Tennessee's obsession with checking IDs/ Underage Drinking

[Patton1944]

My feelings are yes, the law is crazy for needing to card a 'Very Senior' citizen. But since we relocated to TN from NY, we've gotten accustomed to the law and really have no problem showing our ID. As a little 'revolt' against that law, I also have my Social Security card also for viewing. Life is too short to get annoyed over crap like this. When in Rome, do as the Romans do, is my motto. I get more annoyed with signs posted with "Gun Free Zone" or 'No Guns allowed in this store'.

[tmford87]

Originally Posted by Wmsn4Life

Your religious prejudices aside, the fact is that the convenience store association says the law in TN has reduced teen beer purchases by a third, and more in some towns that have enhanced versions of the law.

It was initiated by the convenience store industry to make the whole process easier. It was simply too difficult for clerks to judge who was legal and who was not, and the penalties were costly.

A year after the law went into effect, the legislature enacted an exemption for customers who obviously look over 50. Stores would not be penalized for not carding seniors.

Last July a new law went into effect that applies universal carding to wine and liquor also.

Religious Prejudices? Quite a few of the liquor laws are directly related to religion. Do you think they decided we can't buy liquor on Sundays for funsies? Did the liquor stores just need a break to relax and unwind?

I was simply stating that I expected there to be a correlation with the severity of liquor laws/enforcement with the concentration of religions that don't believe in drinking. New Orleans was mostly Catholic which was often cited as the reason for our lax liquor laws.

Again, I have nothing against the law on IDing - was just questioning the idea of abstinence vs education and the effects they have down the line.