# Florida and guns.   They just don't get it...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-and-guns-they-just-dont-get-it/728371>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [August 20, 2015, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-and-guns-they-just-dont-get-it/728371 "2015-08-20T19:08:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-and-guns-they-just-dont-get-it/728371/41 "2015-08-26T13:38:20Z")

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> [@August\_West](#):
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> They have a very sophisticated means of preventing people from drinking before shooting, there is a sign behind the bar that says “No drinking before shooting”.

The workaround is to drink _while_ shooting.

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**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-and-guns-they-just-dont-get-it/728371/42 "2015-08-26T15:17:57Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> Is that the ghost of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson I see, with a shit-eating grin on his face?

No, Mr. I’m Just Asking Retarded Questions To Be An Asshole, it is not.

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**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-and-guns-they-just-dont-get-it/728371/43 "2015-08-26T18:39:49Z")

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> [@Measure\_for\_Measure](#):
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> Sort of agree and see ExTank’s post.  
> I’m wondering what the business model of the place is. Is it relaxing to see other people shoot guns? Or is the idea that they just happen to have 2 different businesses at the same location? I know that alcohol can make up a big chunk of the profits in many restaurants. I also wonder about the liability issues.

Long story, but I can’t shoot for shit when I’ve had a couple drinks.

But hearing a gun go “WHAM” (under controlled conditions!) is actually really pleasant when you’re under the influence. I would totally dig hanging with some buddies in a modern-looking LED & glass lounge while some crazy bastard behind a ballistic window unloads a .50 cal or AR-15 into a watermelon. But I’d really want to know the shooters are dry (like have a Interlock device at the door to the range), and the guns are secured before they join me at the bar.

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-and-guns-they-just-dont-get-it/728371/44 "2015-08-27T03:15:00Z")

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So if someone’s lying on the floor after a double shot, it might not be nefarious?

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