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Will Guns And Alcohol Always Be Problems?
Ken Pagano, the pastor of the New Bethel Church in Louisville, Kentucky was moved by the church members' concern about the Obama administration's views on gun control. He invited the congregation to bring their unloaded handguns - in holsters - to the church sanctuary to celebrate the second amendment - the right to keep and bear arms. About 40 people attended the "Open Carry Celebration", which included a handgun raffle, patriotic music and information on gun safety. At the same time a coalition of peace and church groups held a gun-free event across town. Obviously, all citizens of Louisville aren't "gun-ho" about guns.
The Arizona senate approved a bill allowing people with concealed weapon permits to bring guns into businesses selling alcohol. The bill needs the governor's signature; but although Republican Jan Brewer has been a longtime supporter of gun rights, she hasn't said that she will sign. Critics say that guns and alcohol are a dangerous combination. Supporters say that they have the right to protect themselves and their families. However, the measure bans drinking while carrying a gun; and restaurants can deny entry to gun-toters by posting a sign by their liquor license. Hopefully, disgruntled parties will just shoot off their mouths.
In June 2009 Utah ended a 40-year-old requirement that customers must become members of a private club before entering a bar serving alcohol. The system had been created to shield Mormons from alcohol, while letting drinkers partake of the heavily taxed spirits. About 60% of Utah's citizens and more than 80% of its state lawmakers belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which tells its members to abstain from alcohol. However, the new rule which turns private clubs into public bars will boost Utah's $7 billion-a-year tourism industry - not too hard to swallow in a hard economy.
Nevertheless, not even a badger in Goslar, Germany is safe from alcohol. It seems a motorist called the police to report that a dead badger was in the middle of the road. However, when the police arrived, they discovered the badger wasn't dead. It was drunk. The nocturnal animal had feasted on cherries from a nearby tree that were overripe and had turned to alcohol. The badger refused to budge. Failing to scare the animal away, the police chased it off the road with a broom. After all, it is difficult to badger a drunken badger about being drunk.
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