I’m sorry, last time I checked, I live in America? Home of the free and land of the cold beer? So the news of Tennessee lawmakers pushing to ban the sale of cold beer is not only shocking to me, it’s patently un-American. Two Republicans, Sen. Paul Rose and Rep. Ron Gant, are the ones who are sponsoring and pushing the idea. The bill, SB2636, has already passed through first and second considerations. That means that the potential “cold beer ban” is now heading to be debated and amended at the committee level. The wording of the proposed bill is below, and only needs to pass through the committee to head to a final vote:
“Notwithstanding another law to the contrary, a person or entity holding a beer permit issued under this chapter shall not sell refrigerated or cold beer at retail. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.”
https://twitter.com/WSMV/status/1757561096238506413 Sponsors of the bill are saying that the goal of prohibiting cold beer sales is to discourage drunk driving and deadly crashes that result from them. It’s obviously illegal to drink and drive in the state of Tennessee, and certain lawmakers believe that stopping cold beer sales could in turn limit drunk driving incidents. Gant explained the logic behind his proposal: