it.

[greytdemocrat]

32. Yeah...

Probably not the best idea...